This course is not open for enrollment

The Art of Keum Boo - Pinwheel Flower Pendant

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

About the Class

The Pinwheel Flower Pendant class continues my series on Keum Boo, the ancient Korean technique that translates as “attached gold”.

In the introductory class, the Golden Butterfly Pendant, we focused on learning the process of bonding gold to silver. This time, we’ll build on those skills by using leftover pieces of 24k gold foil together with rolling mill textures to create a simple but elegant flower pendant full of warmth and detail.

One of the lovely things about this design is how adaptable it is. The finished piece could easily be turned into earrings as well as a pendant, making it a wonderful project for experimenting with different shapes and layouts once you feel confident with the technique.

Keum Boo creates a strong permanent bond between 24k gold and fine silver using only heat and pressure, with no solder involved. Even very small pieces of gold create a striking effect, making this a beautiful way to add rich golden detail to your jewellery without using large amounts of gold.

This class is a lovely opportunity to continue building confidence with Keum Boo while exploring texture, contrast, and ways of making the most of your leftover materials.

An understanding of the information in the first class in this series, the Golden Butterfly Pendant class, is useful. All of the Art of Keum Boo classes are part of the Jeweller's Bench membership - click here for more details

READY TO JOIN? CLICK HERE

You will need:

Materials:
* 13mm by 26mm sterling silver sheet approximately 0.8mm thick
* small pieces of 24k gold Keum Boo foil left over from other projects, enough to cover half of the pendant
* a small jump ring as a bail
* a chain to hang the pendant from

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
* Texturing hammers
* Steel block and leather cushion (or folded tea towel!)
*Jeweller's saw and bench peg if silver not already cut to size
* Small mandrel
* Tracing paper and pencil
* Ruler, sharpie and scissors
* Jeweller's saw and bench peg
* Flat nose pliers and round nosed pliers
* Emery paper or sanding pad
* Drill and 0.9mm drill bit
* 6" flat file and needle files
* Rolling mill and patterned texture sheet (or texture with a hammer instead)

The rolling mill texture sheet used in this project can be bought here

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.    

This is an easy project to adapt to the size of the materials you have available and to fit your personal style. Make the pendant bigger or smaller, change the shape, make a pair of earrings instead - it's completely up to you! Do remember though that if you want to make a pendant that is much larger you will need thicker silver sheet than I've used here to make sure that your design is strong and will last.

47 minutes long, 13 lessons

Reviews

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!
All Rights Reserved. No part of this course may be reproduced or shared without express, written consent from the author.

© 2026 The Jeweller's Bench