The Art of Keum Boo - Cup of Gold Pendant

Learn how to add beautiful 24k gold to your silver jewellery - use your leftover gold foil!

About the Class

This class continues my series on Keum Boo, an ancient Korean technique  that literally translates as “attached gold”.

In the first class I  taught you how the technique works and kept the design fairly simple so  that we could concentrate on process of attaching the gold - this time you will learn a great way of using up the little leftover pieces of 24k gold foil!

Although the class project is a pendant, this design can be easily adapted for earrings or even cufflinks. You can make them whatever size you wish so this really is a great project for using up leftovers from other projects.

Keum Boo bonds 24k gold and fine silver together, with no solder  involved, just heat and pressure. It is a strong permanent bond,  hundreds of times thicker than gold plating. As you can see from the  class project a little gold goes a long way, making this a great way of  adding the richness of gold to your jewellery without breaking the bank.  It is a magical technique, and one that I never tire of teaching! I love the look on my students’ faces when they realise that their gold  design has bonded beautifully onto the silver.

An understanding of the information in the first class in this series, the Golden Butterfly Pendant class, is useful. All of the Keum Boo classes can be found in The Art of Keum Boo course bundle.

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You will need:

Materials:
* 0.6mm - 0.8mm thick sterling silver sheet, enough to cut a 16mm diameter disc
* small pieces of 24k gold Keum Boo foil left over from other projects
* small piece of 0.8mm wire for a bail
* a chain to complete the pendant

Equipment: (all the jewellery making kit listed here can be used for many different projects)
* Soldering kit - see here for more details
* Ultralite kiln or hot plate
* Steel or agate burnisher
* Wooden coffee stirrer (or similar) and small pot of water
* Steel block and leather cushion (or folded tea towel!)
* Sharpie
* Disc Cutter
* Doming block and punches
* Old hammer suitable for hitting other tools
* Wire cutters and round nosed pliers
* Emery paper or sanding pad
* Medium radial disc and medium silicon rubber wheel in pendant drill (optional)
* 6" flat file and needle files

An explanation of all the tools and materials that you need is included in the videos, and a downloadable equipment and materials list is available with the class.    

As with all the Keum Boo classes this project can be adapted to suit your materials and your style. It works just as beautifully as smaller pendant, a pair of drop or stud earrings or even as a pair of cufflinks.

55 minutes long, 13 lessons

Course Curriculum

Joanne Tinley

Tutor and Founder of The Jeweller's Bench

The Jeweller's Bench is run by Joanne Tinley. She has been making her own jewellery for as long as she can remember and left her first career as a school teacher to set up business as a  jewellery designer and tutor nearly 20 years ago. She is
self-taught and like many people started with wire and beads. Learning how to solder, however, opened up a whole new world of jewellery making,  one that she is keen to share!

Legal Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to show safe working practices and to discuss health and safety aspects of jewellery making, but in the end I cannot take responsibility for how the tutorial information is used and how safely you work. Take the effort to set up your work area safely right from the start!
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