Posted in jewelry, jewelry making, metalsmithing, silver, silversmithing, sterling, tagged jewelry, silver, silversmithing, solder, soldering on October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So this is a picture post of the stuff that I have been making….
This picture is of the first cuff I forged from 2mm sterling sheet, it’s about 140 grams in weight and it’s hammer finished.
This was the ring we all made in the silversmithing workshop. It was 2 rings sweatsoldered together. It’s not a [...]
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Posted in 1, tagged creating, jewelry, silver, silversmithing on October 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The weekend that is. I was so not in the mood for that course…but I had a great time. We made a ring and a pendant. And because we ran outta time, the instructor made us all a pair of earrings. But I had already made some similar at home, so I didn’t care to [...]
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Well my course for the weekend wasn’t cancelled. At least not that I know of anyway. So tomorrow I will be rocking up for a loooong weekend of learning stuff. I kinda wish it was cancelled now as I have taught myself half of what the course is for. But that is because I am [...]
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Well as it turns out, Father in Law didn’t know how to silver solder. He has only soldered with electrical stuff. So nothing happened in that regard.
I did however manage to Forge an awesome piece of jewelry. I will post photos of that soon. I am rather pleased with how it turned out. Learnt [...]
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Well I have finally now got all the gear to go ahead and start soldering….
And I have paid and booked a place for a Silversmithing course at the Art Institute in my city.
It’s not for another week and a bit…..and it still has quite a few spots to fill…
Anywhoo, my father in law apparently knows [...]
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