Weekend Blitz Photo Gallery
Our students have chosen their own projects, technical challenges and areas of training. The results created, have become the starting point for many of their follow-up sessions and continuing program options.
Sylvia - ring in 18 karat gold, the center stone is a diamond and the two side marquis shaped green garnets are bezel set. Final stone setting is not part of the class.
Ayla - Injected waxes from the mold and the first castings have arrived from the caster.
Dione - even the edges of the bracelets are taken into consideration, relating to the feeling created by surfaces and composition.
Sophia - Long ear wires, intended to be visible, come down from behind the ear, the matte surface is tarnished in the lower parts.
Meredith - the finished piece; design, function and surface technique really make this bracelet unique.
Dolores - the critical moments in the fitting of pushers and snapper in a box clasp.
Alex - A double pin brooch mechanism in white gold.
Sample of the interior of a double locking bracelet clasp by Martinus.
Ayla - The finished piece combines a wavy shank incorporating this fancy cut aquamarine positioned on an angle.
Ayla - Ayla's ring, a solid setting for a big turquoise and a ring shank with gypsy set diamonds.
Emma - executing our basic training model using cone shaped blocks and the wedding band press. On display, here her variation with concave gold top and diamond setting.
Karin - everything lines up, the seat for the citrine turned out perfectly and the prongs are straight.
Judy - Glass casting of a dragon head, here in a cast setting after a complex model making process. The final look hanging off a tight bale from a rubber string.
Judy - model, rubber mold and cast results.
Martinus Earrings - These earrings display the results of classical chasing and repose techniques. Liners and surface punches are used from both sides going back and forth many times.
In a sculptural piece like this combining the bands radius with the circular sections around the tube hinges helps to cover the gaps between the links.
The scraper is very diverse and probably the most useful tool amongst the wax work tools.
The famous native Oblong shape applied as a gold layer, soldered onto the casting of silver ring in cuttlefish bone.