Beth Gray

Another day, meant another workshop, on todays agenda was metal.

Firstly, we got the chance to try out soldering. Firstly we had to file away all the sharp edges and make sure that it perfectly sat ontop of the other piece of metal – if there were any gaps it wouldn’t solder together.

after this we used wire wool to remove any fingerprints as it would have affected how successful the soldering would be. after soldering…  We could then reheat it all and create this effect, mine turned out kind of pleochroic-y which i was more than happy with!

Following this, we were tasked with trying to cut out a perfect circle (trickier than it seems) using a saw with a tiny blade, which we then heated to soften the metal, then from here we put it in a press which moulded it into a sweet little bowl.

These past two days have been so much fun, its been great learning new skills, so I’m really looking forward to the rest of workshop week.