Saying a shy hello!

[Reenie1978]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to introduce myself. I have lurked on this forum reading posts for a number of months now since discovering this forum and have learned a huge amount from you all so thank you for being so generous and sharing your skills and expertise!

I have made beaded jewellery off and on as a hobby since I was a child before doing a couple of short silver jewellery evening classes and summer courses after the birth of my second child 2 years ago. I love turning sheet and wire into beautiful things!

After working solidly for the last 13 years since leaving uni i am taking a year-long career break to spend a bit more time with my kids and be around a bit more to settle my eldest into primary school (my job is quite full on and I have a very long commute across London). I am going to use the opportunity to do a year long jewellery making certification class. It starts today at Morley College and is one morning a week! Am very excited and am looking forward to being able to develop my skills on an ongoing basis rather than the stop/ start of the odd evening class. Will also be nice to do something that I love and is just for me for a change!!

I am sure I will have a lot of questions over the next year and hope you will bear with me as I learn more!!

Reenie

[BarryM]

Welcome and join the group of self taught hobby members who stand in awe at the skill of the professionals. I too start a course on Tuesday - it is just an evening class intro to silver smithing and enamelling at my local college (Strode in Street, Somerset), Hopefully it will put me right on some of the mistakes I make and be a good intro to enamelling which I have never tried.

Best of luck with your course and with your jewellery making.

[SteveLAO]

Welcome to the group and now that you're a student, you can take advantage of our discounted student hallmarking package too!!

[CJ57]

Hi and welcome Reenie. Very best of luck with your new course, hope you really enjoy it

[lorraineflee]

Hi and welcome from me too! Enjoy your course!!

[LydiaNiz]

Good luck - another self-taught one here - I got the bug when I took an evening course years ago before the children appeared, once I'd had them both, decided I did not want to go back to work in telly and now get to play with metal all the time. I have ots to learn yet though, oh boy! HOpe you love the course and look forward to seeing more of you (and what you do!) :-)