Guerrilla Gold: More Flash, Less Cash
$430.00
$430.00
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP-Budget-wise hacks for gold and steel
March 14-15
Forget tradition. This is gold on your terms. With the cost of gold at an all-time high, it’s time to ditch conventional approaches and instead opt for smart, cost-effective ways to get maximum metals impact with minimum investment. Even at current gold prices, you can add it to your work for as little as $20 without sacrificing eye appeal.
In this ONLINE two-day workshop, you’ll learn how to use steel as an alternative metal for jewelry and then incorporate gold into your work without putting yourself in the poorhouse. We’ll start by exploring alternative forms of gold—placer gold flour, gold powder, gold foil flakes—types of gold that offer more mileage than traditional forms such as wire, sheet and casting grain. We’ll alloy tiny amounts of gold powder so you can use less of the precious stuff while preserving its beautiful glow. We’ll also explore gold fusion approaches tailored specifically for steel using a variety of bonding and heat control strategies. You’ll experiment with layering, fusing, and burnishing to achieve rich textures, unexpected effects and bold contrasts between raw blackened steel and the glow of gold. We will also explore fusing bronze powder that mimics the look of gold.
Design is an essential element of eye appeal. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to use design techniques that harness the power of gold to elevate your work. You’ll leave with a toolkit of golden tricks—and a few eye-catching samples to prove it. If you’re ready to rethink adding high-karat pizzazz to your creations, this workshop is the golden ticket.
What We Will Cover
Day 1 March 14 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. PST
- Steel and gold: how steel, as an alternative metal, offers opportunities to add more flash for less cash
- "Guerrilla gold”explained: powdered gold, gold foil sheet and flakes, gold leaf flakes
- Fusing lower karat gold: why it's perfect with steel
- Alloying gold powder: optional for those who choose to purchase gold powder
- Fusing gold powder to steel for maximum impact
Day 2 March 15 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. PST
- Keum Boo on steel:less is more with gold foil
- Gold flakes: lots of glow for not much dough
- Fused bronze powder: gold look-alike (no, it’s not cheating)
- Patina effects: highlight the gold
- Sealers: sealing your work to protect the value
- Design tips for maximum impact: how to draw the eye to the gold
KIT $100 billed after registration
Instructor will send an email after you register asking which kit option you want and then will send an invoice.
- Steel sheet—4” x 8” two sheets 20g and 24g
- 10k gold wire, 1" piece of 18g
- Gold foil for Keum Boo from Allcraft 1”x1” piece
- Gold flakes—enough for several pieces
- Brilliant bronze metal clay powder (10grams)
- Priority small box USPS shipping
- (Note: kit price may be adjusted based on market price of metals.)
STUDENT PROVIDED SUPPLIES
- 2 burnishers (agate preferred)
- Torch (acetylene/air or dual gas). Smaller butane or MAPP gas torches are sufficient for Keum boo but not for fusing.
- Paste flux (any)
- Pickle pot with PhDown (sodium bisulphate) or any similar acid (Note: A separate pickle pot is not required. Instead, for non-ferrous metals, have on hand a small glass or plastic container that can be filled with pickle and temporarily placed inside your pot.)
- Pickle tongs—wood, plastic or stainless steel
- Third hands (at least two)
- Fire bricks (two)
Optional supplies
- Powdered gold from Allcraft (1/2g packet) Note: if you purchase powdered gold you will also want to purchase powdered silver for alloying purposes.)
- Powdered silver from EBay (Applied Technologies) (10g approximately $35)
- Gold foil from allcraft (1/2 sheet, standard thickness approximately $165)
- Gold leaf flakes large size from LA Gold Leaf Wholesale (200mg approximately $95)
20 in stock