Zrognak Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 So I just moved 900km away from my home to start a school for silversmithing, We as students have access to the workshop 24/7, we have not gotten to do much yet but I got to practice soldering brass and copper with some silver solder and I enjoy it, im using copper and brass in the beginning to learn how to solder correctly cause my funds are not huge enough to start with silver, anyway during the weekend I made a few things for practice nothing great but pretty ok, cant wait until we get to move onto casting. Here are some of the stuff. Here are two rings made from brass, nothing fancy. I put the solder seams under the top of the rings. Also a simple Jörmungandur pendant, not too found of the design drew it up too quickly. Here is something I wanted to try a long time, mixing copper and a lighter metal, wanted to use silver for the rim part but like I said im learning so dont want to waste silver so I used brass, it is a viking inspired shield pendant. Did not quite get the thing centered but it is all good since its practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Richter Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 However even that looks great. Keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 11 minutes ago, Hans Richter said: Keep us updated. Sure will, and thank you good sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Soldered a pendant it is dome like shaped on the front and flat on the back hollow inside, I had to solder it 4 separate times to assemble it correctly with 4 types of melting temp for the solder. Soldered my first silver ring today, I found it harder to solder silver then brass and copper but it turned out ok in the end, made a really simple design with moose antler around the outside. I made more stuff but I forgot to take pictures of em ill do that later. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 More stuff, the ring was a task we got to make a hollow ring solder each piece together, I made a castle out of mine, the spoons are forged copper, cant use em but it is also for practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Awesome stuff Zrognak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I don't know what to say Zrognak. The pieces are beautiful and the soldering is masterful. More pics please, LOTS more. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Really nice. Great design and craftsmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Those are some very nice pieces you have made. Why can't you use the spoons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 Thank you all, means a lot. As for the spoons are made from copper I always thought copper was bad for you if you use em for acidic foods or hot beverages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 So tin them like you would tin a copper pot for cooking! I was successful the first time I tried to tin a pot and they look like it would be a lot easier to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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