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This was my most simple project. It consisted of new gold wire that I milled into a square, then heated up and twisted. After that I sharpened the ends using a file. In my opinion, it was the most fun process out of these projects.

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For this project, I cut out a leaf from copper sheet metal (this isn't a good picture) and a background of new gold sheet metal. The most difficult part was soldering these two things together, but once you understand how the metal works and how hot it needs to get, it becomes easier.

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This is my incomplete bezzle project, I did the enameling and cells on my dome, but didn't get to solder the bottom surface of my bezzle. I used copper sheet metal for my dome and wall for the bezzle, and thin copper wire for the cells. I also used powder enamel and kiln fire glue to create the colors and design.

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I wanted to add some more detail to the design, so I decided to wrap very thin copper wire around the ends.(where most of the joints were)

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The final, and most tedious step was polishing. I started with the larger polishers with the rouge to clean up the outside of the rings. Then, to remove the residue from the rouge, I used the hand held polisher with smaller pieces. This allowed me to get in every nook and cranny of the piece so it was completely shiny and ready to turn in!

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For this being my first project, there were a few times where the joints would detach, or the solder wasn't melting correctly. To fix that, I would give it an acid bath, remove the access solder with a file, and try again

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After you solder a circle, and before you start to solder another one on, you need to clean it off using the pickle which is an acid bath. This will create a better, cleaner canvas to layer wires.

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The 3rd step included repeating this process until the top looked like an asterisk.

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The second step was to find the gauge of wire I wanted, then solder the ends into a circle, and perfect the shape using a mallet. I chose a 12 gauge new gold wire, and soldered a slightly bigger circle perpendicular to the first circle.

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My inspiration for my wire project came from space, specifically the nasa symbol. I thought that wires pieced together in that design would look really amazing.

-my final sketch for my wire project included stenciled circles so I knew exactly what size I wanted each one to be.