August Themed Competition

**Georgia** · 03-09-2012, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Keia

My competition entry is this butterfly arm cuff. I'm very new to smithing and self learning via books & internet. This was quite a difficult project to tackle and took the best part of a week to finish. As the wire is quite thick, I had loads of problems getting the solder to flow. There basically wasn't enough heat from my little hand torch - problem was solved though by arranging the heat bricks into a little oven shape to reflect the heat back onto the peice making the solder flow beautifully. I hope one day to be as good as you guys on here =)

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Hi All,

Thank you very much for your fantastic entries this month, there are so absolutely gorgeous pieces!

The winner of our August competition is Keia, congratulations!
We thought your flowery cuff was beautiful and is a perfect summer piece.

If you could e-mail me at georgia.benham@cooksongold.com with your account details we can arrange your order! Well Done!