Recycling Scrap Into Sheet Metal

by Judy Larson

When rising precious metal prices left Judy Larson carefully rationing her sheet metal, inspiration struck! Remembering a past experiment with melting and recycling scrap, she decided to turn small leftover pieces into usable sheet metal, proving that even the tiniest scraps can have a second life. Discover how this simple technique can stretch your materials and spark new creative possibilities!

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Argentium silver sheet scraps

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each

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Tools

Deluxe Soldering Kit

G15-5

G15-5
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $116.97
Gold Club Price: $87.73

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Rolling Mill 80mm

MIL-280.10

MIL-280.10
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $349.95
Gold Club Price: $262.46

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Bench Blocks - 130 X 130 X 20

DUR-1187

DUR-1187
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $66.67
Gold Club Price: $50.00

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AWG American Wire Gauge for All Sizes of Wire - Pack of 1

G7-8

G7-8
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $11.95
Gold Club Price: $8.96

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Dead Blow Brass Hammer - 2 lb. Brass Hammer

HAM-456.20

HAM-456.20
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $32.97
Gold Club Price: $24.73

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Category: Metalwork
Technique(s): Stamping, Butane Torch Techniques

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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