Hello from Southampton!

[daisychain]

Hello!
I've been meaning to join the forum every time I come on the Cookson site (i.e. every other day at the moment!) and finally got round to it today.
I'm a silversmith/jewellery designer, which I also teach for our local college and at home, and write about for magazines. You could say that I'm addicted to it!
I think I know a few people here - Sue C, if I've got the right person, I'll see you in class on Wednesday!

[Rustic Charm]

Hi and welcome xx

[mizgeorge]

Hi Jo ;)
and welcome!

[lynnm]

hello and welcome from me! :D

[Mystic]

Hi Jo and welcome from me too :)

[ps_bond]

Hi Jo! Whereabouts do you teach?

[lynnm]

hello from me to!

[lorraineflee]

Hi Jo, welcome to the forum.
Some lovely items on your website and some nice tutorials too.
Lorraine

[WitchfordSilver]

Hi and welcome

[Fi Wilson]

Hi Jo :~:

Fi

[MuranoSilver]

Glad you jumped in :)
:welcome: to the forum from me too!
Looking forward to seeing some of your work
Nicola x

[snow_imp]

Helloe and welcome.

[daisychain]

Thanks for the warm welcome!
Thanks for the compliment too, Lorraine - I've got more tutorials in the pipeline coming soon.
Good to see you hear George! Love your latest project in Beads and Beyond. The mix of copper and turquoise is one of my favourites.
Peter, I teach for Eastleigh College. Mainly evening classes at the moment. Eastleigh get 'bought in' by several secondary schools to provide their adult education, so I teach evening classes at Thornden and Bitterne Park school. I also offer private tuition at home and teach small groups at home. I like to keep busy!!

[amazingbabe]

Hi Jo and welcome from meeeeeeeeeee:~:

[daisychain]

Hi Jo and welcome from meeeeeeeeeee:~:

Hi Gayle! You do live in a beautiful part of the world.

[ps_bond]

Ah, hadn't realised Eastleigh were providing jewellery teaching these days. I was dimly aware Salisbury were, and of course South Down.

[Gemma]

Now there's a familiar user name! Hellooooo Jo! :~:

[daisychain]

Now there's a familiar user name! Hellooooo Jo! :~:

Aha! I thought it was you Gemma! :~:

Peter - Eastleigh have offered jewellery as a course for several years now, and are expanding their courses at the moment.

[ps_bond]

Peter - Eastleigh have offered jewellery as a course for several years now, and are expanding their courses at the moment.

It was several years ago I last looked :D

[daisychain]

It was several years ago I last looked :D

Aha! That would explain it! :)
I've got a C&G level 3 class (A level equivalent) and a beginners class at the moment. They're all addicted now!

[Ominicci]

:~: Hello from me too!

[daisychain]

:~: Hello from me too!
Hi Nicci!
I love your logo.

[Suec]

Hi Daisychain...sorry for the delayed response...and you did see me on Wednesday.
This looks a great forum but I just have to get over my reluctance to ask waht may appear daft questions...
And I must find a more interesting name..

[snow_imp]

Hi Daisychain...sorry for the delayed response...and you did see me on Wednesday.
This looks a great forum but I just have to get over my reluctance to ask waht may appear daft questions...
And I must find a more interesting name..

Don't worry about asking questions that seem daft - I've done it more than once now and everyone was great with the answers. My latest topic of interest is just trying to persuade myself to solder something - other than myself to anything that is :)

[daisychain]

Don't worry about asking questions that seem daft - I've done it more than once now and everyone was great with the answers. My latest topic of interest is just trying to persuade myself to solder something - other than myself to anything that is :)

I agree, no question is a daft one!

Snowimp - soldering is fun! Just don't rush it and start with something small so that it doesn't seem so daunting.

[snow_imp]

I agree, no question is a daft one!

Snowimp - soldering is fun! Just don't rush it and start with something small so that it doesn't seem so daunting.

I have a couple of small pieces of fine silver - the result of mucking up some metal clay items - so I was thinking of starting with them and see if I can solder them together - they have smooth edges that need a bit of work to make a joint, but not much. Oh and soldering jump rings for practice too.