Discover how to transform metal surfaces, as metalsmith Melissa Muir demonstrates ways you can enhance your jewelry through texture. Learn how to effectively use common bench tools—sandpaper, finely crafted hammers, the flex-shaft’s array of accessories including the versatile hammer handpiece—to create stunning patterns. Explore how you can use a rolling mill to achieve diverse effects on a range of metals. And delve into graver techniques to create patterns that range from the precise to the abstract. These techniques can open up unlimited decorative possibilities.
Location:
Meeting Room 204
Sponsored By
Jewelers Bench
Sponsored By
Presenter
Melissa Muir
Melissa Muir is a jewelry artist and teacher who’s renowned for her high quality, incisive instructional videos and tool reviews. She conducts frequent in-person and virtual workshops on jewelry making around the country, and also writes a regular column for MJSA Journal in which she puts new tools through their paces. Learn more at melissamuir.com.
