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Making Granules: The Sandkuhler Splash

I actually think granulation looks better with things other than granules, but eventually, you need them. So, I use Iris’s method. A word about Iris, she is a great friend and master fuser, in fact she wrote the book on fused jewelry.

Unfortunately, this method involves teflon, bad for birds, and bad for us, so use lots of ventilation.

I melt a little ball of fine silver and drop it from a few inches above the rim of a deep non-stick pot.  Think “Fry Daddy”.  Not too high, or the hot silver splashes out.  The molten silver shatters like mercury, and cools quickly. Then just pour out the resulting bits into another container and go again.  You want to keep your splash pan as empty as you can, as the molten silver will marry itself, creating double and triple globs.

In fifteen minutes you have this:

And all sorted out with your handy diamond sieve, you can have a large range of nice sizes for your granulating pleasure.

 

Lillian Jones

Lillian Jones

Is a teacher and metalsmith in North Carolina, USA. She works both in silver fabrication and enamel. Her imagery is drawn from the geometries of nature, and an interest in illustration.

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