{"id":10376,"date":"2015-07-29T07:56:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T14:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=10376"},"modified":"2015-07-29T07:56:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T14:56:16","slug":"metal-smithing-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10376","title":{"rendered":"Metal smithing, the ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

In metal smithing class, I am working on a ring as my main project. We had to do a pierced design, both to practice drilling\/sawing metal and a couple of different types of soldering. <\/p>\n

I’ve finished the design, cut it out and soldered it onto my solid silver. In the next few weeks I will cut it to size, form it into a circle, solder the band and then do a LOT of polishing. <\/p>\n

Because I am new to sawing, my control is poor. As a result, I chose a very forgiving design that is meant to look a bit primitive.  <\/p>\n

No, really. 
\nIt’s supposed to look like this. 
\n \"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In metal smithing class, I am working on a ring as my main project. We had to do a pierced design, both to practice drilling\/sawing metal and a couple of different types of soldering.  I’ve finished the design, cut it out and soldered it onto my solid silver. In the next few weeks I will … Continue reading Metal smithing, the ring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-random-thoughts","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2Hm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10268,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10268","url_meta":{"origin":10376,"position":0},"title":"Chain of fools, metal smithing part 3","author":"Michelle","date":"July 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This week in jewelry class, we learned how to make jump rings and turn them into chains. \u00a0I won't say how cool I thought that was, because you might think I am a nerd.\u00a0 Here is how it works.\u00a0 You take a dowel that is the size of the ring\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10488,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10488","url_meta":{"origin":10376,"position":1},"title":"Metalsmithing summary","author":"Michelle","date":"October 6, 2015","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Here are the things I learned to make this Spring and Summer. Bear in mind that some of these are just learning exercises. And yes, that is a Sea Monkey. It was an exercise in using a jeweler's saw. I think he is very fetching.\u00a0 Techniques? Simple soldering\/braze welding, bezel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image10-e1440381838257.jpg?fit=500%2C616&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10359,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10359","url_meta":{"origin":10376,"position":2},"title":"How to make a silver ring with a pierced design","author":"Michelle","date":"July 22, 2015","format":"image","excerpt":"Two words: drawing and tracing. Then a couple more: drilling and sawing. \u00a0The holes you see in the picture are how you thread the saw blade through. Two more words: filing and sanding. Two more: bending and soldering. Then, yes. Sanding and polishing. \u00a0A lot of sanding. A lot of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"How to make a ring","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image7-e1437542657846.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10215,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10215","url_meta":{"origin":10376,"position":3},"title":"What I did last night","author":"Michelle","date":"June 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Back at the metalwork.\u00a0 Just so we are all clear, metalsmithing is even worse for people with carpal tunnel and tennis elbow than writing and knitting. I'm sure to love it.\u00a0 Day 1...sawing through metal in all sorts of shapes.\u00a0 I made this: \u00a0\u00a0 Now I am going to take\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10294,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10294","url_meta":{"origin":10376,"position":4},"title":"Where there’s fire, there’s..wait, how does that go?","author":"Michelle","date":"July 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Metal smithing, lesson four: playing with fire. Soldering with big scary torches. Acetylene. Yes, they still scare me even after the other class I took. Don't get me wrong--I can use one, but I need a seriously Big Brave Facade in place to do it. Instructor: I thought you said\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"image","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9814,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9814","url_meta":{"origin":10376,"position":5},"title":"How to make a bracelet","author":"Michelle","date":"April 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"First, get some silver. Apply fire. A lot of fire. Then, when it's all nice and melty, pour it into a mold. It will look something like this: \u00a0 \u00a0 Then stretch it out. It will take a lot of pressure and some more fire. Eventually, you will have something\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_2711.JPG","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2711-300x224.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}