[Jewelry making - Article 00143] - Re: [Orchid] Self taught Vs Formal training

[Lisa Orlando]

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    From my limited experience, I can confirm what R. E. Rourke says
    about learning with fine silver. In the only "advanced" (i.e.
    post-bezel-setting) class I took, the teacher--who had been setting
    stones "in the industry" for something like 30 years--taught channel
    setting like this. We were each handed an ingot of fine silver and
    expected to roll it into the pieces used to construct the box. (I,
    using black magic, managed to solder my *extremely* dirty copper
    bracing piece to my box. And that was before I even picked up one of
    those burs I could barely see. I concluded that channel setting and I
    were not meant to be.) 

Lisa Orlando
Albion, CA, US
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