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Soldering on metal clay at the London Jewellery School Yesterday I taught a soldering on metal clay class at the London Jewellery School . It is quite a specialised class and it is only the second time I've run it . I had three lovely students with an enthusiasm for metal clay! We made stud earrings, cufflinks and a brooch. I've got some action shots (above) but we were quite rushed at the end so I didn't photograph their final pieces! Here are some examples of what we make during this class

This is a reblog of a post I wrote for the London Jewellery School blog. The original post can be found here Recently I taught the first of a new class, ' soldering in metal clay '. I originally pitched the class idea to Sunita, the manager at the Jewellery School, because I feel there are a significant number of metal clay jewellery makers that don't have a traditional silversmithing background or who lack the confidence with soldering. This class helps to fill that gap in their experience. During this one day class you make silver clay stud earrings, cufflinks and a brooch. Sample pieces from the soldering on metal clay class at the London Jewellery School You then torch fire the cufflinks and learn how to sweat solder cufflink backs onto them. You will also learn how to sweat solder stud posts onto the back of your silver studs. Finally, you learn how to solder on wire to make a brooch pin. You practice first on copper so you can get a feel for the proces...