Gold Jewelry Techniques: Granulation

Watch a video demonstrating a granulation technique used in gold jewelry making.
Featuring Jenna Wainwright Fennell, Conservation Preparator
Produced in association with the exhibition Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from November 4, 2013, through February 23, 2014.
www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions...
Production Credits:
Director and Producer: Kate Farrell
Editor: Kate Farrell
Cameras: Kelly Richardson, Jessica Glass
Lighting: Ned Hallick
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Audio Post-Production: David Raymond
© 2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[@mitzybenny8948]

I have a ring made with granulation techniques from Korea and I've always wondered how they made it so intricate. Thanks for letting me know! I love it.

[@NathanHarrison7]

What an incredible art. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed.

[@luisumana1456]

I've know about granulation as a decorating technique for many years, yet I have never actually seen the process behind its application. One could almost believe that by using this information and demonstration as a basis for self teaching one could hope to learn to master what I assume is a laborious and frustrating process to create new works of art and decoration. In modernity, I am aware that the Jewellery House of Cartier has used the technique for the decoration of one of the dials of its panther watches, examples of which can be found using a google search. This is intensely interesting, and I look forward to more educational videos of historical jewelry techiniques!

[@anniesalter1442]

Great demo and awesome closeups! Well done!

[@annatendaigonah4669]

What is the glue solution she is using?

[@dawnchoi7360]

I really want know too

[@franushbloodaxe6408]

Probably gum Arabic. I have heard of fish scale glue and ground malachite being used.

[@Gomer._.]

Thank you!!

[@dayangmarikit6860]

But they didn't have modern torches back then... What did they use?

[@aimansalman2709]

57 B.C. Korea? The earrings look like they were made at a fine house yesterday. I have so many question right now.

[@franushbloodaxe6408]

Pure gold does not tarnish.

[@PAPATONMOY]

Name of the glue mixture, please.

[@marty3727]

I love Yeat.

[@Nicola5uk]

But what is the glue solution?

[@fxly]

six parts of verdigris (copper carbonate) to one each of borax and salts of ammonia (sal ammoniac)

[@SwamiDevatara]

..ma gli Etruschi non avevavno fiaccole a gas

[@dayangmarikit6860]

Exactly 💯