Jewelry Making: Working with Textures in Metal
The Main Tools
A course by Karl Mazlo , Jewelry Artist
About the video: The Main Tools
Overview
“I will now introduce you to a selection of tools that we will use throughout this course. I will also show you the materials I work with and how I use or divert them.”
In this video lesson Karl Mazlo addresses the topic: The Main Tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Jewelry Making: Working with Textures in Metal. Learn to create unique textures in metal and make jewelry using traditional tools and techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“The main tools In this lesson, I will show you a selection of tools which we will need during this lesson. To begin, I will present a first family of tools which is used for tracing. Here we have the rule which will be used to draw straight lines. Here is a hat square which will allow you to find a right angle and draw straight lines. We will use it mainly on metal. Here we have the compass which will create circles. Here the scribe which will be used with the ruler and the hat square. Here we have three large files of different shapes which can be applied to the metal in different ways. We...”
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Course summary for: Jewelry Making: Working with Textures in Metal
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Category
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Areas
Fashion Design, Jewelry Design

Karl Mazlo
A course by Karl Mazlo
Karl Mazlo is a jewelry artist based in Paris. He grew up in the world of jewelry thanks to his parents who are jewelry designers. After graduating from the Boulle School in Paris, where he learned the art of jewelry making, he went freelance and began working for designers. It was during his stay in Japan that he developed a new vision of his approach. He was then instilled with the desire to create, and set up his own company to convey this vision and his story.
He creates unique jewelry for individuals, but occasionally collaborates with large companies like the Eastern & Oriental Express, for whom he has created jewelry inspired by this train journey.
His works have been exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris, the Metropolitan Art Museum in Tokyo, and the Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, among others. He is also the winner of various prizes such as the Made in Paris label prize, 1st Prize at the Ateliers d'Art de France competition, and the Exceptional Talent Prize of the Liliane Bettencourt Schueller foundation.
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