Silver Passport Workshops
Repoussé (French for “to push out”) describes forming contours in sheet metal with dapping punches and other blunt tools and is usually performed on the reverse side of the metal piece.
chasing/repoussé
Come into the studio for your Silver Passport and keep a log of all that you have accomplished in your artistic journey!
The technique using punches.
Chasing refers to pressing details (lines, dots, textures) into the front of a design with smaller, specially shaped punches.
In both techniques, the hollow metal item is filled with flexible pitch to support the surface while it is being worked. In this Silver Passport Workshop we will explore this technique using hammers and chasing punches.
What you will walk away with:
A finished embossed panel to be fabricated into a piece of jewelry.
You will need a 3” square of 22 gauge silver or copper.
a simple line design to start
The Workshops:
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• Etching (etched panel for future creations)
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• Chasing/Repoussé (pendant)
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• Metal inlay (inlayed panel for future creations)
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• Textures w/Flexi Shaft (periodic table of textures)
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• Keum Boo (24k gold gilding)
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• It’s Riveting! (cold connections)
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• The Chain (three chain samples)
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• The Art Of The Saw (precision sawed piece)
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• Fold Forming (sample tiles of the technique)
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• Findings (hooks, toggles, earwires, pin backs)
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• Patinas
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• Hinges
