CalontirBlacksmith

I started working with silver in metalsmithing today... I DON'T WANT TO MESS UP AND HAVE TO BUY MORE SILVER! ARGH! Yea. That's about it.

Wow. I seem to have a knack for hurting myself in my metalsmithing class. So far this semester, I have sawed into my finger (3x within a 1/2"), sliced my finger on a piece of metal (Without even knowing. About five minutes after cutting it, I looked down, and started to wonder why there was blood on the copper cup I was making.), and bashed my thumb with a hammer (3x in the same place. Broken blood vessels, anyone?). The only fun part about this is that during critiques, I can honestly say I have put blood, sweat, and mental tears into the project. No real tears. You can't do that in front of the metal. It shows it you're weak. Then it attac