Well class went very well last night, our tutor, the lovely Stephanie had some silver to sell us and we were all keen to get to grips straight away so she suggested that make a plain band ring just so that we could get a feel for shaping and soldering.
I was more than apprehensive when it came to utilising the torches, they are rather intimidating but I was brave enough to carry on regardless. Anyway we all softened our silver with the torches then put the silver in the sink before popping into a pot of acid to remove the blackened burn marks which the flame had deposited on the metal. Once this process was finished we got to hammer the metal around a triblet which is used just to form the shape of the rings, then it was on to solder.
I am so pleased with my first piece of jewellery and even after one lesson I have already got the bug, mind you I tend to get the bug with everything I try my hand at to be honest. I am sorry I couldn't get on last night I was totally exhausted yet for some reason could barely sleep, I think it was from sheer excitement. Gerald was really impressed with my ring. All in all I don't think I could of picked a better course and the other students as well as the tutor are all absolutely lovely.
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