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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 13, 2005 19:44:28 GMT -5
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Post by Cher on Aug 13, 2005 21:49:32 GMT -5
Nice job Kim, that chain link bracelet (3rd pic) is totally awesome, I love it!! Did you do all the bending of wire and whatnot? Oh, and did you make all the jump rings too? That's just the neatest pattern, great job!!
Cher
Oops, that's the 4th pic
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tinman
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by tinman on Aug 13, 2005 23:36:26 GMT -5
I think it is awsome love it you are now in the running for the best pic this month
Tinman
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Post by joe on Aug 14, 2005 0:53:47 GMT -5
Those are beautiful! I think you got your moneys worth from the class. What a great skill.
Joe
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Post by stoner on Aug 14, 2005 1:09:17 GMT -5
Hey Kim. Very nice. So let's see, now you'll need a torch setup, raw metals, casting equipment and a little time. Shouldn't be a problem, right? Seriously, you seem to have learned a lot in just a week. Do they have any training facilities out west?
Ed
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Post by Alice on Aug 14, 2005 7:15:29 GMT -5
Nice job kim!
I like the bracelet in the last picture.
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 14, 2005 8:52:33 GMT -5
those are amazing, Kim, love the ring! looks like you learned more in one week than i did in my whole 12 week course!
KD
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ArkieRockhound
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Aug 14, 2005 11:38:30 GMT -5
Wow! Looks like you learned a bunch in a week. Those are really pretty. Don't you wish you had at least 48 hrs. in everyday, so you could do it all?
Trish
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 14, 2005 14:33:21 GMT -5
cher i did not make the jump rings but my teacher did. he showed us how to wrap the wire on a dowel then he has a box he puts the coiled wire in that has a slit in the top of the box. he has a special attachment for his foredom with a saw blade that he whizzed down that slit and voila a box of jump rings to pass out. the chain bracelet was a little time consuming but one of my favorite projects. you solder the round wire rings, then solder two half round rings together, fold them over the round ring and solder them, attach all 9 with the smaller jump rings, solder your toggle attachments then attach them and there it is. i think it took me a full day and part of another morning to get it all done. they recommend taking the class several times under different teachers. this teacher was showing short cuts for quicker production. i liked that. some of the other students had taken before under another teacher and had not completed a project by day 3. i had earrings to show at lunch on the 1st day. here is the other bracelet i was working on when it was time to quit. i will have to buy files and some means to buff the scratches out, polish it before i can finish it but that little box was a bugger. when put in the pickle it took on liquid so there is a place somewhere that did not solder completely. one lady went to solder her top on and hers was not dry inside or something and the box turned into the coolest pillow i have ever seen. it literally blew up into a perfect little pillow. so she has a truly unique one even if it was an accident lol.   kim |
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Aug 15, 2005 8:02:12 GMT -5
too cool- I read about that school online- What a neat place!
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Post by creativeminded on Aug 16, 2005 11:48:16 GMT -5
Very well done, I miss going to my metalsmithing class, sigh unfortunately the college doesn't offer it anymore.
Tami
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