One of the oldest techniques of Ancient Greek Goldsmithery is the handwoven wire. Fine wires of gold or silver are hand-woven one in the other according to the desired shape and form, creating lace motifs. Those handcrafted motifs are similar to fine embroidery and their woven finials are either soldered together with other metals or jewelry, or they formunique pieces of jewelry.  

Another ancient Greek goldsmith technique is the hand hammering, known as the technique used by Hephaestus, the god of fire. The technician places the metal in a sleek surface and with a small hammer, he smoothly “hits” the metal until it gets a “wavy” shape. That technique is mostly used for the creation of gold hand crafted jewelry, emphasizing the metal’s natural brightness through the uniformity it acquires during the hammering. 

One more goldsmith technique is granulation, according to which small spheres are formed from leafs of gold or fine gold wire with the heat of a flame, which are then meticulously soldered together on the jewelry surface, engraving decorative motifs on the jewelry piece. Granulation is a difficult technique demanding precision skills and perfection of execution.