Jewelry Making: Working with Textures in Metal
Shaping a Ring
A course by Karl Mazlo , Jewelry Artist
About the video: Shaping a Ring
Overview
“The last step will be to create a ring to be able to pass a chain on the pendant and thus allow it to be worn.”
In this video lesson Karl Mazlo addresses the topic: Shaping a Ring, 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
“shaping a ring In this lesson we will see how to form a bail and thus pass a chain to our pendant. We will also see another technique: form a thread to create a ring and pass the chain around the pendant. So let's move on to this step. We'll need pliers, saws, wires and various tools to perform this step. We will start with the shaping of the bail. It is the simplest technique. We'll soften the back of this bail with files and we're going to form it using round pliers. And there, I realize a chamfer that I make with the file. It's an angle of about 30 degrees. which is flat. And then I'll r...”
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Course summary for: Jewelry Making: Working with Textures in Metal
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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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