{"id":10488,"date":"2015-10-06T07:55:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T14:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2015-10-06T07:55:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T14:55:11","slug":"metal-smithing-summary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10488","title":{"rendered":"Metalsmithing summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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. <\/p>\n

Techniques? Simple soldering\/braze welding, bezel setting, making jump rings and chains, sawing metal, basic finishing\/filing\/sanding\/polishing, very simple metal forming. 
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Last week, I started a new class that is very technique driven. We had a demo about etching, selected a design and cut out a hunk of metal to put it on. This week, we did the actual etching and learned how to form a simple metal bead. That involved cutting circles out of copper, beating it with a hammer into a hollow form, sanding until the two sides of the bead are totally level and then soldering them together. <\/p>\n

The two pieces came out like this:
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I am not the most confident woman with a torch for obvious reasons. Having a history of having been on fire makes me a little nervous about it, but it is kind of magical to use fire to stick pieces of metal together!  Plus, if I want to make more beads then I have to get over it. <\/p>\n

Current status: unreasonably giddy about making a silly little copper bead. And an etching. And a chain. And bracelets. And a ring. And a Sea Monkey. 
\nHave YOU ever made a copper Sea Monkey? Have you? No. I thought not. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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