A whole professional life as a goldsmith.
My tips & tricks
With over 45 years of experience in goldsmithing, I’ve developed personal tips and tricks that go beyond what you’ll find in traditional training. In my exclusive online tutorials, you’ll gain insights that only come with years of craftsmanship. Learn the secrets to creating high-quality jewelry, perfecting your techniques, and avoiding common mistakes – knowledge you won’t find in textbooks. Let my expertise guide you to become a true master of the craft.
Stamping, Marking
Stamping (or Marking) is a traditional technique where designs are impressed into metal using punches. While widely used in jewelry making, it’s tricky for beginners due to slippage.
To solve this, I developed a simpler method: I modify standard punches and secure them with tape before hammering. This improves accuracy and makes stamping much more beginner-friendly.
Collecting ideas while travelling
Wherever I travel, my passion for goldsmithing comes with me. In places like Thailand and Malaysia, I used molding silicone to quickly capture textures and shapes that inspire me — from seashells to patterns in nature. This two-part material hardens in minutes, preserving details I later transform into jewelry using sand casting or metal clay. It’s a simple yet powerful way to turn moments into lasting designs.
Mobile sand casting
Along Malaysia’s sunlit shores, I used shell fragments and Ossa Sepia (cuttlefish bone) and brought them into delicate, flower-like forms. Using a compact sand casting kit, silver is melted and poured directly on location—no studio needed.
This travel-ready setup allows for spontaneous creation, capturing the textures of natural materials found by the sea. Each cast becomes a unique pendant, turning coastal finds into lasting, wearable memories shaped by the journey itself.
Metal Clay
Metal clay and metal clay paste open up remarkable possibilities for capturing fine textures and organic shapes in silver. Natural objects like leaves can be coated with successive layers of paste, then torch-fired to burn away the original form, leaving a detailed silver replica. Molds made from botanical textures can be filled with paste to create bold, structured components. These elements can be joined and flame-fired, allowing silver particles to fuse into solid, one-of-a-kind pieces. From delicate impressions to sculptural forms, metal clay enables artists to transform nature into wearable silver art.