Reviews
Selling silver work: price models by risk and cash timing
Silver pricing models compared for makers: how fixed price, time-and-materials, wholesale and consignment split metal-cost risk, ownership and cash timing.
Contributor
Amelia Morgan
Amelia Morgan is the editorial byline assigned to this area. Subject: Silver Jewellery and Hardware Craft: silver, craft. Background, definitions and the interpretation of available information belong to this editorial remit. This is an editorial pen name used by the publication, not a claim of an independently verified personal identity.
Guides
How to cost handmade silver piece jobs: codes and drivers
How to cost handmade silver piece jobs: log the metal you weigh, time each bench stage, allocate overhead by a driver, and code every deviation.
Rules
How to investigate silversmithing exposure problems
Silversmithing exposure problems: identify solder, flux, pickle, investment, and plating hazards; plan sampling, preserve evidence, and check OSHA rules.
Features
Fictional Case: Can You Restore Overpolished Silver Finish?
Fictional case: restore overpolished silver finish appearance without replacing lost metal; measurements and trials guide a revised satin field.
Rules
Silver finishing problems: persistent scratches, polishing drag and blotchy patina
Silver finishing problems guide for scratches, rounded details, polishing drag, blotchy patina, residues, evidence checks, repair limits, and rejection.
Maintenance
Silver finishing safety checklist: bench process gates
Silver finishing safety checklist for job limits, machine setup, extraction, work holding, cross-contamination, cleaning, dimensions, and release.
Reviews
Silver finishes compared: abrasive, burnished, satin, oxidized and plated
Silver finishes compared by surface action, metal removal, reflectivity, texture, color, coating thickness, detail retention, wear, cleaning, repair, and inspection.
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Silver finishing guide: abrasives, polishing, burnishing, patina, and cleaning
A silver finishing guide to reading scratch depth, choosing abrasives, burnishing, polishing, patina, cleaning methods, and inspection records.
Features
Rebuild undersized silver bezel: replacement decision
Rebuild undersized silver bezel: a fictional case records the mismatch, why stretching was rejected, and how the replacement setting was inspected.
Maintenance
Stone setting security checklist: stage by stage
A stone setting security checklist that runs stage by stage: intake, seat geometry, tools, support, contact, security testing, and release records.
Rules
Silver guide: US hallmarking and FTC silver stamping rules
This silver guide explains US hallmarking, the FTC Jewelry Guides and what stamp must appear on sterling, fine silver, silver plate and imported silver.
Rules
OSHA ventilation rules for a home silver studio and what they require
Silver craft home studios face OSHA ventilation rules: exposure limits, bench hoods, cadmium and silica controls, respirators, and recordkeeping.
Rules
Silver craft labeling and the Indian Arts and Crafts Act
See how the Indian Arts and Crafts Act shapes silver craft origin claims, records, and seller practices in Santa Fe and Tucson.
Guides
How humidity affects silver soldering and storage in US regions
This silver guide explains how humidity drives tarnish and flux behavior in coastal, desert and northern US studios, plus casting, dehumidifier and storage steps.
Rules
Silver stamping problems: double strikes, drifting patterns and uneven depth
Silver stamping problems guide for double strikes, drifting patterns, torn edges, distorted sheet, uneven depth, evidence checks, controlled trials, and rejection.
Maintenance
Pattern layout, support, tool, strike, depth, and finish checklist
Silver pattern checklist for drawing control, stock, samples, support, hammers, punches, gravers, strike sequence, depth, distortion, finishing, and release.
Guides
Laying out and stamping a repeat pattern on silver: coupon method and inspection
Use drawn datums, matching coupons and a divided strike sequence to lay out and stamp a repeat pattern on silver, then check depth, reverse witness and flatness.
Features
Sterling silver pendant project case: process plan, controls, and final inspection
A fictional supervised project making one oval sterling silver pendant: design record, process plan, hazard controls, measurements, inspection and limits.
Rules
Jeweler's Saw Problems: A Diagnostic Overview
An overview of common jeweler's saw problems, including blade breaks, wandering cuts, seized corners, burrs, sheet distortion, and holding faults.
Features
Forming a tapered silver cuff from measured stock case
Tapered silver cuff case using a measured blank, section map, staged forging and bending, controlled annealing, released-shape checks, and final records.
Rules
Silver forming problems: cracks, wrinkles, springback and tool marks
Silver forming problems guide for cracks, wrinkles, springback, uneven thickness, dents, tool marks, root-cause evidence, correction limits, and rejection.
Guides
How Silver Jewelry Is Made: Hallmarks, Casting and Solid vs Plated
Silver jewelry and hardware craft: how casting, stamping and finishing actually work, what hallmarks state, and how to tell solid silver from plated.
Rules
Silver Firestain Porosity Problems: Safe Triage
Silver firestain porosity problems: learn to distinguish surface change, casting voids, contamination, mixed alloys, and misleading marks before repair.
Guides
Silver Clay vs Traditional Silversmithing: A Comparison
Silver clay vs traditional silversmithing compared by setup, speed, material and Canadian costs, with marking rules and a practical beginner decision rule.
Rules
US silver hallmarking laws: who can challenge a sterling claim
US silver hallmarking laws are enforced after the sale. See who can challenge a sterling claim, on what legal ground, and how a seller answers.
Guides
Anneal and Form Silver Band: Nine Bench Stages
Anneal and form silver band strip in nine bench stages: process card, strip measurement, anneal under exhaust, pickle, mandrel passes, and final release.
Maintenance
Silversmithing Bench Safety Checklist for Shop Setup
A silversmithing bench safety checklist for shop setup, covering tool checks, hot work, chemicals, dust, ventilation, protective equipment, and stop conditions.
Reviews
Hard, medium, easy, and extra-easy silver solder compared
Silver solder grades differ by supplier, not by fixed rule, so compare each alloy's melting range sheet before you buy or plan a joint sequence.
Reviews
Jewelry cutting methods compared: choosing a method
Jewelry cutting methods compared by geometry, access, stock, distortion, and cleanup, with guidance on when a jeweler's saw, snips, or disc cutter fits.
Guides
Pierce an interior shape in sheet silver: a test routine
Pierce a clean interior shape in sheet silver on a test pattern first: set two checkpoints, read what each feature shows, then accept or reject the opening.
Reviews
Raising, sinking, forging, bending, and die forming compared
Silver forming methods compared by metal movement, tooling, stock limits, section change, surface effects, repeatability, measurement, and shop safety.
Maintenance
Saw frame, blade and bench pin checklist before cutting
Check the saw frame, blade clamps, tension and bench pin before the first cut, plus the stop signs that mean fix the setup instead of pushing harder.
Guides
Silver fineness marks: what 999, 958, 925 and 800 claim
Read a silver fineness mark grade by grade: what 999, 958, 925 and 800 claim, which frameworks stand behind them, and what the stamp leaves unsaid.
Guides
Silver forming guide: hammers, stakes, mandrels and shape control
Silver forming guide: which hammer, stake and mandrel does which job, when to stop and anneal, and how to measure wall thickness and shape at every stage.
Guides
Silver sawing and piercing guide: layout, bench pin, turns and cleanup
Silver sawing and piercing guide: mark the keep side, support the cut on the right bench pin, turn the work around a moving blade, then file to the drawing.
Maintenance
Silver stock record checklist for traceability
Use this silver stock record checklist to track supplier details, material marks, batch codes, process notes, and release checks from intake to finished piece.
Guides
Silversmithing foundations guide: design, metal, tools, sequence, and records
Silversmithing foundations guide covering bench decisions from drawing to hallmark, with tool choices, joining order, finishing and records.