Soldering copper jewelry

Oksana Truhan's Tips for Working with Copper, Wire Jewelry Design. Butane Torch, Soldering, Solder. Raw copper wire is my favorite metal to work with.

I was looking for the perfect solder for copper and finally found it. This is a solid copper-phosphorus solder Felder 94, no silver content. I conducted an experiment and to solder a few rings, using different types of solder. 1 - Copper-phosphorus solder paste. On the one ring I put more paste to another less. 2 - Solid copper-phosphorus brazing with silver content. 3 - Solid copper-phosphorus solder Felder no silver content. And here's the result: solid solder does not leave silver trace…

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'3D Solder Mushroom Pendant': I have a lot of gemstones, like... A LOT. I've dabbled in wrapping them with wire before but that got boring after a while. My adventurous ADHD mind was buzzing to figure out a new and different way I could use these rocks to make jewelry. My first …

A blog about creating handmade metalwork jewellery in copper, bronze, sterling silver and enamel.

Learn everything you need to know about how to solder copper into silver, brass and more with metalsmithing expert Lexi Erickson.

Stephanie | Ocean Inspired Jewelry | SILVERSMITH | EDUCATOR on Instagram: "You might have thought that the answer would be brass- but in this case, you would be wrong- and here is why 👇🏼 This line of thought can pertain to both intentional mixed metals AND when you’re practicing with brass or copper to learn how to solder prior to moving into sterling silver. When I work in mixed metals, most of the time I still opt for silver solder (you’ll see that inside of The Stacker Cuff Course…

Hello everyone! Yesterday I made a post about how to apply an ammonia patina to copper. In that post I mentioned a borax patina that can...