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Keum-Boo: Hot Burnished Gold Foil

ByCharles Lewton-Brain

This book teaches how to easily hot burnish gold foil permanently onto silver objects, and raw sheet for soldering and building patterned jewelry with. It is a very rapid, easy method of adding the buttery richness of 24k gold to your silver and gold objects. This incredibly simple designing technique was re-introduced to the West from Korea in the 1980’s. It lets you make pictures and patterns using pure 24k gold foil placed onto other metals as well, including steel, platinum, palladium, 14K, 18K and other gold alloys, aluminum and even copper. Step-by-step photos show how to make your own gold foil, hot burnish onto silver, platinum. Also discussed are how to calibrate a hot plate and use liver of sulfur. The white electrum alloy for keum-boo is described.

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Publication Date
Oct 1, 2011
Language
English
Category
Crafts & Hobbies
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
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By (author): Charles Lewton-Brain

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PDF

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