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February 03, 2010
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A display of silver and copper earrings
Students showing the earrings they made.

Today’s workshop yielded some great results. Creativity abounds in this group. Several of them chose to combine copper with silver to create earring sets with a dual color flare!

In this first day of a two day workshop the group got to explore texturing, forging, drilling, sawing, and polishing. Tomorrow we play with fire!

  • Tools used today:
    • ball peen hammer
    • planishing hammer
    • pliers (round-nose, flat-nose, chain-nose)
    • side cutters
    • shears
    • steel anvil
    • files
    • rolling mill
    • polishing machine
  • Materials:
    • 1mm round Sterling Silver wire
    • 26 Gauge Sterling Silver Sheet
    • 26 Gauge Copper Sheet
    • Findings: Ear wire

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