Well...

Being the impulsive and adventurous person that I am, I just could not wait to get torch in my hands, so I went ahead and got set up for soldering. Well I forgot the denatured alchohol, but other than that and setting the area up.... I got the stuff I need, so by this weekend I should be playing with fire and metal together... stay tuned for what comes out!

And it's the solstice today... soooo HAPPY SOLSTICE EVERYONE!

And on a side note, I found out that the jewelry design center that sells jewlery desinging supplies, also has some really great jewelry classes... soo maybe next year sometime I will take something there... I am interested in a couple, the lost wax casting class is one for sure! Though I am not sure about getting the money to set up shop for that... The other one is PMC... which is not too bad to get set up for. So that's a possible... I am just being pulled to learn all I can about jewelry making. And though I do admire what convetional jewelers do, I would like to learn these skills to make my own visions come to life... all in time, so far i am totally self taught, with the exception of one book I bought years ago on seed bead weaving without a loom... I have learned all i know by doing and observing what I could from other jewelry.