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A Silversmith is a person who works with silver. Silversmiths not only work with silver, but with other metals as well to make jewellery and other items. Silversmiths specialise in the use of silver though, and it is the principal metal with which they work.
Silver is cheaper than gold, and so is very popular with jewellers who are just starting out and cannot afford to make pieces in gold. Silver has also become very fashionable, and is used frequently in more artistic jewellery pieces. Silver also has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
There are several different types of silversmiths: Some are involved in the Fabrication of the metals, where items are typically cut and then constructed with differing connections ( such as soldering or riviting) Others work in Wax and then cast their pieces using a process called "lost wax" (where the wax original is evaporated in a burn-out process in a kiln) There are Silversmiths who specialize in Forging and Forming, producing pieces that are typically made from a single piece of metal that has been hammered or formed under pressure of percussion or squeezing from a press. (hydrolic press) There are Silversmiths who only make jewelery. There are Silversmiths who only make utensils. Because Silver is such a malleable metal, silversmiths have a large range of choices with how they prefer to work the metal.
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@glitz_glitter i know what you mean. it's never enuf! we have all the tools for silversmithing but don't get to do it much.
blanchem (Blanche Melamed) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:27:43 -0000
@glitz_glitter i know what you mean. it's never enuf! we have all the tools for silversmithing but don't get to do it much.
@drunkentigerjk I'm a Silversmithing and Jewellery Student at the Glasgow School of Art. ^^
emmamarie_2 (Emma Gregory) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:20:48 -0000
@drunkentigerjk I'm a Silversmithing and Jewellery Student at the Glasgow School of Art. ^^
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beadsnbangles (Kim Bell) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:24:36 -0000
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Silver Magazine - Specializing in the entire field of silver, featuring the finest in research pertaining to the world of silver, with articles on antique English, Continental, and, Colonial American silver.
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