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This is the result of a lot of pounding, sawing, filing, more sawing, and even more sawing. The bowl of the spoon is smooth, but the handle is hammered. Neither is polished yet, so it's a little hard to tell the difference in texture. Not sure it'll be a family heirloom, and I'm positive I'm not up for making 5 more like some in the class are talking about...but it's fun to think that I might actually have a real spoon by the end of the class!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Spoon 1
I started a silversmith class today and our project is to make a spoon. 5 minutes into class and we were already flaming things and dropping them into acid baths! I started with a couple small flat sheets of silver and this is where I ended class today:
This is the result of a lot of pounding, sawing, filing, more sawing, and even more sawing. The bowl of the spoon is smooth, but the handle is hammered. Neither is polished yet, so it's a little hard to tell the difference in texture. Not sure it'll be a family heirloom, and I'm positive I'm not up for making 5 more like some in the class are talking about...but it's fun to think that I might actually have a real spoon by the end of the class!
This is the result of a lot of pounding, sawing, filing, more sawing, and even more sawing. The bowl of the spoon is smooth, but the handle is hammered. Neither is polished yet, so it's a little hard to tell the difference in texture. Not sure it'll be a family heirloom, and I'm positive I'm not up for making 5 more like some in the class are talking about...but it's fun to think that I might actually have a real spoon by the end of the class!
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