Friday Workbench
Zach - who had an end of quarter inservice day - and I worked fairly productively at my metalsmithing workbench this afternoon. I finished a project for my sister which I’m test driving for wearability - a necklace made with a brass square, copper circle and silver chain, all with an antique finish, at right:
The talented Zach completed his first project, below, a copper pendant. He learned to etch, finish the metal, 
connect the pendant and clasp to the chain and antique the project. I learned that the metal that retail copper lobster claw clasps are made of melt easily - at a temperature much lower than that of easy solder.
He decided to play with my new $10 Ebay letterset, and had this editorial comment to make about metalsmithing (I agree!).