While I’ve had a jewelry class before and I’ve had pieces that have been soldered together, I’ve never gotten the chance to actually successfully solder by myself without help. So this week I took the initiative to learn and practice until I got the hang of it! This semester I used the hydraulic press like I did last year to make a sun and moon shape. I felt that the pieces would look better if they were somehow put together. Now that they are soldered together in one piece I hope to make a bracelet and incorporate some new techniques that I will be learning this semester.