. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. of gold to silver, /. e. and silver to 7^7^ grains of fine gold will make i dwt. of Gold Work9-carat gold alloy. Having weighed outyour alloy, melted it, and cast the ingot,draw the ingot out into wire, size 18. Cutoff a piece double the length of thepin, bend it in the center, and soldera segment of wire to make a completecircle (see fig. 106). This strengthensthe end of the pin. Next make a hingeout of a small tubeas described for thebrooch hinge (seefig. 74). On thecenterportion of thejoint solder a male
. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. of gold to silver, /. e. and silver to 7^7^ grains of fine gold will make i dwt. of Gold Work9-carat gold alloy. Having weighed outyour alloy, melted it, and cast the ingot,draw the ingot out into wire, size 18. Cutoff a piece double the length of thepin, bend it in the center, and soldera segment of wire to make a completecircle (see fig. 106). This strengthensthe end of the pin. Next make a hingeout of a small tubeas described for thebrooch hinge (seefig. 74). On thecenterportion of thejoint solder a malescrew to fit thefemale already pre-pared (see fig. 114).File away all rough-ness ; no project-ing points must be left, or they will catchin the hair and cause inconvenience. Allwork intended for wear should be smoothand pleasant to the touch. The work cannow be stoned and polished with pumice,crocus, and rouge. In all jewelry work, but most of allin gold work, the effect must be built outof small details. Design is the language 175. Fig. 113. Gold Work you learn from your work, and as yourskill in handiwork grows, so will yourpower of design. Design can not beseparated from handiwork. It is theexpression of your personality in termsof the material in which you work. Onehas only to look at any piece of earlygold work, Egyptian, Mykenean, Etrus-can, Indian, orAnglo-Saxon, torealize what richeffects can be pro-duced by repeti-tion. The beau-tiful patternsevolved by Arab,Persian and Hin-doo artists fromthe simplest ele-ments, offer aworld of sugges-tion to the young craftsman, and open upideas for future use. Do not attempt tocopy such work, but study the principlesof contrasted line, texture, and form. Agrasp of the method of building up allwork out of thin sheet, will help you toapply these principles for yourself.
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