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    Question: Hand Engraving Question

    I do Northwest coast Native style engraving and I would like to recess the background areas about 0.3 MM and have the area smooth enough to engrave a design. I am referring to the areas that are cross-hatched in the attached photograph. I have not found a method that is efficient. Does...
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    Northwest Coast Native Box

    A Raven design on a Silver and 23K gold Bentwood style box. 3" x 3" x 3.75" I learned a lot engraving this piece, and I am already working on the next one.
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    Image transfer

    There are a number or formulas being used for image transfer although I find China White to be easy to obtain and use. It can be purchased at any art supply store in tube form and mixed with water, to watery but thick consistency. I have a smal jar of it which I rub on to the metal with my...
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    Native American silver & gold box

    A work in progress: a Raven box in silver and 23K gold, 3" x 3" x 4". I have made silver boxes and gold boxes before, but this is the first time that I have used the gold inlay technique. This is my pet project; which I will work on as I have time over the next few months. Included is a...
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    Northwest Native Indian Bracelet

    A silver Hummingbird Bracelet, 1' x 6". I always work from sketches for my engraving designs. My approach focuses on the use of space, to keep the viewers eye moving along the design. The "cross hatching" in the negative areas is distinctive to Northwest coast Native design, although I...
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    Native Indian Salmon

    This pendant is silver with 23K gold, 1.25" x 1.25". Where I have inlaid gold this would abalone shell inlay, according to tradition. The old masters did amazing work with abalone shell inlay. It has taken me a while to figure out the best way to use inlay, and this piece is getting closer. I...
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    Native American Puffin in progress

    I like seeing the in progress posts by engravers so I am adding one of mine. The gold inlay and stipple texturing have not been used previously in Northwest coast Native engraving. I have been applying these techniques for about a year. The gold inlay face shown here is 7 MM wide. About 2 years...
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    Kwakiutl Loon, gold inlay

    This piece is sterling silver and 23K gold. Traditionally inlays like this were done with abalone shell, which is indigenous to my area. It has taken me a while to get the idea how to use the gold inlay technique effectively with this style of engraving. I see now that engraving on the inlaid...
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    Native Indian Raven Pendant

    This necklace is sterling silver, 23K gold and abalone shell. The pendant is 1.5" x 1" and the necklace is 20" long.
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    Inlaying into flexible metal

    Does anyone know if it is possible to do gold inlay into a bracelet that will flex? I want to inlay 24K gold into a silver bracelet of the style shown, where the metal flexes when it is put on the wrist. I am wondering if the inlay will work itself free? The metal is 1 MM thick. I have do...
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    Question: Gold inlay into Sterling Silver

    Can anyone tell me if it is possible to inlay 24K gold into sterling silver? I engrave silver quite a bit and I would like to use the gold inlay technique, if it is possible on a such a soft metal. I also engrave white gold, has anyone inlaid 24K gold into 14K or 18K white gold?

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