• Photograph of a rectangular, textured silver pendant with a small blue stone on a black cord.
  • student panel showing chasing and repousse flower
  • Roberta chasing her panel
  • A close-up photograph of a person using a marker on a silver sheet on a black object.
  • A close-up photograph of a depressing a piece of metal.
  • A close-up photograph of a hand using a graver to carve details into a piece of white mother-of-pearl secured in black pitch.
  • Photograph of a set of black steel punches on a white background.

    Repoussé (French for “to push out”) describes forming contours in sheet metal with dapping punches and other blunt tools and is usually performed on the reverse side of the metal piece.

    Chasing refers to pressing details (lines, dots, textures) into the front of a design with smaller, specially shaped punches.

    In both techniques, the hollow metal item is filled with flexible pitch to support the surface while it is being worked. In this Silver Passport Workshop we will explore this technique using hammers and chasing punches.

    What you will walk away with:

    • A finished embossed panel to be fabricated into a piece of jewelry.

    You will need a 3” square of 22 gauge silver or copper.

    Price
    $235.00
    Sessions
    1
    The material fee fluctuates with the market.
    Silver Passport Series
    Must have previously taken one of the following.
    Beginning Silversmithing •
    Discover Silversmithing II

    Upcoming schedule

    Dec 19 10:30 am-4:30 pm One session Register