Decorative Techniques and Finishes Flashcards
(20 cards)
A surface texture resembling tree bark
Bark Finish
Mirror-Like finish
Bright Polish/ High Polish
Tiny parallel lines that are scratched on the surface with a wire brush creating soft, diffused, reflections.
Brushed finish
A Technique of indenting and raising a relief design into metal from the front using chisels and punches
Chasing
A technique of creating a raised design by pushing metal out from its reverse side with hammers and punches.
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It can also be done using Dies
Embossing
Fusion of a colored glassy substance to metal to create a design.
Enameling
A line design cut into metal
Engraving
A process of using acids to create a design on metal by corrosion.
Etching
A delicate, openwork design often made by bending and soldering fine wires.
Filigree
Cross-hatched pattern with coarser lines than a brushed finish.
Florentine finish
Melting metal to produce interesting forms and textures.
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The process of uniting two metals using heat and no solder.
Fusion
A matte finish.
Achieved by blasting metal with minute glass beads by using a sand machine.
Glassbeaded finish
Tiny metal balls fused to a metal base (without solder)
Granulation
A beaded line pattern made by hand or machine, usually used as an ornamental finish on wedding bands.
Milgraining
A dull non-reflective finish
Matte Finish
A process of darkening or coloring a metal through oxidation.
When a flame with oxygen produces a dark antique like look on a piece of jewelry
Oxidation
The process of raising a design in sheet metal by punching up the reverse side.
The design is completed from the front by chasing.
Repoussé
A technique of transferring texture form one material to another.
Roll Printing
A matte finish made by blasting metal with sand and is grainer than a glassbeaded finish.
Sand blasted
A very finely brushed surface texture resembling satin.
Satin finish
