New hobby

[Jon]

ummm… she gets to wear the stuff? Is not having your own jeweller at your beck and call not worth the moderate outlay?

With the kind of jewellery she likes it will be a while down the line before she gets it at her beck and call but I will play on that

[Truffle & Podge]

Like i said try taking a one day class, you get to use someone elses workshop & tools & this will give you a good idea of what tools you will need to start with If you google for your area you will find that there should be a few independent jewellers offering taster classes, also if you call them you might find they will a 1 to 1 session for you for a little extra cost

[enigma]

James, only just seen your album, some fantastic pieces there.
May I ask how you created the puma? surely he wasn't carved out of a solid piece of gold?
http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/alb...achmentid=6484

[Goldsmith]

James, only just seen your album, some fantastic pieces there.
May I ask how you created the puma? surely he wasn't carved out of a solid piece of gold?
http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/alb...achmentid=6484

Hi Sarah, the puma was a casting, wax modelled hollow and made in 5 pieces. This was a job made before digital cameras so I only photographed the finished piece. I don't do much wax modelling but here are some progress photos of a piece I made for an antique restoration project a few years back. I shows my method of shaping the animal roughly from hammering copper sheet then building up the body shape with wax, then rubbers are taken from my model to create the waxes for casting. I used the puma model twice here is the 2nd puma cane handle and some photos showing a stag I modelled and made, casting by Niagara Falls; http://www.nf-castings.co.uk/web2013/



James

[enigma]

Thats really interesting James thanks for sharing.
Of course you would want them hollow at that sort of size, I hadn't even thought of that but it would be a lot of gold even as a solid casting!

[eliteexpo]

That's fantastic