[Jewelry making - Article 00915] - Re: [Orchid] Apprenticeships?

[kevdan]

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    I took an apprentice he came every day for about six months I paid
    him nothing except buying him lunch then  I helped him get a job at
    a giant pawn shop where he is the buffing slave and gets to fix alot
    of really bad jewelery. I could not afford to pay him and didnt
    really have anything for him to do so I just let him use my tools
    and and an extra bench and told him to make whatever he wanted and I
    would help him when he needed it. It worked out real well because I
    have had other so called apprentices and they thought that I would
    hold their hand and spend all day showing them stuff , this guy
    jumped right in and was not afraid to try plus he read all the stuff
    I told him to and he was making some pretty cool stuff moslty out of
    copper and brass since he was dirt poor but he learned enough that
    the place where he works pays him 10 bucks an hour and he gets tons
    of practice. I dont have any repair accounts I mostly carve wax and
    cast so he got alot of experience at that as well. He has been at
    the place for almost a year now and they are thrilled to have him.

    P.S. prior to the brief stint as my apprentice he was working at
    dennys as a dishwasher for 5.25 an hour sharing a one bedroom
    mobilhome with four other people now he has a car and his own
    appartment pretty cool. 

Kevin


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