The force of gravity, head, and hammered surface created a strange reddish veil where the surface grooves became blackened, framed by a ring of exposed and reflective metal. It reminded me of a dragon!

Of course, again, I had to continue onwards, and I arrived at my final destination: a polished hammered bead. I wanted to go back to the beginning, however, and protract the journey and give heed to all the steps.

How far could I break down the capture the process?

How many journeys within a journey could I discover?

In essence: how many new designs could emerge from the processes themselves - a new way to design the unexpected, the “in betweens”?

A hand-hammered copper bead had always been a singular destination which I often visited. The journey itself always moved efficiently through every step, the sceneries in between, to reach as well-crafted of an artifact as possible.

My last trip was different. As I ventured through the thicket of cold steel, malleable copper, and flame, a matted half-dome shell with sputters of brightly burnished flecks from the first strikes of the hammer caught my attention. As I admired the uneven scorched surface, I wanted to stop here.

Of course I had to continue forward, hestitatingly hammering the evening out the edges so I could join to the two halves of the bead. Secured by the light tension of a pair of tweezers, flux dripped towards the bottom of the bead, foaming and encrusting the copper as it was heated, ready to be soldered.

Price List

($ Pendant / $ Earring)

Blanks

101000 (outline scribing)
101001 (blank cutouts)

Forming

101100 (annealing no. 1)
101101 (pickling no. 1)
101102 (pre-forming) - $15/$30
101103 (annealing no. 2)
101104 (pickling no. 2)
101105 (final forming)
101106 (annealing no. 3) - $20/$40
101107 (pickling no. 3) - $25/$40
101108 (edge trimming)

Texturing

101200a (hammering) - $20/$40
101200z (hammering) - $25/$50
101201 (edge clean-up) - $30/$60
101201.1 (filing)
101201.2 (180g)
101201.3 (220g)
101201.4 (320g)
101201.5 (400g)
101201.6 (600g) - $25/$50

Boring

101300 (center punch)
101301 (drilling)
101302 (de-burring)

Soldering

101400 (flux)
101401 (solder) - $40/$80
101402 (pickling)

Finishing

101500 (finishing)
101500.1 (36g radial)
101500.2 (80g radial) - $60/$110
101500.3 (120g radial)
101500.4 (220g radial)
101500.5 (400g radial)
101500.6 (6µm radial)
101500.7 (3µm radial)
101501 (magnetic tumbler) - $65/$120
101502 (patina) - $65/$140