i wish i knew about moissanite when I did metalsmithing. I always wanted to work with a (lab) diamond but they're expensive. if I knew about moissanite I would've been trying pavé and whatnot
November 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
i wish i knew about moissanite when I did metalsmithing. I always wanted to work with a (lab) diamond but they're expensive. if I knew about moissanite I would've been trying pavé and whatnot
I really need to start masking up when metalsmithing. I end up sneezing incessantly from inhaling sanding materials…I just hate wearing them while working. Now, don’t get me wrong, I was happy to wear them throughout covid when out and about. I just don’t like wearing them while creating 🫤🤦🏼♀️
November 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I really need to start masking up when metalsmithing. I end up sneezing incessantly from inhaling sanding materials…I just hate wearing them while working. Now, don’t get me wrong, I was happy to wear them throughout covid when out and about. I just don’t like wearing them while creating 🫤🤦🏼♀️
Oh that's quite the fun process, and I've long been tempted by a furnace or kiln too! Just tend to lean more to the tech side of things, but this sort of metalsmithing is really appealing as something to play with
November 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Oh that's quite the fun process, and I've long been tempted by a furnace or kiln too! Just tend to lean more to the tech side of things, but this sort of metalsmithing is really appealing as something to play with
A studio from our story, ROMOHERRERA: Cristina Romo, the third generation of a family of silversmiths, and Eduardo Herrera, who studied architecture. They melt their own metal in Taxco el Viejo, Mexico, and keep the hammer marks. #Metalsmithing #Handmade #Copper
November 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
A studio from our story, ROMOHERRERA: Cristina Romo, the third generation of a family of silversmiths, and Eduardo Herrera, who studied architecture. They melt their own metal in Taxco el Viejo, Mexico, and keep the hammer marks. #Metalsmithing #Handmade #Copper
Been up to my eyeballs in work and unpacking from the move, but I've made time for some creativity: etching copper in my #metalsmithing class, a quick watercolor sketch of Johnston Ridge at #MtStHelens, and a couple #illustrations with Copics. #NoAI
#NoAIArt #TraditionalMedia
#NoAIArt #TraditionalMedia
October 30, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Been up to my eyeballs in work and unpacking from the move, but I've made time for some creativity: etching copper in my #metalsmithing class, a quick watercolor sketch of Johnston Ridge at #MtStHelens, and a couple #illustrations with Copics. #NoAI
#NoAIArt #TraditionalMedia
#NoAIArt #TraditionalMedia
Ah, shoot. If you lived in town, you could swing by and take this big old 1970s battle axe (not a real one, obvs), but a homemade one very much of the Conan era.
October 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Ah, shoot. If you lived in town, you could swing by and take this big old 1970s battle axe (not a real one, obvs), but a homemade one very much of the Conan era.
An iron sculpture with pigment and foam board. Made for a sculpture class #sculpture #metalsmithing
October 26, 2026 at 1:20 PM
An iron sculpture with pigment and foam board. Made for a sculpture class #sculpture #metalsmithing
The Crucible has been one of many feeders into the Bay Area metal arts and jewelry community for so long - we will be worse off with them closing. They were also one of the few public places where teens and kids could take metalsmithing classes.
I've spent deeply happy hours here building tables. Thousands of kids have learned craft here. One of the world's great concentrations of wealth, and the Bay Area can't keep a community gem like this going? The second biggest cultural institution in Oakland? www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Oakland’s Crucible arts school abruptly shuts its doors, leaving students and artists in limbo
The 56,000-square-foot West Oakland institution abruptly closed over the weekend, leaving employees, students and artists waiting for answers about its future.
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October 27, 2026 at 12:09 AM
The Crucible has been one of many feeders into the Bay Area metal arts and jewelry community for so long - we will be worse off with them closing. They were also one of the few public places where teens and kids could take metalsmithing classes.
October 26, 2026 at 2:37 AM
A top piece of a copper plague mask I made for class. The mask is made out of three layers of copper with a patina on the inside mimicking miasma. Made for a class #metalsmithing
October 26, 2026 at 3:09 AM
A top piece of a copper plague mask I made for class. The mask is made out of three layers of copper with a patina on the inside mimicking miasma. Made for a class #metalsmithing
The second set of metal pins I ever made #metalsmithing
October 26, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The second set of metal pins I ever made #metalsmithing
May I recommend extremely esoteric forms of metalsmithing?? (Please let me tell you all about it)
Every single hobby I love has has been infected by slopped up and unserious software. It's exhausting. aftermath.site/ai-slop-hobbie...
October 23, 2026 at 11:15 AM
May I recommend extremely esoteric forms of metalsmithing?? (Please let me tell you all about it)
A casted copper doll pined by stainless steel pins with flowers instead of a head in a purposefully banged up box on moss. Made for a class #metalsmithing
October 26, 2026 at 2:55 AM
A casted copper doll pined by stainless steel pins with flowers instead of a head in a purposefully banged up box on moss. Made for a class #metalsmithing
Another piece for a class. This is a large pin made out of several layers of molded copper that depicts a 3d rose on top of 2-D mushrooms and flowers. #metalsmithing
October 26, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Another piece for a class. This is a large pin made out of several layers of molded copper that depicts a 3d rose on top of 2-D mushrooms and flowers. #metalsmithing
Nowadays I put silver on them more often because it matches their palette better, but I kept metalsmithing for them as a major hobby
…and they still like leather, in various ways 🙂
…and they still like leather, in various ways 🙂
October 23, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Nowadays I put silver on them more often because it matches their palette better, but I kept metalsmithing for them as a major hobby
…and they still like leather, in various ways 🙂
…and they still like leather, in various ways 🙂
Great collection of projects. The samples are inspiring! How many students? What age? You said it’s an intermediate class, so they’ve had a little metalsmithing experience already? And will they be annealing as they go along?
October 24, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Great collection of projects. The samples are inspiring! How many students? What age? You said it’s an intermediate class, so they’ve had a little metalsmithing experience already? And will they be annealing as they go along?
A large set of copper pins I made for my second con table in 2019 #metalsmithing
October 26, 2026 at 2:28 AM
A large set of copper pins I made for my second con table in 2019 #metalsmithing
A second smaller set of copper pins I made after selling out of the first batch #metalsmithing
October 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
A second smaller set of copper pins I made after selling out of the first batch #metalsmithing
Been hammering steel so much these past three days that I'm too sore to do it more today. I suppose this is an important milestone when studying metalsmithing 😅
October 22, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Been hammering steel so much these past three days that I'm too sore to do it more today. I suppose this is an important milestone when studying metalsmithing 😅
Lost wax method in one
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Replication the other
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They're usually cast in multiples like a tree.
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Replication the other
youtube.com/shorts/2lgxA...
They're usually cast in multiples like a tree.
Delft Clay Casting Mold
YouTube video by Estona Metalsmithing Tutorials & DIY Projects
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October 19, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Lost wax method in one
youtube.com/shorts/hR-zl...
Replication the other
youtube.com/shorts/2lgxA...
They're usually cast in multiples like a tree.
youtube.com/shorts/hR-zl...
Replication the other
youtube.com/shorts/2lgxA...
They're usually cast in multiples like a tree.
I finally had time to get this pendant finished up. It is very clearly my first metal piercing project, but considering how rough it was in the middle stages I'm happy with the outcome. The braided waxed cord is likely temporary until I can find my brown deerskin leather. #MetalSmithing
October 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I finally had time to get this pendant finished up. It is very clearly my first metal piercing project, but considering how rough it was in the middle stages I'm happy with the outcome. The braided waxed cord is likely temporary until I can find my brown deerskin leather. #MetalSmithing
Sketches for acid etching future jewelry in this semester's #MetalSmithing class! Digging out my life after a grueling move to a lovely new apartment at the start of the month, glad to be on the far side of that.
October 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Sketches for acid etching future jewelry in this semester's #MetalSmithing class! Digging out my life after a grueling move to a lovely new apartment at the start of the month, glad to be on the far side of that.
