Jewelry Project SUMMER SOUVENIR
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Each of these jump
rings is soldered
shut using wet tissue paper to pro-
tect adjacent pieces from the heat.28-29
Eric twists a piece
of the 9 gauge wire
and cuts it to length for what will
become the clasp.30
The ends of the clasp are
melted.31
Eric grinds a fl at spot in the
center of the clasp.32
He solders the fi nal small
jump rings in place, con-
necting the clasp to the rest of the
bracelet.33
Once the bracelet has been
completed, Eric polishes the
piece using a 4" cotton stitched
wheel and tripoli followed by
jeweler’s rouge.JIM LANDON is a long-time high school science
teacher, rockhound, and jewelry artist who lives
in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in
Washington State.ERIC SMITH has been making jewelry since he
was 15, and has studied at the Pratt Institute of
Fine Arts in Seattle, Washington. His shop, Eric the
Goldsmith, is in the quaint community of Smith(^3233) River, in northern California.
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Each
rings
ing wet tissue
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