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A Flurry of Fine Feathers

A request from our local business EyeCandy Esthetics brought me here-up to my knees in feathers…I have an whole new appreciation of them these days.  I adore the stunning beauty of the colours and the subtle luminescence  of each and every one.  They are mini works of art all on their own.

What I didn’t appreciate was what the challenges of me working with them would look like-full facial mask, goggles and an air purifier-rather like a mini hazmat team happening here. I’d forgotten I was allergic to feathers…just got caught up in the excitement of it all and before I knew it-there I was.

It was worth it all-I am so enchanted with the end results, am going to try wearing a pair tomorrow…will let you know how that idea goes….or not.

 

 

Crazy for Copper

It didn’t take much of a demonstration to get this crew well on their way!  Happily pounding on sheet metal and firing up torches like they’d done it forever, these ladies were on a mission.  They amazed me with their creativity, and enthusiasm for trying out nearly every shop tool I own.

 After just a short few hours, these are some of the creations that appeared-wow.

They learned how to solder, set a bezel for a stone, how to anneal, pickle and patina, shape, make a set of silver ear wires, draw a bead with silver, stamp, come cold connection techniques, and mostly how to problem solve. They knew what they wanted, just had to figure out how to get their with each piece.  The results make this teacher proud !  Did I mention how much fun we had- and to be able to spend my day in the pleasure of their company was terrific! Thank you ladies-

 

 

Finally some shop time!

It’s been an insane 4 months and it was so relaxing just to get a couple hours to play tonight.  Had some things I wanted to try out and this was one of em’…I  had seen something similar online and was dying to try my version.  I had already etched a sheet of sterling silver and made a batch of ear wires in advance so just had to cut out and form-giving these a trial run tomorrow!

Adore working with silver!
Adore working with silver!