Lapidary_Journal_Jewelry_Artist_-_November_-_December_2019

SKILLS

Basic hand tool use

TIME IT TOOK

Varies with your design and

number of designs

MATERIALS

• Tracing paper


• Copper sheet 34 gauge


• ⅛" foam sheet


• Acrylic sheet/hard surface
  TOOLS
  Ball point pen, various ball
  stylus/cupping tools, Tefl on
  deer foot tips, paper stump
  SOURCES
  Most of the tools and
  materials for this project are
  available from well-stocked
  jewelry supply vendors, many
  of whom can be found in our
  Advertisers’ Index, page 93.

What

You Need

Tool Project

Continuing from the front, make
radial lines with a medium stylus
using a heavy hand. Work in between
these lines from the back using a
larger stylus, then add small dots.
Return to the front to cup the dots.

SNOWFLAKE FLOWER

4

From the front, make a large dot
in the center of your snowfl ake
or fl ower. Cup the dot from the back.
Return to the front and put a smaller
dot above the fi rst dot, then cup
from the back. Return to the front
again and create a yet smaller dot
above the second dot, and cup from
the back.
On the front, add parentheses
around the middle dot. From the
back, add radial lines to the middle.
From the front, make a V above the
smallest dot. From the back, add a
line in the center of the V. In front,
press dots at the corners of the
V. From the back, add half circles
around these corner dots.

FLOWER VINE

5

Working from the front with

your ball stylus, deeply outline

everything on your drawing but

the dots. Make medium dots on the

back, and cup them from the front.

On the back, use a thin ball stylus

to outline the work you did on the

front to further defi ne it. Return to

the front and use a larger ball stylus

to push in the interior of the leaves.

Continue on the front and burnish

with the acrylic deer foot, and then

the paper stump.

Tip: To make a reversed embossed

mold, as you would want for a pair

of earrings, flip the tracing paper

image to make a new image that

curves in the opposite direction.

HOLLY GAGE whose honors include a 2015 Saul Bellow Design is an award-winning jewelry artist

award. A full-time jewelry artist, she also teaches

and is a certifia speaker. You can learn more about her jewelry and ed metal clay instructor, an author and

other accomplishments at http://www.HollyGage.com.

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