Processes, Techniques and Specific Knowledge Areas

__Fabrication

• sawing filing
• soldering
• forming
• forging
• finishing
• coloring
• seaming
• raising
• casting
• goldsmithing
• bead working
• bead making (see Glass/Lampworking)

  __3D hand rendering
  __Gem cutting and polishing

Materials, Equipment and Technology

__Types of metal: copper, bronze, brass, sterling, gold, silver, wire
__Finishing materials: pen & ink/pencil/gouache/marker/watercolor/paints
__CorelDRAW
__ArtCAM
__Milling machine
__Gems, stones