The Atelier Journal
A working journal from the bench at Pineda & Co. — notes from the apprenticeship, lessons drawn from the metal, studio updates, and the occasional field note from behind the lens. An honest record of the craft in progress, kept in the old tradition of the goldsmith’s bench journal.
Stage 3: The Pearl Ring
This week in my Jewellery Training Solutions apprenticeship, I moved the pearl ring one step closer to completion. The work focused on shaping and refining the ring shank, fabricating the...
Stage 3: The Pearl Ring
This week in my Jewellery Training Solutions apprenticeship, I moved the pearl ring one step closer to completion. The work focused on shaping and refining the ring shank, fabricating the...
Stage 2 Complete — Ten Projects, Five Months, a...
After five months at the bench, I completed Stage 2 of my Jewellery Training Solutions apprenticeship. Ten finished pieces, lessons in precision, and preparation for Stage 3.
Stage 2 Complete — Ten Projects, Five Months, a...
After five months at the bench, I completed Stage 2 of my Jewellery Training Solutions apprenticeship. Ten finished pieces, lessons in precision, and preparation for Stage 3.
Stage 2: Snowflake Pendant - Twenty-Four Solder...
This week I completed a sterling silver snowflake pendant and, with it, Stage 2 of my goldsmithing apprenticeship. The project demanded precise wire forming, 24 careful solder joints, an improvised...
Stage 2: Snowflake Pendant - Twenty-Four Solder...
This week I completed a sterling silver snowflake pendant and, with it, Stage 2 of my goldsmithing apprenticeship. The project demanded precise wire forming, 24 careful solder joints, an improvised...
Stage 2: Spinning Top Pendant — One Step Closer...
In this Stage 2 traditional goldsmithing apprenticeship post, I complete a handmade spinning top pendant using brass doming, piercing, thrumming, twisted sterling silver wire, and careful kinetic assembly. A fast...
Stage 2: Spinning Top Pendant — One Step Closer...
In this Stage 2 traditional goldsmithing apprenticeship post, I complete a handmade spinning top pendant using brass doming, piercing, thrumming, twisted sterling silver wire, and careful kinetic assembly. A fast...
Two Failures, Two Different Lessons
A week at the bench with the Stage 2 gyroscope ring, where a failed soldering setup became a lesson in jewelry apprenticeship, precision, fixturing, and traditional goldsmithing. After remaking the...
Two Failures, Two Different Lessons
A week at the bench with the Stage 2 gyroscope ring, where a failed soldering setup became a lesson in jewelry apprenticeship, precision, fixturing, and traditional goldsmithing. After remaking the...
Stage 2: When Rushing Costs You the Work
Rushing at the bench cost me an entire ring this week. What started as steady progress on a gyroscope ring and a riveted ring turned into a hard lesson in...
Stage 2: When Rushing Costs You the Work
Rushing at the bench cost me an entire ring this week. What started as steady progress on a gyroscope ring and a riveted ring turned into a hard lesson in...