the-BA : Metals

If a man spends thousands of pounds on an engagement ring, but discovers it doesn’t fit his future fiancée, he can always find another person to marry him. Failing that, the size of the ring can be altered.

Have you ever wondered how metal jewellery is shaped, formed and joined together?

You might like to …

Investigate ways of working metals (for example, cutting, filing, forming, bending, drilling)
Based on your investigations, design and make your own piece of jewellery; you could make a pendant by creating a cast
Find out what a ‘carat’ is, for both gold and diamond? Note that the definition is quite different for the two materials
Find out how metals are joined with other materials in jewellery (for example, gemstones).

Further links:
http://www.btinternet.com/~hognosesam/gcse/page11.html

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