12/7/12

Santa, I'm going to need some new tools...

Hammering, sanding, stamping, joining metals – that’s how I spent last Sunday at YaYa Beads in Augusta, getting my first taste of metalworking. YaYa Beads’ owner, Lesley, a terrifically talented jewelry designer and teacher, profiled the cold connections workshop on her Sweet Freedom blog. Here’s my first pendant.



I had to leave the pendant behind in the tumbler, and when it arrived in yesterday’s mail, I couldn’t have been more excited if the envelope had been from Tiffany’s! Oh, the possibilities! This is a skill I am definitely going to pursue in the new year!

8 comments:

  1. A fabulous pendant!!! This workshop looked like so much fun. I've been looking for a similar workshop in my area because I want to learn about cold connections.

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  2. Yeah it is fun and the necklace turned out really cute. You should see my list, Santa is not going to know where to start ;)

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  3. Great job and a very cool pendant. Hope you know this opens a WHOLE can of worms...tools, tool, tools! But hey, it's so much fun. These days I go to bed thinking about it.. and my tool collection is seriously growing! In saying that, you can adapt and use a lot of stuff that may already be in the work shed... but some you just HAVe to get!! Christmas?
    Jenni

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  4. You did a fantastic job! So glad you enjoyed the class, and I can't wait to see your metal creations!

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  5. This is so much more wearable and awesome than anything at Tiffany's :-D

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  6. Gorgeous I love this piece. I hope Santa brings you lots of the tools you are wanting, you have a real knack for working with metal.
    I am so envious I have been wanting to learn some metal work, but no one around here teaches it. Augusta is that the one in GA? If so that is not so far away. I might just have to go and check out Ya Ya Beads and meet Lesley in person.
    Therese

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  7. Therese, it is Augusta, GA. It's about a 3 hour drive for me, but always worth the trip! Lesley's shop is amazing! (And I think she's going to be scheduling a 2-day mini-metal workshop early in the new year.)

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  8. I love copper and the design of your first pendant is great! I'm so envious of your workshop possibilities. I had no idea you could tumble copper - presumably that's a way of burnishing the metal. I'm going to have to do some googling!

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