silverwork

Presents a complete illustrated guide to the techniques involved in creating jewelry, ornaments, and other articles from precious metals such as gold and silver as well as precious gems.

Covers the major methods of casting metals that are applicable to crafts including techniques for lost wax, replica, hollow core, sand, cuttlefish bone, and rubber-mold methods.

Step-by-step instructions explain how to create forty one-of-a-kind beads out of silver, copper, gold, and other metals.

Describes a day in the life of a colonial silversmith, what he made and how he made it, and his dealings with his apprentices and customers.

Examines the art of the silversmith in colonial times.