Etching


Etching metal opens a world of design possibilities for jewelry makers. Learn what tools you’ll need to get started and master the techniques.

Photoetching Metal Using Photocopy Transfer

Photoetching Metal Using Photocopy Transfer

Photoetching metal is simple AND FUN! Etching can be used for printing processes, as an artifact of art, or for...
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Easy Etching Step by Step

Easy Etching Step by Step

This technique involves the transfer of an image to metal using a material that will "resist" the dissolving action of...
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Metal Salt Etching, Resists and Resist Removal

Metalsmiths and enamelists have used ferric chloride for several years as a safer alternative to nitric acid for copper and...
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Copper, Brass and Bronze Advanced Etching

This method of etching uses a prepared ferric chloride solution which also contains hydrochloric acid. This 'etchant' is not a...
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Damascus and Pattern Welding

Damascus and Pattern Welding

True damascus steel is made by a casting process utilizing very high carbon steel. The material is held at or...
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Goldsmithing: Etching on Metal

Goldsmithing: Etching on Metal

Etching uses chemical corrosion rather than mechanical force to selectively remove metal. Simply put, the idea is to cloak parts...
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Etching Options for Champleve

Etching Options for Champleve

I have found through may research on metal etching that there is a plethora of information out there. I hope...
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The Seven Korean Metalsmiths

The Seven Korean Metalsmiths

Five thousand years of Korean goldsmithing was interrupted from 1913 to 1953 due to the Japanese invasion and the Korean...
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Photoetching for the Studio Jeweler

Photoetching for the Studio Jeweler

In photoetching a photo transparency defines the area of a metal plate to be etched. The transparency is the control...
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Transparency Making for Photoetching

Transparency Making for Photoetching

This article, "Transparency Making for Photoetching",  is the first of two parts written by Allan Liu and Carol Webb. Check...
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Champleve – Photo Etching with PnP Paper

Champleve – Photo Etching with PnP Paper

The use of PnP paper-originally designed to create printed circuit boards-to meet the artistic needs of metalsmiths, jewelers, and enamelists....
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Chromatec: Producing Photographic Images on Refractory Metals

Chromatec: Producing Photographic Images on Refractory Metals

In response to Marilyn Shaw's article "Photographic Images on Refractory Metals" (Metalsmith, Summer '84, page 32), we have researched the...
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Photographic Images on Refractory Metals

Photographic Images on Refractory Metals

The following article explains photo techniques used to transfer images onto refractory metals. These findings were developed during my graduate...
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Martha Glowacki & Fields of Reference

Martha Glowacki & Fields of Reference

Martha Glowacki's works are sculptural abstractions on the theme of landscape. They demonstrate her interest in the imposition of order...
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Exclusive jewellery earrings

Exclusive jewellery earrings

Earring "Flamma". Damascus: Demidov V. Artel "TAU". Saint-Petersburg. Russia. Artel "TAU" creates jewelry designs, video and photography.
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