One of the main reasons I signed up for a beginning Metalsmithing class was to overcome my fear of open flames. Somewhere in the back of my mind I had this image of me running around with my hair on fire inside a burning house. I have made my Peace with the Fire Element in three short weeks by learning to solder using the butt join and sweat soldering techniques. The Lapidary Journal does a bang up job of defining these techniques
http://www.jewelryartistmagazine.com/tech/1299tech.cfm.
Can you believe this bracelet is made out of a piece of flattened, textured and soldered copper refrigeration tubing? How cool is that?
I also made this cool brass Thumb Ring using the same soldering technique:
Hope you have enjoyed our time together.
Cheers,
Karen
