In San Miguel de Allende Bärbel (our German neighbour on the campground) introduces us to a jewelry course. Full of enthusiasm, we arrive at Abe’s workshop on Thursday morning, 9 a.m. (to contact Abe regarding his courses, email him on abgil14@hotmail.com).
During two mornings we learn to melt, cut, press, file, sand, clean, decorate, solder, polishing silver and much more … and we are proud of the result. And it all began with one dull, flat piece of silver, see for yourself:
Desmond and Lenny pressing the silver.
Lenny operating the press.
Lenny filing his jewellery.
Soldering.
Desmond is polishing his rings.
Nadine's ring (with a stone that we found in the USA) and earrings.
Lenny and Nadine's jewellery.
Lenny's ring.
Desmond's rings, on the left one, he used a dry tree leave to make the pattern.