Hand Forging is an highly skilled labor intensive process that has been used for centuries as a way to create shapes and
forms in metal.  Most commonly use by blacksmiths, forging also has many applications in traditional silversmithing  and jewellery making. Using specialized hammer and anvils the skills crafts person achieves his intended design by applying hammer blows of varying degree to the metal.
 
One of the main benefits of hand forging is the fact that jewellery produced through this method is substantially stronger and more resilient than jewellery  produced by other techniques such as casting or fabrication. As the skilled crafts person applies the repeated hammer blows required to shape the metal, the material  becomes less porous and more compact resulting in a hardness and temper not achievable by any other process. We think you will find that our forged jewellery is superior strength and durability to other cast or fabricated products on the market and is unconditionally guaranteed for its quality.

  Anticlastic forming is a specialized hammering technique that has been used by silversmith for decades in the construction  of traditional sterling service items such as teapots and ladles.
   

Popularized by Heikki Seppa for it’s unique structural and light gathering properties in the 1970's, this technique was later adapted and applied to the manufacture of jewellery by a number of contemporary American jewellers in the 1980’s. These jewellers found that by miniaturizing the hammering process they could now create spatial sculptural jewellery forms, that were both volumetric and light weight.  Using a specialized hammer, the skilled metalsmith achieves
his intended design by hammering the material into a specialized form known
as a sinusoidal stake.

Structurally quite different from traditional forms such as a dome or bowl , the anticlastic form has two curves generated in opposite directions at the same time. This unique structural characteristic gives the anticlastic form considerable strength that is well beyond that of the original material. The apposing's curves also creates a substantially increase the forms ability to gather and reflect light.







One of the main benefits of hand forging is the fact that jewellery produced through this method is substantially stronger  and more flexible than jewellery  produced by other techniques such as casting or fabrication. As the skilled  crafts person applies the repeated hammer blows required to shape the metal, the material  becomes  less porous and  more compact  resulting in a hardness and temper not achievable by any other process. We think you will find that our forged jewellery is superior strength durability to other cast product or fabricated on the market and is unconditionally guaranteed for its quality.