The Art of Keum Boo - Reticulated Circles Pendant

Learn how to do Keum Boo with a blow torch

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 Keum Boo classes are part of the Jeweller's Bench Membership - click here for more details.

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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
* Scales, rolling mill and calipers if you are forming your own sheet for this project
* Steel or agate burnisher
* Disc Cutter
* Doming block and wooden punches
* Old heavy hammer
* Steel block and leather cushion (or folded tea towel!)
* Bail forming pliers or round nosed pliers
* Wire cutters
* Jeweller's saw and bench peg
* Flat nose pliers and round nosed pliers
* Emery paper, preferably on a sanding stick
* 6" flat file and rounded needle files
* Your preferred polishing method - I've used my pendant drill and radial discs

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.

1 hour 31 minutes long, 19 lessons

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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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