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From: Linda Gebert Date: Sun Sep 03 00:57:29 2006 |
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========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ]======== Reading this series definitely brought back memories. I used to teach jewelry making and enameling at the Wichita Center for the Arts. In the summer classes for youth were offered, and the lower age limit for jewelry classes was 13. My first thought was "thirteen year olds with torches - what were they thinking"? However, the only bad experience was when several of the boys and girls in one class knew each other. They were too rowdy (pointing torches at each other, etc) and I had to exercise a lot more discipline than usual. But in most classes of 13 and 14 year olds, they were shy around others they didn't know, and were afraid of the torches, which is not a bad thing because it can translate to respect for them. And as another wrote, you work with one kid at a time when soldering. In the end, I think someone young realizing they can actually create a 3-dimensional piece was really thrilling to them. Compare that to a drawing or painting class - everyone knows how to put pencil or paint to paper, so it's not a revelation to them, just a matter of increasing technique and skill level. But they were so proud that they could actually manipulate metal, and overcome fear of the torch. I like to think it helped increase their confidence - yes, especially the young girls. And an afterthought - the only really bad experience did not involve a torch, just the soldering tweezers. I was lecturing at one of the work stations. Ours had a strip of electrical outlets running down the middle of each table between facing stations. One student absent-mindedly stuck his tweezers into the outlet. Still gives me chills - he let go quickly enough when the boom, the flash, and the lights going out occurred, that he did not get electrocuted. I asked if he did not recognize an electrical outlet when he saw one, and he replied - not on a table, just on the wall. I learned not to take anything for granted, and to err on the side of explaining too much. Linda Gebert http://homepage.mac.com/lgebertsilverjewelry ____________________________________________________________________ T h e O r c h i d L i s t Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures ____________________________________________________________________ Orchid FAQ: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm Orchid Archives: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive Orchid Galleries: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm Invite a Friend: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ____________________________________________________________________ Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books Buy Orchid Jewelry: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop ____________________________________________________________________ -Unsubscribe: -Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank ____________________________________________________________________ |
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