Soham is the legend!!! Got me started on silver couple of years ago. Learned from scratch on his videos. Really good and simple lessons for every one who wants to start making Jewerly. Great job ! Thank you very much sir !!!
I sooo love your educational style Mr Harrison!! Thank you so much for making these videos. I do wish you would allow a moment or two at the end of the video for the viewer to enjoy the final product of your work. Thank you so much. Deb
Thx Soham, with each tutorial I learn or sometimes relearn techniques that make me a stronger more proficient artisan. Thanks to you I am beginning to apply and integrate the knowledge you have shared across the years allowing me to create ever more complex and intricate pieces. Thank you !
I know Im asking randomly but does someone know a way to get back into an Instagram account? I stupidly forgot my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!
@Cayden Xzavier i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Thank you ever so much for all the knowledge you have shared with us! Please consider making a tutorial about fire patinas. I have been trying to make bright red color with copper but.... I have not been able to achieve it so far.
soham harrison Have you ever tired where you cut the wire then lay it on a block that is leaning and have a water bath at the bottom so when the liquid silver runs down the block forming a ball, it hits the water. I've done it that way and it was really easy.
Soham - I have learned SO many techniques from you, along with new tools that you use. Thank you so much!!! I have been trying to connect two pieces of silver together by melting silver wire into a ball on one end, threading the two pieces of silver onto the wire and then cutting the wire and trying to melt another ball on the other end so that the two pieces of silver move separately, but are held together between the two silver balls...... does that make sense? If you could share any info you might have on this, I would appreciate it greatly.
hello soham if you do not have hand tools to cut the lenth of wire for you silver balls make jump rings cut them of the coil and you can cut the jump rings up and you will have you silver ball the same size I use the saw to cut the jump rings up regards ken
Hola Soham! que debería usar para soldar granos de plata .999 sobre una lámina? alguna sal de cobre con goma arábiga? o tal vez funcione empleando hierro en ácido para cubrir de cobre a la plata? Gracias, me gustan todos tus vídeos.
either process will work. it is probably easier to put the granules in saturated pickle (IT WILL BE BLUE) then place a bit of steel in, then it will copper plate the granules. you will still need to glue the granules in place.goma arábiga
Great idea to use the solder cutter to measure out equal amts. of silver! I keep losing granules in the pickle, and wondered if these could be made with fine silver so I could skip the pickle step. Could fine silver granulations be used the same way as sterling?
hi sohom , i am trying to find out about a technique : using a, gum arabic -copper sulphate-borax solution to attach silver balls by heat/flame until the granulation "flash" occurs . i hope that this is clearish and many thanks , you are a true artizan !!! billie
Would you being willing to do a demo on stardust texture? I'm not sure that's what it's actually called but that's how it's referenced by finding companies
soham harrison Wow! Thanks so much for sharing! I have one question. Sometimes i succeed but its always a hit or miss. When i try to torch my granules to a ring band the band starts to melt and deform. I'm holding the ring with my 3rd hand tweezers and the balls placed on the brick so i push the ring down to touch the granules.I apply flux and solder but sometimes it just wont adhere. What am i doing wrong?
Rachel Jo you are getting too much heat on the ring. you might be better off carving a groove in your soldering block for the ring and placing the granules against the ring. that way all the bits should be the right temperature
What is the biggest granule that you have created? I have made 5mm balls but they all have flattened bottoms when melted. I want to make a rosary ring and I can't solder the flattened balls accurately on a round band too. Any suggestions?
sarahfrancy you can make larger round balls by making a rounded depression in your soldering block with a burr, then melt the metal in the depression. usually you need to make a small flat spot on each rounded bit for the solder to join properly
For the mot part, you will be hiding the flat spot on the piece to be soldered to, so I would not worry about it. But for that perfect roundness, Soham Harrison has a logical solution which I have used many times!
Your videos are awesome!! What kind (name? brand?) of snippers were those that you used to cut the wire, and the piece drops out the bottom? I have never seen those before!
Lace, I a sure you can find local artists who can help with a workshop! If you are in Los Angeles for any extended length of time, I know an artist who has talent and the studio for workshops and even private lessons.
Soham is the legend!!! Got me started on silver couple of years ago. Learned from scratch on his videos. Really good and simple lessons for every one who wants to start making Jewerly. Great job ! Thank you very much sir !!!
I sooo love your educational style Mr Harrison!! Thank you so much for making these videos. I do wish you would allow a moment or two at the end of the video for the viewer to enjoy the final product of your work. Thank you so much. Deb
Thx Soham, with each tutorial I learn or sometimes relearn techniques that make me a stronger more proficient artisan. Thanks to you I am beginning to apply and integrate the knowledge you have shared across the years allowing me to create ever more complex and intricate pieces. Thank you !
I know Im asking randomly but does someone know a way to get back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly forgot my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!
@Mitchell Maverick Instablaster =)
@Cayden Xzavier i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im in the hacking process atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Cayden Xzavier It worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thanks so much you saved my ass !
@Mitchell Maverick happy to help :D
I paid for a college education specializing in metalsmithing and you're filling in huge holes left by the mediocre staff. You're amazing
Man, your videos are great! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!!
Thank you. I can't wait for part two. Funny thing is I was looking up how to do this this very afternoon! You read my mind!
Thank you ever so much for all the knowledge you have shared with us!
Please consider making a tutorial about fire patinas. I have been trying to make bright red color with copper but.... I have not been able to achieve it so far.
have you tried working with enamel yet ?
soham harrison Thank you for your reply. I have only used resins. I am not familiar with enameling.
soham harrison Have you ever tired where you cut the wire then lay it on a block that is leaning and have a water bath at the bottom so when the liquid silver runs down the block forming a ball, it hits the water. I've done it that way and it was really easy.
Neato!
That was fun!
Cant wait to see part 2 very interesting
Soham - I have learned SO many techniques from you, along with new tools that you use. Thank you so much!!! I have been trying to connect two pieces of silver together by melting silver wire into a ball on one end, threading the two pieces of silver onto the wire and then cutting the wire and trying to melt another ball on the other end so that the two pieces of silver move separately, but are held together between the two silver balls...... does that make sense? If you could share any info you might have on this, I would appreciate it greatly.
Thanks for teaching Sir!
hello soham if you do not have hand tools to cut the lenth of wire for you silver balls
make jump rings cut them of the coil and you can cut the jump rings up and you will
have you silver ball the same size I use the saw to cut the jump rings up
regards
ken
Hola Soham! que debería usar para soldar granos de plata .999 sobre una lámina? alguna sal de cobre con goma arábiga? o tal vez funcione empleando hierro en ácido para cubrir de cobre a la plata? Gracias, me gustan todos tus vídeos.
either process will work. it is probably easier to put the granules in saturated pickle (IT WILL BE BLUE) then place a bit of steel in, then it will copper plate the granules. you will still need to glue the granules in place.goma arábiga
Great idea to use the solder cutter to measure out equal amts. of silver! I keep losing granules in the pickle, and wondered if these could be made with fine silver so I could skip the pickle step. Could fine silver granulations be used the same way as sterling?
hi sohom ,
i am trying to find out about a technique : using a, gum arabic -copper sulphate-borax solution to attach silver balls by heat/flame until the granulation "flash" occurs .
i hope that this is clearish and many thanks , you are a true artizan !!!
billie
Beautiful!! Thanks.
Would you being willing to do a demo on stardust texture? I'm not sure that's what it's actually called but that's how it's referenced by finding companies
Soham can scrap copper and brass wire be granulated?
Col Ferderer sure, it is just melting small pieces into a ball
soham harrison Wow! Thanks so much for sharing! I have one question. Sometimes i succeed but its always a hit or miss. When i try to torch my granules to a ring band the band starts to melt and deform. I'm holding the ring with my 3rd hand tweezers and the balls placed on the brick so i push the ring down to touch the granules.I apply flux and solder but sometimes it just wont adhere. What am i doing wrong?
Rachel Jo you are getting too much heat on the ring. you might be better off carving a groove in your soldering block for the ring and placing the granules against the ring. that way all the bits should be the right temperature
WOW! Thank you so much for writing back :)
For the granules are you using fine or sterling silver?
sterling
What is the biggest granule that you have created? I have made 5mm balls but they all have flattened bottoms when melted. I want to make a rosary ring and I can't solder the flattened balls accurately on a round band too. Any suggestions?
sarahfrancy you can make larger round balls by making a rounded depression in your soldering block with a burr, then melt the metal in the depression. usually you need to make a small flat spot on each rounded bit for the solder to join properly
For the mot part, you will be hiding the flat spot on the piece to be soldered to, so I would not worry about it. But for that perfect roundness, Soham Harrison has a logical solution which I have used many times!
Thank you....beautiful....:)
Your videos are awesome!!
What kind (name? brand?) of snippers were those that you used to cut the wire, and the piece drops out the bottom? I have never seen those before!
they are just solder snippers used for sheet solder large ones available from rio grande, and small ones from otto frei
Are you using a water based borax flux?
i am
Do you offer workshops or private training? I suppose I should ask what State you're in first? :)
western australia
Oh wow. :)
I'm in Sacramento, California
Lace, I a sure you can find local artists who can help with a workshop! If you are in Los Angeles for any extended length of time, I know an artist who has talent and the studio for workshops and even private lessons.
*can't be bothered* 😂😂😂
I am a producer of natural and pressed charcoal Polish
.Why To do small balls you do not use natural charcoal from linden wood.
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СПАСИБО.
These people miss use the word granulation while describing they're work. He calls it granulation and its not.
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