How to TransFORM a spoon
Project: TransForming Treasures I’ve started a new project under the working tittle TransFORMing Treasures. It’s about giving old silver (and jewellery later on) new form. I, and I’ve discovered, a lot of you, have old silver lying unused in drawers, cupboards and storage, either because it’s style or functionality is out of date. If it has […]
Video: From flat sheet to cup – hand-raising in silver
What does it look like when a flat silver disc is hand-raised into a cup? Well, the process is to hammer it over a wooden or metal stake. The whole surface is hammered, making the silver hard, then annealing it to make it soft again – repeating that for as many times as it takes […]