Lauren Selden Making Things
I'm Lauren Selden, an artist and professor. These are video demonstrations of me making things using traditional metalworking and jewelry techniques. I made these videos for my students. Please compare information and take care of all safety precautions for your own work. I hope you enjoy.
Sawing with a Jewelers Saw: Part II- Piercing
Introduction to Finishing: Filing and Sanding
Sawing with a Jewelers Saw: Part I
Liver of Sulfur Patina
Rolling Mill Texture: steel patterned plates
Cast in Place Pin Findings
Hollow construction ring
Bær Art Center
Brazosport Art Gallery
Basic Solder Joints: Making a Container Part II
Basic Solder Joints- Making a Container
Hollow Construction: Video 3
Opening the Studio
Setting the kiln for casting
Sifting Vitreous Enamel
Making a metal ornament
Tension Fit Container
Overlay soldered Ring
Part II: Tube Rivets and Spacers for Jewelry
Part I: Standard and Hidden Rivets for Jewelry Making
Rolling Mill Texture
Using a Stomp Shear
Part 2: Sand casting: Pouring Metal
Sand Mold Casting:Part 1
Making a Vulcanized Rubber Mold
Cutting a pattern off the tree: lost wax casting
Using a Wax Injector
Investing: Lost Wax Casting
Preparing Wax Pattern for Investing
Wax Work:Sprues