Posted: Thu 04 May, 2006 3:12 am Post subject: Hand Chasing on silver or metal is the technique of detailing the front surface of a sterling or other metal article with various hammer-struck punches. Your pattern will be flat or indented into the metal..

What does chased mean in jewelry?

Chasing (from the French chasser, meaning “to chase”) outlines the pushed-forward designs by pushing back around their edges to define them. So chasing and repoussé means you'd hammer a general design onto the back of a piece of metal. Then flip it over, and outline that design from the front.

What is the meaning of Chase metal?

The metal is worked from the front by hammering with various tools that raise, depress, or push aside the metal without removing any from the surface (except when the term chasing, instead of the more appropriate term chiselling, is used to describe the removal of surplus metal from objects after casting). ...