Casting & Granulation Tutorial | 12 Months Of Metal

In the final month of Kim's #12MonthsOfMetal, she shares a casting and granulation tutorial!
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[@adiem1653]

The soothing storm in the background reminded me of this years lousy weather lol

[@gemmaphillis270]

I did your course a few years ago and loved it! Now I loving your videos! Thank you!

[@1eliasfromgreece]

Thanks for this. Is very helpful.

[@g.m.5412]

The cubic zirconias in melted metal just rocked my world 🤘❤️👏

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

It's a lot of fun to do. Just let them air cool for a bit afterwards rather than shocking them with cold water.

[@clarecribb4075]

Such a useful video!! Thank you so much!

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Thanks Clare :)

[@Shauna-d4k]

Hi, love your videos, just starting out. Trying to melt a ball into a stone and it's just not sticking. Do you think I might be not making the whole the CZ sits in big enough? Thanks!

[@101mosioatunya]

Excellent video :-) I'm looking forward to seeing all the others, too

[@kernowcraft]

So glad you liked it Hilary! 😊

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Thank you Hilary! :)

[@sheena8869]

Mmm, considering how to deliberately splatter my silver😁. Thought the cubic zirconia setting was brill!

[@amyclark-hj5ph]

Hi, So do you always have to coat your scrap silver in flux before melting? Great video x

[@kimthomson400]

Yes flux definitely helps :)

[@pattk100]

Hi, I’m re-watching one of your videos and I have a question I did something really dumb and I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t even know if it’s possible to fix it but I figured if it was possible you might could help me so here goes, I had a flogged diamond from an old earring and I was trying to set it in a silver ball and it got engulfed in the ball and I can’t get it out. Any suggestions help? If not, that will be a very expensive silver ball lol.

[@lilielouise3576]

Thank you for this great video! Does it matter if there is a little bit of solder left on the scraps I am using? Or should I try to get rid of it before casting? Will it melt evenly into the silver? (not planning to hallmark). Also, if I were to melt different metals together, would they merge and become homogeneous? Out of curiosity. Sorry for all the question! Thank you again for the video! X

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Hi Lilie, yes they would melt together and become homogeneous or in metal terms, an alloy. You can give them a little stir with a soldering pick or carefully swirl them in the crucible to make sure they are evenly mixed. With the solder, a little bit is fine if you're not going to hallmark. When I did my 100 consecutive days of recycling the same piece of silver for #misilverchallenge I didn't remove solder for time reasons. It noticeably began to affect the workability of the silver around day 50. So that was a lot of solder joins getting melted into the silver. If there's a lot of solder and it's fairly easy to remove and you have the time, I'd cut or file it out, otherwise, it's fine unless you're worried about purity for hallmarking.

[@darcyamoss]

Can this casting technique also work with gold filled bits of metal? Or is gold fill completely different?

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Hi Dd, gold filled is a thin bonded layer of gold on another metal such as brass or silver. Unfortunately that means the gold will be 'lost' if you melt it.

[@tasmyn_art3197]

Is it possible to put gemstones or metal wire in the balls while they’re still molten?

[@hanamoreton6543]

I am soooo looking forward to getting into the workshop and trying this... I’ve been meaning to do it for ages, but this has given me the motivation! Thanks Kim & Kernowcraft! Hana@Snøkatt 😺

[@kernowcraft]

Great to hear Hana! Have fun 🙌

[@annieslat9214]

Your the best lol