silversmithy!

We're having a blast on Tuesday nights. What a great class! This week, the last of us finished soldering our bands closed and then we got to bang the crap out of them with a rawhide mallet until they were round like real rings. Wanna see?


Not bad, eh? It's intentionally shaped that way so that the two ends meet straight on.


Unless, of course, your sawing technique is as unpractised as mine. Look at that huge gap!


But look! All filled in with solder [which is a really cool process that uses the torch and is very challenging for me who can't see so good close up].


Not looking much like a ring, though, is it?


There. That's better!

It's been on my hand since the class and is insanely comfortable. It's not even close to done [there's polishing to do and stuff and then we still have to make the bezel and set the cabochon on top], but it's a ring and I made it and I'm all proud and stuff.

We're also allowed to do other projects during our time at the workshop, and what I'm currently working on cannot be disclosed here for reasons that will become apparent later on. Suffice to say that it requires the one thing I'm really bad at: sawing. Perhaps by the time I'm done, I'll be better? I can hope.