This coming spring and fall 2023 I have several classes available to choose from at the Art and Soul Portland Retreats. There is a spring one (April 11 – 19) and a fall one (October 8 – 15). I am offering both soldered jewelry and soldered art workshops at both. One of the classes I recommend taking if you are a first timer to soldering, is the Soldering 101 workshop. In this class you will learn the basics of soldering which will give you the foundation for continuing in the …
Free Video: An Intro into Soldering
I have been a solder artist for over twelve years. My first experience with soldering happened at a chandelier workshop in Cortona, Italy. The two weeks I spent there catapulted my art journey and from that moment I was hooked on the art of soldering. What I’ve learned in these past twelve years is that practice makes perfect and you must persevere when you want to quit. The pendants that I soldered as a beginner look so different than the ones I solder today. This is because as artists we …