video and note TUTORIALS
>>> identify your challenge, variations
of ideas, choose techniques,
create/refine/adapt
Design
>>> PRINCIPLES and ELEMENTS of DESIGN | composition
>>> STYLE | representational. abstract. non-objective
>>> PROCESS | intentional:structured VS intuitive:accidental
>>> PURPOSE | aesthetic/decorative . functional . sculptural .
conceptual . personal/talisman
>>> TALKING_LOOKING AT ART
>>> IDEA GENERATION | Divergent-Convergent Thinking
>>> the fundamentals
Machines
Torches
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>>> DRILL PRESS
>>>HAND DRILL
>>> FOREDOM
>>> TORCH | basics, annealing
>>> some specialty techniques
Stone Setting
>>> BEZEL Setting
>>> TUBE Setting
Cast
>>> lost was casting
>>> the ways in which you create things
Technique
>>> METAL BASICS | types. properties. gauges
>>> MARKING METAL | transferring your final design to metal
>>> BENCH SHEAR | cutting metal
>>> SAW FRAME | basics . saw blades
>>> SAWING | cutting metal
>>> CIRCLE DISC CUTTER | cutting metal
>>> FILING | edges
>>> EMERY | surfaces
>>> POLISHING | surfaces
>>> STAMPING | surfaces
>>> ROLL MILL | surfaces
>>> FORMING | mandrels . hammers
>>> FORGING | mandrels . hammers
>>> CHIP SOLDERING | process
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>>> SWEAT SOLDERING | process
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>>> RIVETING | process
>>> JUMP RINGS | Making your Own
>>> WAX Sprue Systems