Jewellery is one of the demands that any human being has – may it be a man or a woman. It gives beauty and adds to the spectacular appearance of anyone who wears it. Because of the great demands that people have on jewellery, many techniques have been developed and one of them is “Keum Boo”.
“Keum Boo” is an ancient art which has been well known to almost all people around the globe, most especially those who are fond of collecting jewels. It originated in Korea and is considered as a gilding technique which is also called ‘attached gold’.
This is a famous strategy most especially in Japan and China. They were able to craft a lot of jewellery collections with the application of the keum-boo art. For this, many people have come to appreciate the style and they started imitating it until the art has enveloped all companies that manufacture different sets of jewellery all over the world.
How is the art of Keum-Boo acheived?
This technique is done through using thin sheets of gold and attaching them to silver. The method starts by heating the plate under a high pressure for approximately 500 – 700 F. When the plate is already heated, you can now place the gold and manipulate it carefully using burnishers. Pressure is then added to heat to further operate it and craft the design that you desire. When you achieve the perfect design, you may now cool the jewel in a steel bench block.
After the cooling process, you must now use a wire brush for the cleaning process. This must be done to eliminate oxidation and further furnish the silver to produce a more spectacular look.
This method is very applicable to finished silver Jewellery or silver objects such as fine silver, sterling silver, silver alloys, silver metal clays and Argentium.
In doing this technique of blending gold into silver, there are things that you must consider. These factors are very relevant in creating a Jewellery that will surely fit your taste and will definitely amaze you.
Some of the most important aspects that must be regarded are the following:
1) Tools
They are very important in practising the art of Keum-Boo for you cannot accomplish anything without them. You need to have the basic tools such as the silver of the material where you are going to attach the gold, burnisher, brass brush, soapy water and the heat source. These are only some of the materials that you will need while doing the process.
2) Designs
You must also know how you are going to use the art of Keum-Boo. This means that you have to identify what designs you are going to make. In connection with this, there are a lot of jewellery collections which use this kind of technique. If you want, you can just refer to them. However, it would be more fun if you are going to make your own style.
These are only some of the most important things that you have to consider in creating a jewellery collection using the art of “Keum-Boo”. If you want to learn why people love this art, you just have to be more adventurous and discover new things that will surely bring you great fun and thrill.
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