FINAL FOUR (4/10/18)
Well, it turns out that you metalsmiths out there really love your rolling mills! by a margin of 58% to 42%, ROLL PRINTING has defeated Soldering to advance to the Final Four!
It will be very interesting to see what hapens in the final showdown for this half of the bracket, as Roll Printing next goes head-to-head with the technique that closed out the Wire, Clays, and Mixed Media Division: MAKING YOUR OWN CHAIN. Can't wait!
SWEET SIXTEEN!! (4/2/18)
Some interesting results over here in the metalsmithing studio! More enameling techniques drop out of the Tournament, as Torch enameling is defeated by Etching, and Cloisonne/basse taille/ champleve loses out in a tight poll to Roll printing. This set up the battle of the texturing techniques: do you etch or do you roll?? Apparently, you ROLL (print, that is).
And in the bottom half of the bracket, Dapping defeated Bezel setting in a tight contest but then went on to lose in a major way to Soldering.
Soldering (which, by the way, defeated Riveting by a margin of 72% to 28%!!) versus Roll printing in the Elite Eight. May the best tool win!!
SECOND ROUND UPDATES (3/20/18)
OK, Facet readers, you've devastated me. Kiln enameling is OUT in the First Round. And to lose to Torch enameling?? I'm shaking my head.
But I'm glad to see you enameling purists are still out there, as Cloisonné, Basse Taille or Champleve has advanced to the next round where it will go head-to-head with texturing metal with a rolling mill. I do love my rolling mill, not sure how I'll be able to choose on this one!
Soldering versus Riveting is going to be the match to keep your eye on this round!
FIRST ROUND CHALLENGERS (3/13/18)
You metalsmiths are tough to predict. For every jewelry maker who swears that sawing is relaxing, there are two more who swear that a metal shears is the only way to go. There's the soldering camp v. the cold connections camp. What technique will triumph?
COME ON #9 KILN ENAMELING! Let's get to the Big Dance!