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2. Jewelry wire - Wikipedia

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   Jewelry wire is wire, usually copper, brass, nickel, aluminium, silver, or gold, used in jewelry making. Wire is defined today as a single, usually cylindrical, elongated strand of drawn metal. However, when wire was first invented over 2,000 years BC, it was made from gold nuggets pounded into flat sheets, which were then cut into strips. The ...

3. Repoussé and chasing - Wikipedia

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   Repoussé (French: ⓘ) or repoussage (ⓘ) is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. Chasing (French: ciselure) or embossing is a similar technique in which the piece is hammered on the front side, sinking the metal. The two techniques are often used in ...

4. Metal casting - Wikipedia

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   Molten metal before casting Casting iron in a sand mold. In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape.

5. Category:Jewellery making - Wikipedia

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6. Jewellery chain - Wikipedia

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   Gold chain with garnets, rock crystals and enamel from the 16th century, Sweden.. Jewellery chains, jewelry chains or body chains are metal chains [1] [2] that are used in jewellery to encircle parts of the body, [3] namely the neck, wrists and ankles, [4] and they also serve as points to hang decorative charms and pendants.

7. Wire wrapped jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Flat nose pliers are just what the name implies, they are flat on both inside surfaces and are used to keep areas flat or to make 90-degree bends in your wire. Other useful tools used in making wire wrapped jewelry are nylon jaw pliers, a ruler, step jaw pliers, a pin vise to twist the wire, a chasing hammer, an anvil or bench block, a cup bur ...