Organic Silver Casting Tutorials | 12 Months Of Metal

Kim shows you a tutorial on organic silver casting! Including small scale silver casting into rock salt - plus spaghetti and water casting.
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[@customcraft1]

Kim, I am in US and just found your wonderful channel. I regret not seeing your videos years ago, now I have to binge watch your entire list. I am so impressed with this first one I have seen and am now in love with You and Kernowcraft, Thank you so much for giving me so much pleasure.

[@robsykes9269]

WOW! Every single one is totally unique and infinitely interesting! I think the lentils were the most spectacular...I will certainly be trying this at home (TOMORROW). When you took the pieces out of the rock salt, it sort of reminded me of gold or silver on quartz. This video has inspired me to try all sorts of different materials in which to cast. Thanks for this video!

[@richardbinell2053]

Love your sense of wonder. Thanks for sharing.

[@candaceb.8978]

Really pretty. You made it look really easy.... encouraging!

[@user-pe8cu1vs6d]

Thank you so much, this is so much fun! Learned so much.

[@shanefowkes7451]

These coffy cans/tons have come in very handy this winter in the UK, not only have i made one in to a candle oven it also doubleß as a heater but i had idea you could use them like this too

[@jacquelinevandermeer]

Really really beautiful!!

[@nuriaesteban9111]

WOOOOOOW me encantó!!!! muchas gracias

[@skrateu2344]

omg real beauties, love it

[@michelleknight7362]

That was really cool. I’ve only seen it done with broom straws and of course I’m in the United States. I don’t believe you showed the spaghetti up close but that was the one I was really interested in seeing up close. I really like what the lentils did and I guess I need to go back and watch how you did the water because that’s a cool ring that you’re wearing that you made with your Organtica style….

[@sheena8869]

You got some great shapes. I've also seen someone doing the water casting technique without a crucible by melting the end of thick wire till it drips into the water.

[@kimthomson400]

Let me know if you remember who that was because coincidently I had someone mention doing it that way the other day but it really didn't work for them. Would like to see it done well :)

[@sheena8869]

@@kimthomson400 the video is kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHzGYYWKqJh3Y9k see if you can get it to work ;)

[@lindylittleton4183]

Love the organic shapes you get with this technique, I would love to have a go at this, just got to pluck up the courage lol

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Hope you had a go Lindy :)

[@Queen_Street_Sterling]

These are all beautiful! I particularly love the little water cast cups you used for your ring. Which factors give the best depth? I assume there is a lot of luck involved, but wondered if you have a small element of control. Thanks!

[@burcugozde7859]

Like your videos they are very helpful ✨ thank you🙏

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Glad you find them useful :)

[@richardlo1330]

you are adorable! lentils is a cool one to try, have you tried rice? I did an electrum alloy and dropped into water, very very cool. thanks for your content, Kim!

[@sivanmetzer5762]

Beautiful! Were all the techniques done in sterling silver? I’ve only done water casting with fine silver is there a specific reason to use either?

[@jchappers63]

Brilliant!! I was going to send my scraps away to be recycled and probably lose loads of money, but now I'm going to have a go at this. Out shopping later, lentils are on my list and I'll have a scout around the pasta section as well. Plus, I suppose you can soften a sheet of pasta, mould it or press it and re-dry it, so you create your own custom patterns and shapes? Might be worth a try.

[@kimthomson400]

If you try that moulding technique let me know how you get on! :D

[@erikadvorsak8616]

Nice video! I'm curious about the weight of that bigger piece that came out of the salt casting. Do you have any idea how much it weighs? I wanted to try something similar, just a tad smaller and I'm wondering how many grams to use.

[@kimthomson400]

Not a clue sorry as it was over a year ago but to be honest, you don't get the most control over how much of the metal stays as one pice and how much separates into multiple pieces so either way, trials and experimentations are the way to go :)

[@Flyawayart]

Can this be done on small rocks or would they shatter from the heat?

[@Floatm]

Was wondering if this technique is achievable with pewter rather than silver?

[@Edelweiss.m]

I tried to cast copper with water, using a simple wire. But when the copper drop falls in the water, it doesn't change its shape. Can you give me some advice? Thank you so much!

[@angeyates7155]

Do you think it's possible to melt more with a small torch if using fine silver?

[@kimthomson400]

Potentially yes, but I doubt you'd get much more. Worth giving it a go though :)

[@malcolmthompson9848]

no, fine silver requires more not less heat. Even with sterling the torch she is using is not hot enough for quality casting.

[@jacquicherry1721]

Could these also be done with copper?

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Yes but copper is harder to melt so either use small amounts or you may need a bigger torch. Traditionally copper is melted in a furnace.

[@ik1623]

Hi! Thank you for this video. How do you clean the silver? I heard some people are using acid baths? Is that always necessary why/why not? I'm a total newbie in this field, wanting to learn as much about making jewellery as possible. Also, what is the difference between melting sterling silver and stainless steel? If I would want to make a stainless steel jewellery rather than a sterling silver one? Could I also mix the two metals together? Why is it better making jewellery pieces from sterling silver rather than stainless steel? Does it come down to the finished look or could you give me some information about this? Thank you :D

[@user-mv8wm4nx5o]

отлично,сгранулировала,зачем я это смотрел до конца

[@dontask8979]

Safe space 🙄