[Jewelry making - Article 00566] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry / Metal assignments

[Metalwerx]

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    Ah, the band ring.  One of the standard assignments for our Beg.
    Jewelry class.  This simple excercise has everything for the
    beginner, soldering, filing, sawing, texturing and annealing.  It
    gives the beginners mastery of their material, not the other way
    around. 

    I give my more advanced students the box catch which they are all
    making now.  First in brass, next in silver.  Alan's book is great
    for this.  Step by step, they made one out of heavy Bristol Board
    and then to metal.  They are learning to measure.  They learn to
    read directions, make models and write down what mistakes they made. 

    One of my students were looking for the correct millimeter width of
    brass sheet.  They couldn't find it and asked me for some.  I said,
    hey, "there's a rolling mill over there.  How about using that nice
    tool to thin your stock".  A big smile came across her face as she
    looked at me.  "Wow, that's right.  Now I know what you mean about
    mastering the material". 

    As a teacher, I live for those moments. 

-k
Karen Christians
M E T A L W E R X
50 Guinan St.
Waltham, MA  02451
Ph: 781/891-3854
Fx: 781/891-3857
www.metalwerx.com
email: karen AT metalwerx.com


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