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Published: 2009-06-03 14:15:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 1798; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 56
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My third silversmithing project - a 4 cm diameter sterling silver tree.Given how much silver leaf I use in my lampwork beads, I think I could really use a silver tree.
It was quite a saga to pierce out all the branches. I killed 4 saw blades in the process, and then another one while cutting the loop, which apparently isn't bad. Thankfully I had my talented teacher on hand to help neaten things up, and solder on the loop for me.
(Yes... my soldering is still terrible. I end up with solder flying all over the piece I'm working on, the workshop, hapless passers-by, etc.)
Hand-finished castings of this design are available in my etsy shop: [link]
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curse the soldering!
i just started to use a solder gun, but honestly, i like using a butane torch more!
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Arrr, soldering!
Torch is definitely easier. I tried the gun, and failed horribly. I'm all for torch.
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What a beautiful piercing! Lots of details and very clean lines
I hope you don't mind, I featured it in my journal 
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Oooo... lots of detail here. Very nice! My metal work is on my Aartsee1 account. [link]
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Thank you! 
Ooo I'm so loving your metalwork... I'm browsing, faving, wiping drool off my keyboard...
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Aw, that's so nice!! 
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Wonderful!
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u made this urself?! Cool! If I lived i a place near yours, I'd be begging you to do some of my designs!
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Yep, I made it myself
Aww, thank you!
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Wow this is very nicely done too, reminds me of the white tree in LOTR actually
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Thanks! I only saw the LOTR connection once I'd finished it.
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Aww, thankees! 
I'm glad you like the bronze leaves idea. I'm looking forward to trying it out!
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you could sell 'em at the market. im sure theyd be snatched away before youve finished opening your stall, lol. i know i would. xD
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Hehe, thanks! I must learn to speed up my smithing skills first - this one took me almost 8 hours from beginning to end.
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well, it was truly worth the wait xD
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I think so too. 
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oh cool! im not surprised, if anything im shocked you dont have 50 or so requests. it must be hard to make them, right?
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Ahhh flattery! 
It's not that hard to make them, just *very* time consuming. You also need a fair amount of co-ordination with the jeweller's saw. 
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oh good, teachers are always great to have on hand. expecially if there good at what they do, i once had a art teacher who was.. franckly.. rubbish, lol.
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Oof, I've had a few of those. The old bags who taught me in school were terrible - it took me years to get my confidence back after they were done with me.
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lol, yeah. some tachers are good, but dont pay any attention to the students at all, or they just concerntrate on one, leaving the rest to their own devices.
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Yeah... and then you get those awful ones who have to make their students feel bad about themselves all the time.
Really good teachers are rare! And precioussss.
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yeah, im lucky enough to have all my teachers like that, apart from one. my english teacher (called mrs spelling, and im not lieing about that!!) is a bit... grumpy
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I would be too, if I was stuck with a surname like Spelling
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lol, she didnt want to have her husbands name.. she stook with that one. we have a D.Tech teacher called mr tool, and a R.E teacher called miss Abbot
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yeah, lol. i didnt even understand what was funny about miss Abbot. oh, and we have a P.E teacher called mr Raper... i think you probably get that, lol. oh, and our year head is called Mr Hiscock....
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yeah, you could say that, lol.
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Ahh, so pretty
And yikes, only 4 sawblades!! That's not only good, that's IMPRESSIVE.
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Thank you so much!
Is 4 good then? I'm so new to this, I don't know what average is.
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Haha, I would say that 4 is pretty darn good! Given the size and intricacy of the peice, haha. Those little branches would have killed me.
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