I’m taking Jewelry and Metalsmithing 1 at the Pratt Fine Arts Center.
Our first project is a ring. The top is made of a piece of pierced copper soldered to a half dome. Below are pictures of the two tops that I made last week. The pattern is gluesd on with rubber cement and then holes are drilled in the copper so that you can thread a jewelr’s saw through it and make the cuts.
The first ones didn’t quite workout. The rays on the start just wouldn’t stay straight. More practice is clearly the answer.
![moon-stars moon and stars pierced copper](http://blackdogandmagpie.net/shoes/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/moon-stars.jpg)
The second piece worked nicely.
![tree-front tree design pattern](http://blackdogandmagpie.net/shoes/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tree-front.jpg)
The circle on the front shows where the half dome will be soldered on.
From the top it will look like this.
![tree-back the front](http://blackdogandmagpie.net/shoes/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tree-back.jpg)
More next week when I make the dome and learn how to solder things that aren’t carrying electricity.