Book Review and Giveaway: Simple Soldered Jewelry & Accessories by Lisa Bluhm
Thanks for stopping in today! I have another great book review for you- I know a few of you saw the pic I posted as a teaser yesterday on Facebook, and it seemed like a few were really interested in this soldering technique!
Below is the pic of the soldered stained glass pendants that Joe made for me awhile back. As you can see here, he didn't use 2 pieces of glass, but just one, for each pendant. And instead of clear glass, he used stained glass. We used a patina on the solder to darken it and I really love this look more than the shiny silver solder but you could certainly do anything you like. I just wanted to show you how it looked.Good luck to everyone!
Leave one comment on this post and I will pick a random winner to win a copy of this book tomorrow, Tuesday Feb 11 around 8am eastern standard time.
Beautiful color!!!
ReplyDeleteI would be thrilled to put this book into action, thank you!!!
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I've been dying to give soldering a try as i have a lot of stained glass pieces that i want to turn into pendants!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the pendants Joe made for you! I have always wanted to try soldering with all the glass pieces I've collected over the years! msd.katz@hotmail.com ~ Debra
ReplyDeleteGreat Book. Thanks for offering a chance to win it.
ReplyDeleteSoldering is on my learning list this year....so yes I would love it.
ReplyDeleteAnother great book! This would be so much fun to have!
ReplyDeleteI've wanted to try soldering for a while now and your review has me thinking about it again. Thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeleteThose pieces are terrific; I agree that dark solder is better. Thanks for the opportunity to win the book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reviewing this - I've been looking for some books and tutorials on creating soldered pieces for a few months now, so this review has been timed perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like fun! Would love to win and learn something new.
ReplyDeleteI have a little experience with soldering, but have not done this particular type of project - I would love to learn how to do it! Thanks for the giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteIt would be great to combine this technique with photography. Been thinking about it for some time and I'd love to try it!
ReplyDeleteYour pendants are great! I've never done that type of soldering before but have always wanted to learn how :)
ReplyDeleteLove the color oft the Pendants! Hugs Doris
ReplyDeleteOh my I would be so very thrilled to win this as I am just starting out in soldering jewellery/pendants this would come in very handy as I am stuck in a rut at the moment :)
ReplyDeleteYour pendants are wonderful. Thank you for giving us a chance to win this book. I am ready to tackle soldering. This book will give me the needed push and knowledge.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pendant! I love the color. I dabbled in stained glass years ago and would love to incorporate it into my jewelry.
ReplyDeleteSounds great. Would love to win this book. Looks very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThey look great!! Love the soft soldered look. Would love to win this book. thanks so for offering the chance!!
ReplyDeletethis would be great for my fused pendants
ReplyDeleteaWesome book!
ReplyDeleteInterresting. Thanks for the giveaway! looks great~
ReplyDeleteMore talented artist authors sharing their work how exciting! Thanks, Lorelei, for hosting these giveaways.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to add this book to my library!
ReplyDeleteSoldering is on my list of things I want to work on this year. This would be a great help. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteOoh, always wanted to learn to solder and this book looks like a fantastic resource! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteLynda
I am newly into soldering and I would love to learn this type of technique. Thanks for the opportunity to win what looks like an amazing book!
ReplyDeleteMarie-Noel Voyer-Cramp would like to win this book! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the book review and the chance to win the book. Looks like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book because I am very interested in making soldered jewelry components. I have taken a couple of classes in the stained glass soldering method, but I still need lots of practice. This book looks great! Thank you for the chance to win it!
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ReplyDeleteVery cool! Sounds like an interesting book!
ReplyDelete--Jenny Gholson-Morris
Sounds very interesting to try and I love how your pendants turned out. Thanks for the opportunity to win this wonderful book.
ReplyDeleteI have just finished purchasing all of my soldering supplies, this would be a great book to win!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book. I have been wanting to try soldering, but have been a little afraid to actually start! I agree with you about the patina on the solder - darker is always better than shiny (to me, anyway!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
sounds interesting:) i would love to take part in this giveaway:)
ReplyDeleteSo cool!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful book! Would love to win.
ReplyDeleteAnother technique that I have been wanting to learn; soldering with copper tape. Looks like another great book. I appreciate the step by step photos as I am very much a visual person as opposed to learning from just text. Thanks for another great review and giveaway! Very cool that the publishers send you books to review-what a fun job!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your review! This is also on my 'bucket list' of techniques to try!
ReplyDeleteSoft soldering pendants etc is one of those things I want to learn but never seem to get around to. There's just so many things I could see myself doing with this technique. Must get some copper tape and sit down and learn soon!
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to give that a try!
ReplyDeleteI know how hard it is to solder smoothly, as we do some of that in the optical shop. Great job, Joe. Would love the book, and thank you for offering it, Lorelei!
ReplyDeleteKim Gorman
Love the effect of the patinaed solder with the stained glass
ReplyDeleteI have attempted to solder glass before, and it was an epic fail. Looks like this book could offer me some much needed instruction! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win the book, and thanks for these book reviews. They are helping me add to my list of good jewelry making books to get. This looks like it would have some fun projects I could enlist my dad to do with me!
ReplyDeleteLove the book! Thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteOoh that looks like lots of fun....thanks Lorelei!
ReplyDeleteGreat Findings, appreciate that point.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great video, Lorelei! Like visiting you in your studio! And thank you for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this giveaway, this looks like an interesting technique and I love glass!
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What a cool technique... A really new one is a rate find these days. I want to try this!
ReplyDeleteI am in the process of setting up a soldering station so this book would be perfect for me. Thank you for the chance to win it.
ReplyDeleteWould love to learn a new technique!
ReplyDeletewould love to win!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great review! I am the author, my next book should be out this summer. It will also be on the soft soldering technique with more advanced projects but this book will also include the hard soldering technique done with a torch and silver. There is a very handy trouble shooting section that will be helpful refining the art.
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