Aloha!
Time sure flies when I'm busy being lazy and uninspired. I have no idea what happened to July.
I did however take a couple of jewelry soldering classes. I wanted to step outside the box to get over my fear of the flame. These classes were a great start for me because, in class we used the smaller butane torches and not the acetylene torches. Those big mamas scare me big time!
Here's the first project:
I used fine silver (99.9), and this was a fusing technique, so no solder needed.
In another class, we were instructed to use sterling silver and/or 14k gold-filled square wire. I did both gold and silver projects. Here's some simple rings:
So, my final class, a bezel cup attachment class, a few weeks later, I almost melted one of the little cups! The torch was a little bigger, meaning a little more power! But inspite of it all, here's that final project:
Well, that's it for now. Hope you all have a wonderful August!
Aloha,
Time sure flies when I'm busy being lazy and uninspired. I have no idea what happened to July.
I did however take a couple of jewelry soldering classes. I wanted to step outside the box to get over my fear of the flame. These classes were a great start for me because, in class we used the smaller butane torches and not the acetylene torches. Those big mamas scare me big time!
Here's the first project:
I used fine silver (99.9), and this was a fusing technique, so no solder needed.
In another class, we were instructed to use sterling silver and/or 14k gold-filled square wire. I did both gold and silver projects. Here's some simple rings:
So, my final class, a bezel cup attachment class, a few weeks later, I almost melted one of the little cups! The torch was a little bigger, meaning a little more power! But inspite of it all, here's that final project:
Aloha,
