Tools & Equipment
A small, handheld frame saw used to cut detailed shapes and designs out of metal.
What is a Jeweler's Saw?
The actual objects, shapes, or forms that make up your design. It is the material you keep.
What is POSITIVE SPACE?
Small, loose, and quick drawings used to plan out an idea in art.
What are Thumbnail sketches?
The thing you need at the start of art class every day.
What is Portfolio? (Pencil, agenda, and Matrix ok too)
Small pieces of metal that become completely disconnected from the rest of your design when cut out.
What are FLOATERS?
This wooden tool supports your metal while you saw, file, and work on your design. (2 words)
What is a bench pin?
This term describes the empty areas around and between the objects in an artwork.
What is NEGATIVE SPACE?
Your final, full-size design drawing used as a template to cut out your metal.
What is MASTER DRAWING?
Your voice level when another person is talking or instructing
What is silent or 0?
A small metal ring that connects the pendant to a chain.
What is a jumpring?
A clip shaped like the letter C that holds your work or equipment securely in place.
What is a C-CLAMP?
A design where both sides are the same or mirror images of each other.
What is SYMMETRICAL BALANCE?
The writing tool best for sketching
What is a PENCIL?
Where students need to sit during class (two words)
What is assigned seat? (their seat, your seat, work bench is ok)
Where the jumpring connects to the pendant.
What is the bail?
These are thin and delicate and fit a jeweler's saw frame. They cut metal as you move the saw up and down.
What are SAW BLADES?
A design where both sides are different but still feel visually balanced.
What is ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE?
The two types of space you need to plan out in your sketch.
What is positive and negative?
This is what you do if you want to speak when the teacher is talking.
What is raise hand?
You want to cut a small star-shaped opening inside a larger metal pendant. What design element will this create?
What is negative space?
The three types of metal we can choose for the pendant.
What is copper, brass, nickel silver
Cutting openings out of a sheet of metal using a jeweler's saw creating negative space in your design.
What is PIERCING?
The framework for making an advanced design (three words)
What is relate, limit, repeat.
Used to protect your eyes.
What are safety glasses?
These are overused or predictable symbols in artwork, such as drawing a heart to represent love
What is trite symbol? (will accept basic, cliche, unoriginal)