Hi all, Thanks for the warm welcome. Could someone suggest a place (e.g. book, website) that I could find from the United States, in which I could see...
...at http://www.haugenbok.no you can get the best book ever made of filigree. Its loaded wit pictures... hundreds of them... how to and finished work. Its so...
Welcome Will. just got my stuff together to do the filigree. Then the doctor put me on oxgen.That settles that I can't be around open flames. Hugs and Love ...
so sorry to hear about the oxygen issue Angela! But here's a suggestion...in the book, there's a section under designing where you can do the cutting, shaping...
Thanks Jeanne! that is an excellent idea. I'll have to talk to my husband about that. Hugs and Love Angela ************************************** See what's...
I designed a pair of earrings recently and finally sat down to make a cast-able model today....for the fun of it, I scanned it in and played with it in...
Oh Jeanne, they are gorgeous! I would have been thrilled to wear something like that at my wedding! You are definately on to a winner. My designs are so simple...
well, when you've been doing this for 19 years, I'm sure your designs will be more complex! My designs were fairly simple to begin with too....but never be...
I'm from eastern Canada and have been experimenting with filigree since Jeanne's book - thank you Jeanne!! I love the technique and the results, it's becoming...
You can use gold filled..canĀ¹t remember offhand what the difference in melting point is, but it is probably higher than silver...due to the brass...you do...
The artist in Atlanta is Victoria Lansford, her site is http://www.victorialansford.com/. She suggested to me that if you want to use gold for the outside...
hi all thanks for accepting me in the group. i think your work is great. i have been designing and making jewelry for seven years now.i have done some filigree...
I would like to come with a helpful hint to beginners of filigree. I have had a surf through pictures in this group, and its great to see som many beginners...
seems to me the idea of non soldered filigree has come up before....but the only thing I can think of is if it could be done like quilling.......where you bind...
thanks for passing along that tip Lise....in the book, I start with the ones without the framework so that everyone can get used to soldering it all together,...
Thanks to Jeanne & Lauren for the input. Sorry to be so slow - I'm recovering from a weekend show & just getting caugght up. I've ordered some gold fill wire...
thanks Jeanne do you mean by binding ,wrapping the units together like eni oken does...or did i get that wrong...sorry.. Haifa ... before....but ... use a ... ...
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Mods, if you have a specific date for commercial posts please hold this until then. I believe this will be beneficial for all, as it will hopefully reduce...
Hi to all! Before six month ago I bought "Silver Threads" and I was amazed with the
beauty of the Jeanne's jewelry. So I decided to try in making that kind of...
if you are doing small pieces, you can start with a Dremmel like tool and small brushes, buffs and polishing compounds...the order in which you use what is in...
Jeanne, thank you, thank you very much! I'll try in that order! ... From: Jeanne Rhodes-Moen Date: 19.01.2008 19:06:47 To: filigree@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Oh, I have another question....it's about pre-polishing and polishing
compound. On some web sites I saw that the compounds look like a soap. So, my question...
while the buffs are running, simply hold the block of compound against the buff and it will pick up some of the compound. Make sure you do not use the same...
Thanks again, now I understand all that about compounds. That was really confusing me. Thanks again! ... From: Jeanne Rhodes-Moen Date: 20.01.2008 15:21:56 ...
Hi Everyone, I became a member of the group a while ago and I have been playing with the filigree and soldering. I have been using a hand held, Micro trouch....
I am a beginner with filigree and after spending many hours trying to get all of my coils and pieces the right size, and getting them perfectly arranged on my ...
liquid flux is definitely the way to go....just make sure you use enough of it. get one of the little bottles with a needle like tip (you can also make one out...
the torch I used in the book was actually a 17 year old torch I bought at a hardware store somewhere...the brand, Turner, was bought out by bernzomatic. My...
