Metal Content Stamping

by Judy Larson

It is a good idea to stamp the metal content on a gifted precious metal piece so years from now the person that it is passed down to it will know what the piece is made of.

Instructions

Stamping metal on a bench block telescopes the stamped image from the stamped side of the metal to the other side. This leaves a raised area that will almost always be visible, even after flattening with a rubber/nylon mallet, no matter how much sanding and polishing is done. Of course, texturing after the metal content is stamped can help conceal the bump. For many jewelry pieces, the telescoped image/bump is not a problem because it will be covered with a stone or other metal parts.

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After roller printing and cutting these pieces out, the metal content was stamped on the back of each piece. If a metal bench block was used, the roller printed image would have been obliterated in that area on the front. The solution was to place the pieces on a rubber block and then stamp the metal content, being careful to not hammer the stamp too hard. The rubber block allowed the textured side to be cushioned enough that the texture was not disturbed during stamping. The slight raised area on the front was easily flattened by placing the pieces on a metal bench block and hammering with a rubber/plastic mallet.

But what if a rubber block is not available? Place several layers of plastic, such as the plastic removed from inside processed meat packages (which is also perfect to make templates) on a bench block and use as you would a rubber block. Other alternatives to the rubber block would be using a thin magazine/catalog or newspaper pages on a bench block.

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4x4 Inch Rubber Block

G17-12

G17-12
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Price: $8.95
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DMS-.925 Stamp

PUN-127.00

PUN-127.00
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Price: $13.97
Gold Club Price: $10.48

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Brass Hammer - 1 Pound

HAM-456.10

HAM-456.10
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Category: General Education
Technique(s): Stamping, General Education

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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