Diy Sheet Metal Jewelry

Wet metal causes tool rust and oxides on the metal will become embedded into the sheet during hammer texturing.

Diy sheet metal jewelry.

Anyone who wants to get started making metal jewelry must first make an investment of a few basic tools. But you can escalate that to the next level of complexity however that you want. When i enrolled in my first metals class i was given a list by my instructor of tools and equipment i would need to purchase. Forming metal involves turning flat metal sheet into three dimensional shapes for metal jewelry using methods like dapping doming raising fold forming chasing and repoussé swaging fluting etc.

Most all of these methods require hammering metal into or against a hard surface like a bench block mandrel anvil stakes or in dapping blocks. Metal ready for hammer texturing should be clean oxide free annealed and bone dry. Open to find resources and links. Tape the four corners down with painter s tape or masking tape.

Place the sheet on a clean flat smooth steel block. Here goes how to make some simple metal jewelry.