Jewelry Techniques

Granulation and its Techniques
Granulation (from Latin: granum = "grain") is a goldsmith's technique whereby the surface of a jewel is decorated with small spheres ...
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Hair Jewelry
Human hair has been incorporated into jewelry since at least the seventeenth century. Around that time, the hair of the ...
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Hammered Finish
A hammered finish is an all over decorative treatment used on metal that is created by repeated blows of a small hammer ...
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Inlaid Metal
In jewelry, inlaid metal is embedded so that it is level with the surface of the gemstone or other material. This type ...
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Limoges Enamel
Limoges enamel is a very fine type of enameling using a technique to paint the enamel on the metal surface. This was ...
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Lost Wax Casting
Lost wax casting is a process that involves encasing a wax model in investment. The wax is burned off and ...
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Malleability
A metal that is malleable is able to be plastically deformed or extended or shaped using rollers, extrusion, or shaped ...
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Matte Finish
Matte Finish Victorian Diamond Pendant.A matte finish is an even texture applied to metal resulting in a non-reflective surface. This can be ...
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Micromosaic
TechniqueMicromosaics are a type of mosaic created from tiny fragments of glass, called tesserae. The tesserae are mosaic pieces made from an opaque ...
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Millegrain
Millegraining is an extremely tiny beaded detail that finishes an edge on a piece of jewelry. The detail is applied ...
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Opus Interrasile
Opus interrasile comes from the Latin opus (=work) and interrasile (= openings). It is a metalworking technique that involves creating ...
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Oxide Finish
An oxide finish is accomplished when a black finish is applied to metal. Sometimes the entire surface is coated and, ...
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Oxidized Silver
Sterling silver can be oxidized by heating it and allowing a copper oxide to form on the surface. Fine silver ...
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Paillonné Enamel
Paillonné enamelling is a 19th-century technique of applying layers of translucent colored enamel over very fine sheets of silver or gold resulting in dramatically bright and brilliant colors ...
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Painted Enamel
Limoges Enamel on Copper - The Dauphin, Later Frances II. When a flat surface is decorated by applying enamel with ...
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Pertabghar
Pertabghar is an Indian enamel technique where a thick layer of, hot, green paste was applied to a golden openworked surface and ...
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Pierced Openwork
Piercing is the creation of a decorative motif by cutting away metal in a pattern. This is typically accomplished by ...
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Pietra Dura
Pietra dura (translation hardstone) refers to a Florentine mosaic technique that is descendant from the Roman opus sectile mosaic style. In this technique, ...
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Plique-à-Jour
Plique-à-Jour Dragonfly Brooch.Plique-à-jour, a French term that translates (as nearly as can be determined) to "letting in the daylight" and ...
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Reverse Crystal Intaglio
Victorian Reverse Crystal Intaglio Animal Motif Bracelet. Glyptography is the art of gemstone carving and the term applies to both intaglios ...
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Satin Finish
Satin finish is a technique that dulls the surface of jewelry, etc. through the use of a metal brush, sand ...
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Taille d’Epargné
Main Article: Enamels on Jewelry Matched Victorian Buckle Bracelets with Taille d'Epargné.Taille d'epargné, sometimes referred to as black enamel tracery, ...
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