Custom Jewelry
Designs by Dayne Sislen Custom jewelry
handcrafted in 14K, 18K gold or sterling silver with pearls and gems.
Dayne uses anticlastic hammer techniques to hollow
form sculptural pieces that are surprisingly light and easy
to wear.
These are custom pieces,
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Dayne
Sislen
creates smooth, graceful, sculptural hand crafted art jewelry
of 14K and 18K gold and sterling silver with her hammer. Her
sculptural creations are inspired by strong feminine forms in
nature. All designs are one-of-a-kind or very limited editions.
Goldsmithing Techniques Used:
Anticlastic Forming: A method
of forming metal that is completely done by hand. It stretches
the edges of a flat sheet of metal while at the same time compressing
the center so the piece curves in two directions away from each
other. This stretching and compressing is accomplished using
a nylon hammer to form the sheets over custom made steel stakes
and anvils. This goldsmithing technique forms very strong but
surprisingly light weight pieces.
Forging: Is a method of
hammering a thicker bar of metal with a cross pein or ball pein
hammer lengthwise to the width of the bar to spread and thin
the metal to widen and curve it. Very graceful, but strong shapes
can be achieved using this technique.
Pattern making: A very big part
of forming a sculptural piece of jewelry is designing the pattern.
This lengthy process of trial and error involves making many
sample pieces in less precious metals to prefect each pattern
before committing to gold or silver.
