I’ve been experimenting with fusing fine silver. Before I begin sharing, here's a bit of background info on the differences between fine silver, sterling silver, and Argentium silver.
Fine silver (also known as pure silver) is 99.9% silver.
In comparison, sterling silver is 92.5% silver and 7.5% mixed alloys. Usually copper is the majority of the 7.25% metal alloy added to silver to…
There are many DIY photo cube tutorials on the internet and I'm adding one more now.
For this photo cube, you can use any size box that fits your needs. The one in my example below was made out of a necessity to fit into a particular space (12 inches wide).
I hate having to set-up and tear-down my photography arrangement based on what I'm doing each day. Wouldn't it be nice to just have a little corner space set up at all times for when I want to shoot a picture?…
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You put in a keyword (or keywords) and see what’s trending on Google (what others are searching for on Google and what country they’re from).
The website "About.com" says: “This isn't a measure of searches, but it is a measure of what people are talking about on the Internet.”
I thought it was interesting that the U.…
I had made a new “contraption” for my workshop. Sanding metal makes a huge mess. And just because I wear goggles and a respirator while sanding, it doesn’t mean I’m okay with the metal dust particles left all over the workshop.
So I often sand outside, but that entails carrying all my stuff out there and of course I never remember to bring everything I need on my first trip out.
Here’s my current solution.
Elizabeth made a batch of bronze wire spirals that we would be using as testers.
I had some copper shapes… and a few brass disks. So we had three…