Last Sunday I taught another class, it is only the third time I have taught a metals class and the other two were Viking Knit, so this was my first "real" metals class. For this class, the subject was a Synclastic cuff which is not only an easy technical subject but a fun cuff to make.
I had 6 students in the class and they were a great bunch. We started at 10 am; took a 45 minute break for lunch and finished up a around 4:30 to 5:00 pm. Unfortunately the shop only had one soldering station set up so everyone had to wait a bit to solder their frames on the silver but since the conversation was good, I don't think the wait was too bad for everyone.
One of the best parts of the day was teaching everyone to do stick soldering. I have to admin that early last year, I was horrible at this technique.; now, 6 months later, here I was teaching it. I have even heard back from a few of the students that they been practicing and they like this way of soldering for larger items.
Here are pictures of the class and two finished pieces by students.
I had 6 students in the class and they were a great bunch. We started at 10 am; took a 45 minute break for lunch and finished up a around 4:30 to 5:00 pm. Unfortunately the shop only had one soldering station set up so everyone had to wait a bit to solder their frames on the silver but since the conversation was good, I don't think the wait was too bad for everyone.
One of the best parts of the day was teaching everyone to do stick soldering. I have to admin that early last year, I was horrible at this technique.; now, 6 months later, here I was teaching it. I have even heard back from a few of the students that they been practicing and they like this way of soldering for larger items.
Here are pictures of the class and two finished pieces by students.
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