Melting Thrift Store Jewelry Into New Jewelry
HELLO FRIENDS!! So, this week we're taking on something a bit different -- jewelry casting! As something of a melting fiend, KZhead has recommended me a few different videos about metal casting over the past few months -- and I found myself with a big NEED for FLAME. So, we picked up a bunch of jewelry from the thrift store, and then melted it down into molten metal, cast it into organic shapes with water & frozen peas, and then fashioned our castings into wearable jewelry pieces. What do you guys think of my ~collection~?
A big thank you to Sarah Tector, Suijin Li, and the NC State Crafts Center for all of their help!
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www.suijinli.com/
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crafts.arts.ncsu.edu/
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PRODUCED & EDITED by
Safiya Nygaard
Tyler Williams
Madi Price
Hannah Bruce
Jordan Schneier
GFX by Dayana Espinoza
HELLO FRIENDS!! and welcome to another episode of "what can i melt next" -- i hope you all enjoy this video, in which the melting becomes much more high stakes, lol. which of our new jewelry pieces was your favorite?? xoxo, saf
ahhhh saf, ily
wet
kzhead.info/sun/lJGnZ7Vsp2ijmok/bejne.html Finally.
Day I don't remember of asking u to make a franken perfume or lotion, but mixing the products from different places, like bath and body works and Victoria secret or something. Please!
Hello Saf, I just wanna say you’re my favorite KZheadr and I love your videos!
Lots of jewelry was harmed during the making of this video.
lmao bet
Lol 🤣
Lmao
😂
@@bettiedavis1000 what?
Glassblowing might also be something to try! I've been itching to take a beginner's class, and the process looks so cool. You can make glass ornaments, decorations, charms, and a whole bunch of other things with a variety of colors. Would be really cool to see you try that!
The youtubers Evan and Katelyn just did a at home glass blowing kit (from the early 2000’s😅) but it looked super cool! Safiya might be able to try something like that too! (With a new kit of course). They made adorable little beads including like a peach emoji, mushroom and like 90’s fantasy spiky one.
I would love this. I like Saf learning from subject matter experts and sharing the experience with us.
@@lisahoshowsky4251 I don’t think what they did was glass blowing. Not an expert so I could be wrong but I think they just made glass beads. Isn’t glass blowing where you actually blow into hot glass to make a bubble?
@@lisahoshowsky4251 I love Evan and katelynn.
There is a studio in Charlotte NC not too far from where they live that has make your own glass blowing classes! I did it and made a gorgeous wine glass!
As a metalsmith with a degree, it made me sooooooo happy to hear you call them 'metalsmiths' and not just 'jewelers'.
"Is there anything you like?" "Melting stuff.." "Is there anything you dont like?" "Stuff that doesnt melt."
in Germany we call a smith who is making jewelry a Goldschmied, a goldsmith. Of course they also work with other metals, but it's rather seldom that they call themselves more specific a gold and silversmith or something. A jeweler or Juwelier is a person who sells jewelry or owns a jewelry shop, but is not a goldsmith. So I didn't know, that people use those terms interchangeably but you are right, those are completely different professions and require different skills and training.
@@Sunshine27234 at my school a goldsmith is someone who works with metal on a small scale (jewellery, pill boxes, small charms, etc...) and a silversmith is someone who works on a large scale, vases, teapots, cutlery etc...
I thought jewellers just sell the jewellery? Goldsmiths/metalsmiths make the jewellery?
@@tiki_riot true, some jewellers can also do basic repairs and cleaning, but it's mostly marketing and professional knowledge (don't want to drag them but at my school they're all expensive assholes)
I really appreciate that Saf went to professionals for this. I had a HUGE fear when this started. Yay for very safe work.
I was concerned that they were going to melt something that has some kind of plating that's toxic to melt, So glad they dodged the bullet there.
😁
Yesss and she properly credited them
I knew there was gonna be one dumb comment like this
They seemed like lovely teachers too! I was a little worry by pretty intense fear of fire would make this video impossible for me to watch, but their presence assured me quite a bit.
blowtorch today, flame thrower tomorrow.
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why are these replies so cursed
@@bettiedavis1000 I dunno about "slave bracelets" but the second word in your username is a slur :')
@WhisperingGypsies This video shows basic metalsmithing techniques in an informative way. Is your point that every metalsmith in the world and their produced jewellery is racist for doing an artform that was around even before the big slave trade? Like tf?
@@bettiedavis1000 your user name is a slur, and I looked it up - copper was worn and used as MONEY by many cultures. Thanks for telling me to look it up. You’re wrong.
If you asked me 27 minutes and 32 seconds ago if I thought green pea jewellery would be up my ally I would have had a very different answer to now. Those pieces turned out amazing! The finished pieces reminded me of coral at the beach. I loved the water drop studs too! So cute and dainty!
🤣😂I think so too!
Or aluminum ant hill art
🆃🅷🅴 🅻🅰🆃🅴🆂🆃 🅲🅾🅻🅻🅴🅲🆃🅸🅾🅽 🅾🅵 🅷🅾🆃 *2022* *p͓̽o͓̽r͓̽n͓̽* 🆅🅸🅳🅴🅾🆂 🅵🅾🆁 🅰🅳🆄🅻🆃🆂 HOUSEOF-LUST.XYZ 💌 cutegirls Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "mundruk" Yoongi: "Butter" Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾
lol don't you mean "would be up my alloy"? :D (okay I'll see myself out)
@@sanschmidt5457 lol no stay, that was good
“I’ve become a melting fiend.” Pyro. It’s called being a pyro, Saf. Lol.
lol
No
Actually pyroMANIAC
Shes not a pyromaniac, pls stop
@@mariao_o I was replying to anya
This seems less Frankenstein and more Phoenix, it's like the jewelry is being reborn. And that would be an awesome name for a shop that did stuff like this.
you get a clam shell, but in symbolistic meanings. Would be kind of fun to do it with silver sometime and make jewellery out of predictions.
I’m sort of a Harry Potter nerd (“Sort of”) and I instantly went, ‘Fawkes’??
The sweet man and woman going "They're looking for silver, and they're on a roll" and "Alright!" sound so encouraging and adorable. If I could fit them in my purse and take them home with me, I would.
Just be aware that they were encouraging them to buy more things so they could get more money. Edit: since people are mad I said this I'll go ahead and say that this isn't even an attack to the people. That's literally what they were doing and I wasn't trying to demonize them. I'm just saying that they want you to spend as much money as possible. Don't try and read into this as something negative.
@@yeemawheaver1387 were they the owners? I thought those were just costumers judging on what she showed of the employees
@@snowleopard064 nah, ypu can tell the worked there or probably own the place.
@@yeemawheaver1387 This was a thrift store, and some of these were very obviously run for charitable reasons. So if they got more money, good for them. It's a win win, both for Saf and Ty who got more stuff to work with, and for the small business who got more money.
@@snowleopard064 I think they were likely working there or the owners
Idea from a knitter: making thrift store sweaters into a frankensweater.
YESSS use a string of yarn or a 2x2inch square from each one
Especially if it's a terrible "couple's sweater" with two neck-holes that both Safiya and Tyler can wear at the same time, lol
You could probably use a knitting machine to pull this off without putting in the months of labor!
Yaaaaaas, I’ve just started knitting and I’ve had this thought too
OMG im so going to do this lol
can we just appreciate that Saf does everything that we have an itch for but not the time or resources to do and does it safely. 10/10 love living vicariously through her.
Just so people know there's nothing wrong with rhodium plated silver for non casting purposes. Rhodium is more expensive than gold so you're not getting scammed and it just helps prevent tarnishing. If you want silver but not to polish and take care of it then rhodium plating is a great alternative.
thanks for this info!!
from what i know rhodium is a carcinogen so maybe they didn't want to fw it
@@katherinesheremeta9238 rhodium compounds are carcinogenic and the dust is flammable however when used in jewellery it is non recative and hypoallergenic. They didn't want any rhodium plating here because it has a different melting point along with the potential for harm as they're not equipped to properly handle it. I was just letting people know that when buying jewellery rhodium plating isn't a negative, it just wasn't suitable for melting down in this case.
@@violetskies14 question, how about redipping with rhodium ? Is there a metal that's good to plate that doesn't need frequent redipping?
Easter egg: the necklace Safiya is wearing at the end of the vid is the one Christine (simply nailogical) gave her as a wedding gift. That's so sweet to see how much she cherished that gift.
This lil fact made me legitimately cry
So sweet 🥹🥺 Cristine doesn't have an H in her name
I was just about to comment on how I'm fangirling about that!
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if this was done in a cauldron, safiya would be achieving ultimate witchy vibes 😌
kzhead.info/sun/lJGnZ7Vsp2ijmok/bejne.html Finally
Omg. Safiya needs to make potions in a cauldron. Right. Now.
She's a bat not a witch. 😉
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They could totally make a crucible in the shape of a cauldron!
As a jeweler, this is extremely exciting and I'm glad you found metalsmithing fairy godmothers to help you through the process and make sure you weren't melting down any unsafe mystery alloys. Some notes if you are going to keep making jewelry in the future (which you absolutely should!): it's best not to quench your pieces right in the pickle after soldering/heating. It can expose you to unnecessary fumes. It's best to quench them in some plain old water first. And, the brass brush will give you the best finish if you use it wet, with some dish soap, and you brush forwards in one direction. I hope you had fun!
Hi Rebecca. Quick question, if you don't mind me asking. I'm a beginner and I want to primarily make jewellery with stainless steel because it's waterproof and all of that. Do you know if I can melt stainless steel the same way as with sterling silver? Could I melt stainless steel AND sterling silver together? I'm having a hard time figuring out
@@ik1623 Hi! no, you can't because they are metals from different families with very different metallic alloys
That little horse looks like the Sterling silver one I lost in Raleigh in the 1990s it was my favorite necklace I ever had. It would be so weird if it was mine.
omg no
anything is possible
Horse girl energy :)
I mean it melted so I hope not😅
Oh no… This is why I would only repurpose fugly jewellery…
My grandfather melted his and grandma's wedding rings into a golden heart pendant as a gift for me when she died. I wear it every day; it's been 19 years.
❤️❤️❤️
Oh that's beautiful!
That's so sweet and meaningful, oh my ❤️
That's beautiful. So nice to have a meaningful piece like that 💞
It's ❤️❤️
Tyler: "its like a demon pancake" The blueberry maple pancake candle still haunts
Always come back to pancake
I think it’s so cool that you went in and shopped at a local thrift shop, that older gentleman behind the counter seemed delighted that you guys were there! “They’re on a roll!” ❤️❤️❤️
As a young goldsmith I must say, well done! I remember doing these things for the first time. Especially the soldering is hard. It’s all pretty complicated and dangerous stuff. I’ve burnt my fingers on hot metal before. The burn was white. Do not ever try at home, people.
Also, just to get this out there: if you see fun videos about smelting any other kind of metal in any way: don’t get ideas. Alluminium’s poison, brass explodes, tin does weird stuff, gallium…gallium… Okay, you can try gallium. Wash your hands because it’s slightly bad for your skin or something and have fun. I know I shouldn’t have to say this, but don’t play with hot metal. The internet doesn’t say this enough.
Is it typical for metalsmiths to not wear heat resistant gloves for protection when working as shown in this video? As a chemist, I am cringing at the lack of heat resistant gloves and appropriate gloves for the acid bath.
@@eugenemetayhas yes, this is typical. The acid bath is diluted, so you should be fine with washing your hands if it comes in contact with the skin. Some older versions of the acid we use can decolour your clothes though. It may sound dumb to a chemist, but you really really can’t pause every step of the way to put on safety gear when making something artistic. We have tools to avoid touching it all. Heat resistant gloves are sometimes used, but it’s rare and only when smelting and casting, but again, if your hands come near the dangerous stuff there, you’re doing it wrong. The situation I burnt myself in was when I cast something very solid and didn’t cool it down any longer than I would something smaller. Second degree burns on two fingers. However, if I had put on gloves, they would have been off already, because I couldn’t even heve picked up the piece of metal with them on. Soldering though…that stuff’s a whole different can of beans. Your hands and face are always up close and personal with fire and hot stuff, but doing fine work like that would be impeded by nylon gloves, let alone heat-resistant ones. It’s not an option. I have to admit that, here again I’m an example of stupidity. I got frustrated and stressed from a regular, run of the mill attempt at saving a day of work, and because I stopped paying attention, I soldered something and tried to pick it up…without tongs. Then there’s the many cuts one needs to get to learn not to put your fingers IN FRONT of the saw, even when there’s no other convenient place to hold the thing you’re sawing. It doesn’t cut all that deep, but it can get deep enough to bleed and gets metal sawdust in the wound (which sounds worse than it is). As I did say, it’s dangerous stuff, but it’s no science lab, it’s a workshop where you’re making very small stuff. You have to feel everything you can, because your eyes aren’t enough. Routine is also a creativity killer, so you need to keep it…exciting I suppose. So no, limited safety procedure usually, just a slowly trained amount of common sense.
Saf is like Phoebe’s brother in Friends. She likes melting things and probably dislikes things that won’t melt.
Omg yes!
Will she try and melt art? 😊
😂
"pyromaniac" is a term for this 😂🔥
Was literally about to write that XD
one man’s trash, is safiya’s next franken project 😩
😂😂
@@silvervixen007 UR PFP IS SO CUUTE
This actually seems like it's the perfect transit video into a new series. From what can Saf melt, to what can Saf learn. Like learning the boba and now melting. I want to watch you learn to do more specialty things.
As an alumni of NC State who frequented the craft center, it was so nice to see you visit and use the space. I miss it so much!!
Safiya in 5 years: *Melting our entire house and making a new one out of it*
It feels like the logical conclusion
melting the whole neighborhood and making a frankenhouse out of the ashes
@@sanschmidt5457 I don't think that's called "melting." I think that's just arson
@@whiteraven181 well if you do it for a youtube video it is tax-deductible :)
As a goldsmith it makes me happy to see this! I learned from a very traditional mentor so it never occurred to me to cast abstract shapes in random objects, we just went straight to lost wax casting, so I loved to learn something new from your video even after 10 years of doing this. Also happy that you're bringing attention to this super fun profession!
It's so fun to see!! I've wanted to try out this profession for ages and see if it's something I like/can do. But I also always pictured it the traditional way, so seeing all these cool techniques made me want to try it EVEN MORE! :D
Same! I studied goldsmithing and am currently doing a bachelor in jewellery design. In neither the traditional goldsmithing or the liberal arty farty jewellery design studies did we see these kinds of things. It’s the kind of thing that is too simple to be taken serious by mentors, but looks awesome to anyone else and is really rewarding to do.
😁
No, honestly just imagine the options with these fun (and unpredictable) shapes once you bring gemstones/pearls into the mix
Safiya has an odd penchant for exposing herself to potentially harmful vapors. My role model
I love that you got professional help for this! As someone who is just finishing their 3.5 year apprenticeship as a goldsmith it makes me really sad when people promote high end jewellery that isn't made by small buisnesses but rather large companies that produce somewhere else, most of the time not in safe environments. Influencers usually don't show how cool, adventurous and traditional making jewellery is. They only show the finished product and goldsmiths don't benefit from it at all. It is honestly a dying profession. So thank you for giving that spotlight and hopefully inspiring people!
The whole process is pretty fascinating
Hmm
I know. I’m a goldsmith. I’m in awe every time I make shiny things go red and glowy with the power of fire in my hand. It’s damn hard though. Especially the soldering bit is usually a big roadblock.
Time to learn
😁
Take it from me. It is a lot work. A lot more physical than people think.
Safiya totally needs to try glass blowing, pottery, and bladesmithing. (2/3 involve a blow torch, all 3 involve extremely high heat)
Armor making??
She’d probably break all the pottery to make grog for new pieces without bothering to check if ANY of those might POSSIBLY be worth something because they were ANTIQUES. This video is offensive. That bracelet with the balls on the end was an ANTIQUE. I was given an identical almost FIFTY YEARS AGO.
@@tanial.williamson8082 Dude, chill out.
@@tanial.williamson8082 it’s old metal, unless it has any real historical significance it doesn’t matter. Also it was all in a thrift store so I think this was the best thing that would happen to the jewelry.
@@tanial.williamson8082 funny how no one cared about those pieces of jewelry in the thrift store until she used them to create items that are now more wearable and have a neat history. we put value on the silliest of things; time will pass no matter how hard we try and preserve it
The earring would have also been really cool as a minimalist ring too! But they all look so cool!!
i got my degree in metalsmithing so this was so cool to see and really takes me back. you caught on way quicker than i did! silver solder melts at almost the same point as silver does, so for the longest time it would take me so long to solder because i was TERRIFIED of melting my piece. as soon as it started going red i would pull off and fail. a really great teacher helped me get over that. i'm glad you had the right teachers too! all your pieces turned out so cool and organic and wonderfully tactile. the large water drop pieces remind me of oysters
My mom had her jewelry melted back when I was a child (before I could even walk) and had a chunky bracelet made with my name engraved onto it. I have it to this day and its a keepsake super special to me and this video had reminded me of the special gesture my mom had made for me. Thanks Saf!
your mom sounds like a lady after my own heart!!! melting gang!!
𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 LOVEME.UNO/STORMY tricks I do not know Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that is lived today. Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım '' Erinder: '' Sezimdüü '' Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak '' Dene: '' Muzdak '' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾 They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising 💗❤️💌💘
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Did anyone else see the rated r comments?
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This woman has a weird obsession with melting things. And I'm here for it.
You bet she does. I miss her educational videos.
@@vaderladyl you don’t think this was educational?
She appeals go the pyro in all of us
The way Tyler calls her sweetie and asks her if her hand is fine is so sweet
As a once high school student who took jewelry classes, this was awesome to watch! I also sent this to my jewelry teacher who was very impressed❤️
I love the progression from bad makeup science to just general bad science. Safiya does not discriminate.
Maybe one day she'll upgrade to bad rocket science. 🚀
slave bracelets are extremely racist
@@bettiedavis1000 arent they going for sterling silver not copper i just googled slave bracelets to see what it is and google says its made out of copper
@@wolf-fang Any material
@@wolf-fang Are you seriously that white
I'm a jeweler and metalsmith and I was having a small heart attack for you early in this video. Thank you for checking the karat stamps, thank you for consulting with experts (THANK GLOB THEY TOLD YOU ABOUT POT METAL AND PLATING. The fumes can be dangerous. Honestly a little surprised they didn't acid test any of the pieces, but some jewelers get a really good eye for identifying silver) and especially thank you for highlighting that it wasn't easy! Metal work can be extremely difficult and dangerous, and a lot of the poor/misleading metal casting videos not only risk people's health, but devalue jeweler and metalsmith skills - I've had lot of people balk at a 50 dollar repair price tag because they saw how "easy" it was online ( like many of the arts, not realizing that jewelry work takes thousands of hours of training, sometimes a college degree, as well as 10,000 plus dollars in equipment for the SIMPLE stuff) Anyone can learn these skills, and its so fun and rewarding to make jewelry and metal sculpture. Thank you for doing it right. This was so refreshing. I hope this helps to show anyone who wants to get started how to do it right! (without burning themselves or their house down)
I would never assume for a second this is easy. I have so much respect for the craft and anyone who can do it, let alone do it well
I agree with how people seem to think art and making of any kind is super easy and we are just ripping them off. Peopl have thought like this, but modern days with tutorials online that are edited just seem to make it worse. They watch an hour of videos and go “that is so easy. I can’t believe they charge so much”. They do not realize the mass amount of time that goes into these works. Also the videos that state “i made this for only $10” i dont believe help either. Cause , yes, they may have spent minimal on supplies for that challenge, but they do not account cost of time, material and equipment that they already own. Plus for most people, only spending $10 is not normal. So most people watching thinking that is how much everything cost and makers just sell at outrageous prices. And then they harass people online selling for normal prices thinking they are making a huge profit. It is such a catch 22 because i think it is very helpful to have these tutorials online and have people learning this stuff, but it also hurts makers because normal consumers do not understand the work and skill that goes into it. And they think it is so easy and cost the makers almost nothing to make.
I was going to add these points. So many pieces of metal are stamped 925 but are not. I have been making pieces for 20 years and it’s not an easy task and it’s so very expensive to get started.
metalsmith myself and I was literally thinking the same things as you going into this vid haha
@@nikkafrog this is a very valid point, and maybe the people who make these tutorials should have a disclaimer at the beginning that says that metal casting is absolutely not easy or generally cheap, and that being able to make thing for super cheap is already coming from the perspective of someone who has invested in necessary tools and years of experience, which cost significantly more than 10 dollars. That said, it's kinda impossible to have this at the beginning of every or even most videos as it would be repetitive to most frequent viewers. And you couldn't guarantee that some random person happen to watch the three videos where you didn't say that and now think it's easy and cheap. I honestly think the biggest issue is people lacking some amount of common sense - like it stands to reason that if someone is a professional at something, or has taken years to become proficient at it, it is a difficult skill. Especially when that skill involves blowtorch and pouring literal hot metal. Unfortunately most people just don't seem to consider this, or think that watching an hour of videos makes them adequately knowledgeable about any one thing when it obviously never could. That isn't really the creators fault, it's just a weird thing people do because we live in a world where we have so much access to info and so much of it is being thrown at us all of the time. Spending more than30 minutes on any one topic can make us feel like we have a proficient understanding of it. There also seems to be an inherent bias towards the arts in general like you said, maybe because it is tactile and so it's hard to get a good idea of what it is actually like doing that thing through a screen. And that disconnect, combined with professionals making it looks easy because they've been doing it for years, makes it comes across as easy to people. Whereas with like math and science which people generally accept is difficult, you can engage with it through a screen because it's more intellectual, so people try and fail and know it's hard to do. Many people have also never attempted making or tactile crafts like metal working so they have even less experience with it and less ability to know the nuances of why its difficult.
I love that you and Tyler use your influencer powers for good. Let me explain…it’s not just all “look at how I organized my closet” “here’s my ikea haul” “let’s shop together” you are actually giving us you’re real life experiences which is so dope I e always wanted to do this!! And plenty other things that you guys show us. It’s neat to watch you use your powers for real life wholesome memories and experiences! Love you guys sm!
Im a second year jewellery design student and this video makes me so happy. Im so excited to see my future career displayed on an amazing channel like yours. Thank you so much❤️
My husband and I did a course like this to make our wedding rings for each other! Highly recommend! We didn’t use a crucible or pour anything but the cutting, flux, torch, solder, and acid bath look very familiar!
That is the sweetest thing ever!
That’s so incredibly cool I might just have to steal the idea!!
Random note: You guys look WAY happier! I am so happy that you guys took this leap and moved!
Where did they move?
@@maggiem5830 i don't know exactly but away from california i think to somewhere on the east coast
@@maggiem5830 there's a video of them driving across the country to move. It's a really relaxing video actually. I watch it to wind down sometimes.
@@maggiem5830 In Raleigh NC
I live about an hour from them and it’s wild seeing familiar places in their videos.
As a metals student, it’s so cool to see things that I recognize in this video. I love that I finally don’t have to just live vicariously thru Saf on this one! :D
In Finland we have a tradition to pour melted tin in a water bucket for new years eve. There's more to it but I have to go. Look it up.
I totally agree with that. cheers
My now husband made my engagement ring out of his moms and my grandmas ring and it’s so unique and special. More valuable to me than anything premade!
That’s it i’m making my own wedding ring, taking it to like, pandora or something, and telling the employee not to stop until they sell it to my partner so that they propose to me with a ring i designed myself.
Nice! I made myself two rings out of my parents' wedding bands. One was cast into a simple half round band, and the other I made into thick square wire forged into a circle, with a hammered texture. I figure if one is ever lost or stolen, I still have the other!
I’m very glad when she said she was getting professionals to supervise😅 I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little concerned up to that point🙈
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I make sterling silver jewelry, and after watching this video, I tried melting down some of my scrap and making a ring. It totally worked! Thanks for the video. 😁
If you go to 3:03 you can see the iconic 1950s Barbie which for some reason, saf doesn’t comment on it 💀
13:10 That ‘How’s your arm, sweetie?’ Tyler said is the cutest thing to me.
I was looking for this comment!
awe, i didn’t even notice! they’re so cute together
i need me a man like that fr 😩😩
I was about to comment that! they are so cute together!😩
I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THIS
SHES EVOLVING…..fashion….then makeup…then candles…..then cakes…..then art….then soaps….now jewelry. WHEN DO WE SEE SAFIYAS FINAL FORM 😰 (i’m betting next phase is diy wigs idk i’m calling it now)
DIY merkin next 😂
I saw someone make a wig out of rainbow acrylic yarn. They brushed it out and you could t even tell it was yarn.
Bet its carpet making
Hopefully not humans next
I would love to see Saf attempt to dye a wig some cool colors
The vertical pea necklace looks a lot like a Foxglove flower
Love the old man's commentary: "They're looking for silver and they're on a roll." Was a great video and now I want to try this someday, of course under some experienced supervision! :P
Saf: "When I get a blowtorch in my hand, i get a little crazy." Everyone: *"six feet apart safiya."*
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Saf needs a whole trying artisan crafting with professionals in that field series
Yesss I love this idea!
She needs to make artisans cheeese
Pottery, blacksmithing, glassblowing, spinning wool and weaving on a loom... so much potential! Good idea.
Wow, those are some fancy thrift stores. I think the most memorable thing I've ever found at a thrift store was 6 different wheelchairs all lined up in a row. And a bunch of carpets shoved into a cardboard box.
I would love to see Saf and Ty try more creative mediums! It was great to see a “how it’s made” video, from an outsiders perspective, showing all the little steps that someone else might edit out to fit in a tiktok. You guys always make such fun, educational and honest review videos and I’d LOVE to see more like this one ☺️❤️
As an art teacher I love how you made this video, getting two professional artists onboard to help you and exposing so many people to this art form! I hope you make more videos like this!
Yes this is amazing! It's an awesome thing to do for a KZheadr so big and I hope she keeps doing it.
I always love to see "unusual" or not so talked about art activities and how people express themselves through so many different artistic endeavors and it really opens my eyes to how wide the art world is and how beautiful it is. I'm the drawing type of artist, but throughout school one of my favourite art classes were definitely the ones were we explored various art forms like crafting, punch needle, knitting, etc.
Yeah I love how Saf includes experts!
I’d really like to see a video where Safiya sews her own outfit. After the wedding dress and seeing the pretty jewelry I would be curious what kind of outfit she would make.
I think Micarah Tewers would be a great supervisor for that one ! Two differently chaotic forces coming together 💥
Omg if she made a Frankendress out of dresses from a thrift store!!
Technically she did do that before when she was at Buzzfeed. It was I think part of a Ladylike video. But I wouldn't mind seeing her do it again 👀
its on my list!! i wish i was good enough to attempt like some "project runway challenges" or something lol
@@safiya I definitely think you could; but if you wanted to start somewhere smaller why not try embroidery? You could embroider your cat or a Star theme (or both) and then turning that embroidery into a purse or makeup pouch. It would get you used to patterns, you’d learn sewing techniques, and you’d learn the skills to make an amazing project runway outfit on a smaller and more manageable scale.
i almost think that those two long pea casts could’ve made really cool earrings
It's so exciting to see your melting evolution from makeup and candles to silver jewelry!! I had actually studied metalsmithing for 4 years at a craft and design college and have missed it dearly since moving on to a different university! I'm so happy you had fun with this, it's such an amazing fine craft 😍 I look forward to more videos on this!
This is so cool (or, technically, hot!) I especially love that ring.
Omg Whitney!!! I love your channel ♥️
Don't read my profile.........
I didn't know you watch Safiya too 😄
I'm a goldsmith student in the Netherlands and it's so cool to see people trying this stuff out for the first time, I really got some good inspiration from this hahaha
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This was awesome! Those pea necklaces came out SO cool. I'd totally buy something like that. Really hope she does a part 2 or makes a series out of this.
Reminds me of the jewelry making class I took in high school - only 1 sterling silver piece and it was like the only class in high school I had to pay to be a part of [due to the silver]. I still have that ring though it's much too big on me now lol. But man I kept seeing those little pieces they turned into earrings and going "Eh they're okay" but then seeing them on Saf and actually getting to see their scale and all that, they're my favorite piece other than the suspended necklace. Something just so elegant about their simplicity!
There is a Finnish new years tradition where you melt down tiny horse shoes made of tin and water-cast them to predict the new year :) I think it's a common thing in some Scandinavian countries too.
It's a European tradition 😉
As another person mentioned, it's definitely a european thing, cause it's a tradition in Germany too
@@ganbaluna Did you actually get tin ones still, this year? I could only get those ridiculous wax substitutes, which yielded very fragile, disappointing results. What a scam.
@@raraavis7782 I found them on Amazon pretty easily. Only the lead ones got banned (because of the toxicity), but tin is still fine and being sold (at least online)
@@emmik1584 Yeah, I probably should have looked earlier. I'm used to just buying them locally a day or two before New Year's Eve. But this year, I went to several drugstores, a department store and an Asian grocery store and found nothing. Will definitely get proper ones again next year. I collect the little tin figures from my melts and I'm super sad, I don't have one for 2021 now.
I've been waiting for your to try silver smithing! I love water casting and casting into dried food, I've used lentils, but not peas before. The pieces you made look amazing! You'll love sand casting and try cuttlefish casting too. You saw the cuttlefish in half and carve the soft interior or press an object into it to make a mould, the texture you get from it looks so pretty.
Wow this is a smart and talented dog
I was thinking of you when Saf was soldering! Love your pieces :)
Just a heads up, though, cuttlefish casting smells awful
Why is the silver gold-looking after the water casting?
@@hgdellinger it’s tarnish
I loved how you explained everything as you were doing it. And it's always great to hear about your KZhead rabbit holes, because now I have more things to search for!
What a trip down memory lane! Years ago while i was fresh in college, i was part of a metalsmithing studio, and so so much of this video reminded me of my time there!
safiya's jewelry came out gorgeous!!! the matte/shiny texture was a perfect decision
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As a welder, I appreciate what you're doing more than I can say.
I love when Safiya wants to melt things. She gives me mad scientist vibes
Imagine being able to say to someone, "I melted it myself." This is so cool!
As someone who thrifts a lot, it's honestly so cool to see that jewelry get the glow up it deserves.
Yeah! Most of it if out of fashion by a lot and wouldn’t be worn anymore. Now it can be fresh and cool.
I NEVER Find "real" silver in the 2nd hand stores its always usually just costume really THEY GOT SUPER LUCKY!!!
That was definitely an itch to scratch to do this project! Thanks for sharing!
The candle stick stand melting gave me “Khal Drogo melting gold over Viscrys’ head” vibes
Notice how fast they have to pour when the metal is ready though. It hardens up fast, doesn't just run like butter over some guy's head 😆 That scene in GoT was cool but crazy inaccurate!
it’s not melting but stained glass would be pretty cool!
kzhead.info/sun/eLJyfrGlqaGJhKs/bejne.html Awful
and mosaic work!
On the one hand, the antique lover in me is sad to see pieces that could have a story get melted, but I also love the fact that we can repurpose unwanted jewellery into something we really love instead of using new metal. A fascinating and fun video for sure, that has satiated my inner pyromaniac haha.
I think the knife is from the Atomic starburst collection and i was really glad to see it made it out alive!
I mean... they were in a pawn/thrift/charity shop anyway... their original owners obvs didn't think they had any value...
@@WhimsyCottage I've been so obsessed with these since I was a kid - my heart leapt when I saw that one! My grandma had them, and I truly thought they were magical. 😊
When Tyler said at the end of having 160 Yankee candles in the same room, I wonder if that was a hint to a future franken-candle video. I hope it was! 😄😄😄🕯🕯🕯
Didn't they already do that video?
@@nickpassion123 they did one with bath and body works candles, not yet with yankee candles.
I needed to be in the right mental state to watch this because I am way too attached to sentimental items, even ones that aren't my own, and I didn't want to cry thinking about the history of items being destroyed and breaking people's heart. I can happily report that this didn't happen and I was instead reminded of melting lead on New Year's and having these small, mass produced starters and seeing them turn into something new.
Me too. I try not to think about otherwise I get sad. I loved all the chains, sigh, at least they were reused.
Science-Fact: The flame turned green (18:25) because of the copper in the alloy. 92.5% silver means that there is 7.5% other metals in it and normally it´s copper. During flame coloring, energy in the form of heat is added to the material and thus bound electrons of the atoms can be raised to a higher energy level. When jumping back to the lower energy level, the excess energy is emitted in the form of light.
Thank you! I was trying to pull out my memories from chemistry class to guess what metal was giving the green flames.
“I like to melt stuff, and I dislike things that don’t melt” -Frank Jr.
as a recent NC State Design grad and a subscriber since you made your own channel this video is the besttttt!!! GO PACK!
I took Metalsmithing and Jewelry in college and it makes me happy to see this. This art is amazing and a learning experience. ❤💞
Fun fact: in Finland, it's a new years tradition to melt down some tin, cast it in water and "predict" the following year's fortune from the shape the tin takes in the water. Some say that you're also supposed to look at the shadow that the tin also takes. The shapes at 16:02 look like a flower to me, which means happiness and family celebrations! The flat shape also means that you are going to be lazy and the leaflike shape means receiving news or messages.
That’ sounds like an amazing tradition.
Same in Estonia 🙂
Same in Germany!
It's so cool ! I'm fascinated by the different ways of predicting the future. Besides cartomancy or tea leaves or palm reading, there are so much interesting versions in every country !
In Poland people use candle wax for it! Easier to melt XD They also pour it into the water through the "eye" the old keys sometimes have. To add more power to the prophecy.
As a doll collector who specifically likes vintage barbies I nearly DIED when I saw that 90s 30th anniversary barbie reproduction of the 1959 black and white bathing suit barbie at 3:02 seriously that's a holy grail find!
Well you better pack up now and find it
The holy grail would be finding a real vintage swimsuit Barbie at a thrift shop (at a thrift shop price).
I love Safiya’s apron, it literally says “silver saf” lol
You should buy every nail polish in a dollar store and mix them together to make a frankenpolish! I love your videos! Such a big fan!
I think that “candlestick holder” is actually an egg cup for eating eggs. That’s why the top comes off for cleaning.
It's definitely not an egg cup: it's a single candlestick holder. The top part was to hold a glass sconce to protect the candle from drafts so it would burn evenly and smokeless. How do I know? I have two of the same which were my mother's.
It’s crazy how much the metal changes with each step. Gold to white to silver
Yeah, it's so cool!
I took Metalcrafts in high school, so this brings back memories and makes me want to try this and see if I recall how to be a metalsmith or If I need a refresher course. I remember how cool it was and I also still have many of the items I created!
Safiya's videos are always so informative. I love it
REALLLLY wanna see Saf does this again with the molds! She could create a bat ring or pendant. Maybe even add some jewels? This was SO COOL and I want to do it myself immediately lol.
as someone who does silver and goldsmithing, it makes me so, so happy to see people trying it for themselves, even if it's a one-off masterclass, and it's amazing how accessible it's becoming on a more in-depth level :D i love all your melting things together videos, but i'm not personally into makeup, so this particular level really warmed my heart! i really hope you go back and try this again - it's so much fun!
Damn I see you on all the music videos and assumed you were a bot, but damn bro that was sweet
@@CMThota I think it's still a bot, they've started copying comments that have a few likes and reposting them
@@CMThota its a bot. they definitely do not do metal smithing lol
@@CMThota Pretty sure it's a bot, I don't think a professional youtuber (or professional anything) would have another, well known youtubers logo as their pfp
This was really fun to watch! I just finished making a ring in my beginners metalsmithing class! We were soldering not pouring but it was fun to watch someone I enjoy do something I’ve been doing a lot of recently!
I took metalsmithing and jewelry 1 and 2 in highschool and this is bringing back some fun memories. I made some rings, bracelets, pins, ring boxes. I liked inlays with with resin and stone as well as patinas. Super fun.
OMG, I used to work in a charity shop and sorting through the jewellery was a nightmare 😫, I used to take a photo on my phone and zoom in to see the writing sometimes cause it was so feckin small 😅
And why didnt you just take a magnifying glass instead of torturing yourself???
I did that once when the new £1 coins came out - I wanted to see if I could capture every detail! For the record, I'd managed to get such a good shot that zooming in meant I could physically read the laser engraved writing around the edge... not bad for a phone camera 😆
I love how the woman gave a "don't drink it" disclaimer about the liquid flux considering Saf's urge to taste inedible things hehe Also, just finished watching and absolutely loved this video!
I bet she just had to give it a good sniff though
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I've always been fascinated by blacksmithing and metal work. I would love to create my own jewelry like this, you can be so creative !
the "she likes my spark!" from Tyler gave me my serotonin for today, thank you lmao