{"id":10231,"date":"2015-06-24T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=10231"},"modified":"2015-06-24T06:15:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:15:28","slug":"metalsmithing-lesson-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10231","title":{"rendered":"Metalsmithing, lesson two"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you will recall from my first lesson, last week I learned to use a saw to cut shapes out of sheet metal. I made…a…dealie. It looks like this:
\nNo, I don’t know what it is. I think it is supposed to be abstract. It looks vaguely dog like.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday night, we made charms. Or dog tags. We cut things out and learned to emboss and engrave them. And make rivets. It involved hammering and drilling and cutting.<\/p>\n

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I made a Sea Monkey!<\/p>\n

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Next week, who knows?<\/p>\n

Well, I mean, I do know. There’s a syllabus. <\/p>\n

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As you will recall from my first lesson, last week I learned to use a saw to cut shapes out of sheet metal. I made…a…dealie. It looks like this: No, I don’t know what it is. I think it is supposed to be abstract. It looks vaguely dog like. On Tuesday night, we made charms. … Continue reading Metalsmithing, lesson two<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-thoughts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2F1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9262,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9262","url_meta":{"origin":10231,"position":0},"title":"An imaginary conversation about inviting a man over","author":"Michelle","date":"February 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"So you have a second date with that guy? 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