[Jewelry making - Article 00153] - [Orchid] Beyond my known world of metallurgy

[Karen Christians Metalwerx]

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    Recently I taught a Resin Inlay workshop to some high school
    students. We used sterling wire for the boarders, brass for the base
    and since my order of sterling strip didn't make it in time, I used
    some fine silver bezel strip for the wire work instead. I would have
    used wire and rolled it, but we had only five hours to teach these
    kids everything, so we improvised. 

    In soldering the wires down to the brass base, the most amazing
    thing happened. The brass overheated (we were rushing in the end) and
    the fine silver slipped through the brass like you had soldered on
    both sides, completely intact. It was like the brass was cardboard
    and the hard wire just pushed through perfectly. I was stunned and
    had never seen this before. 

    What exactly happened here? This went beyond my known world of
    metallurgy, but I am sure that this list can provide an answer. 

    Thanks. 

-k

M E T A L W E R X
School for Jewelry and the Metalarts
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Waltham, MA 02451
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