Examples of skills used in the workshop of Natasha Schweitzer

9 Karat Yellow Gold


The photos presented are images taken in the workshop of my previous workshop, where I worked on orders. The primary skills employed include cleaning castings, resizing, soldering, and hand fabrication. 

1/5    9K Yellow casted basket with a Blue Topaz.
2/5    9K Yellow wire ring that has been aligned horizontally and soldered across a casted octagonal disc. 
3/5   9K Yellow helix wire earrings with a flat baroque pearl on a loop.  
4/5  1/2  Resize process photo with a piece of a shank laser-welded in place, then soldered. The sprue is filed to be more rounded and then hammered to allow for more size adjustment. 
5/5  2/2  Soldered, filed, and emery’d and resized ring.