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Keum-Boo: Combining Gold and Silver in Simple Earrings
A one-day beginner-level workshop and introduction to the Keum-boo technique, an 11th century Korean technique that combines gold and silver to create beautiful surfaces and patterns.
Students will learn about gold and silver foils, ways to apply foils, and metals that the gold will adhere to. Paulette will also show how to combine Keum-boo with other surface embellishment techniques like embossing, stamping, and forming to create beautiful pieces and patterns. Finally, students will make earring findings (posts and wires) to turn their pieces into finished jewelry! Students can expect to make two pairs of simple, striking, silver and gold earrings.
Beginners welcome, no prior jewelry making experience required.
Meet the instructor
Paulette Werger is a metalsmith and teacher who works in Lebanon, NH. She sells her work both nationally and internationally and is owner of Metalpeople East, a jewelry and hollow ware studio. She has taught metalsmithing at the University of WI, Montana State University, and at craft schools throughout the country.
Materials & Tools
The following supplies will be used for course demonstrations and objectives. A suggested item and/or vendor has been provided below for reference. Click the vendor name to be redirected to a page where you can view the item. The quantities needed for each item are listed first. If ordering, please be aware that some items may come in larger quantities than needed for this class. We recommend not opening an item's packaging until the day of the workshop. Student participation during or in-between class sessions is not required - observers are welcome.
Raw Materials/Consumables:
- 1 x 2x2 inch (minimum) fine silver sheet, 22ga (RioGrande)
- 1 x 1/2inch 4-pack of fine silver discs, 24ga (RioGrande)
- 1 x 6inch Round Argentium half-hard wire, 20ga (RioGrande)
- 1 x one sheet of 24KT gold foil, dead-soft) (Contenti)
Tools/Equipment:
Basic Hand Tools
- 1 x round nose pliers (RioGrande)
- 1 x chain nose pliers (RioGrande)
- 1 x flat nose pliers (RioGrande)
- 1 x snips / flush cutters (RioGrande)
- 1 x jewelers saw (RioGrande)
- 1 x pack saw blades - 2/0 (RioGrande)
- 1 x burlife / bee's wax (RioGrande)
- 1 x bench pin (RioGrande)
- 1 x half round hand file - #2 cut (RioGrande)
Basic Home Studio
- 1 x rotary tool - flex shaft, micro motor, etc. (RioGrande)
- 1 x set of needle files - #2 cut (RioGrande)
- 1 x half round forming pliers (RioGrande)
- 1 x center punch (RioGrande)
- 1 x scribe (RioGrande)
- 1 x ring clamp (RioGrande)
- 1 x rawhide / plastic mallet (RioGrande)
- 1 x riveting hammer (RioGrande)
- 1 x chasing hammer (RioGrande)
- 1 x steel block / steel surface (RioGrande)
- 1 x small steel ruler (RioGrande)
- 1 x sheet of sand paper - 220 to 600 grits (Amazon)
- 1 x calipers - optional / nice to have (Amazon)
- 1 x dividers - optional / nice to have (RioGrande)
- 1 x sanding sticks - optional / nice to have (RioGrande)
- 1 x parallel pliers - optional / nice to have (RioGrande)
Other/miscellaneous items
- hard work surface
- fan and open window - or ventilation system
- safety glasses
- pencil, Sharpie, notebook
- rags/towels