This is my jewelry class

       This is a picture of the class I take on saturday afternoons.   It is all about how to make jewelry.   Our teacher Cindy, is on the far right in the green sweater.   She has a wealth of knowledge on this subject.   It’s a great class.

       I decided to make another pair of brass earrings.   Brass is very pretty and a lot less expensive that sterling silver.   As a beginner, I’d rather make my mistakes in brass, not silver.   The first step was to design the earrings on my computer.   Next I cut out the printed templates and glued them on to the piece of brass.   I used a hairdryer to speed up the drying time of the glue.

       Here are the tools I will use to cut out the earrings.   From left to right we have the saw blade, the saw frame, a jeweler’s bench, and the bench’s clamp.

       And finally, here I am sawing away.   I have more to show you from saturday’s class, but I will save it for another day.