A 2inch diameter copper project, in a class for learning the basic chasing techniques. From a hand drawing of an acorn, in a style similar to leather carving patterns that have influenced me in the past. For a key-chain, or a cord necklace… maybe… A fun class with a great

I learned more about metalsmithing doing this project. Lots of soldering practice and fine sawing. It was fun to make and it took this beginner about 7 hours, in total. One item I am thinking about adding is if I make a small steel stamp to hash-mark the basket weave

The best way to learn to saw is practice. Here is the project for Jewelry Sawing Class 2024. A copper Christmas tree snowflake.

project to design and make in copper before moving to silver

I have enjoyed my first two classes on working with copper, brass and silver. I hope others have a library in their own location that provides “maker lab” type lessons. First two projects were fun and still rough, but I had fun learning! Here they are in order of the