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 and stars pierced copper

The second piece worked nicely.

tree design pattern

The circle on the front shows where the half dome will be soldered on.

From the top it will look like this.

the front

More next week when I make the dome and learn how to solder things that aren’t carrying electricity.