S1E02 The Silver Feather- Silversmithing Tutorial 

Having been a silversmith since 1973, I can see how knowledgeable and skilled you are. Your bench and tools look like they’ve been used. I enjoy your tutorials very much. The flow/process is easy to watch and your kind voice is easy to listen to. I’m just returning to the bench after almost two decades being away and needed to brush up on all the things I’d forgotten. With the help of your excellent lessons I’m sure I’ll get there. Thank you! All the Best, Don

Beautiful result. I know solder follows the heat but never have I seen such a convincing demonstration. Thank you.

btw, I made this feather last week, well, mine is a totally different shape/design, but I used your technique. I wear it every day on a simple chain and get compliments every single day!

Just used your solder tip today it worked perfectly. Thank you again.

Thank you very much for this lesson. You are such an amazing teacher, very clear and easy to follow . ❤

my local jeweller is closing down next year and I talked to her today about buying her tools so I could learn to make my designs since she won't be there to make them for me anymore, tutorials like this give me hope that I may learn to get good at this.

GREAT solder flow explanation and demonstration. And urging the practice practice practice part. I have been hard on myself and now I am recommitted to just get to the bench and keep soldering. Thanks for your patience in sharing your great skill.

Best jewelry making tutorial on RU-vid. Please continue making more. There r gem.

Thank you Melanie! I will make some feathers!!!

Thank you for being such an incredible teacher. Not to mention incredible talent. I am new at this and you are helping to inspire.

I love this you are so good and I find you easy to follow.

I have never followed anyone on RU-vid before, but your tiny flower video was so wonderful, I wanted to be sure to know if you ever added another video! Truly the best "how-to" video I've seen. I am thrilled that you have made another!

WOW...gorgeous! You are an excellent teacher...thank you!!!

You are be the best brazer I've ever seen

Thanks Melanie!

I wish I could add a photo of the earrings I made after watching your demo. I really enjoyed the process. Thank you!

Great tutorial. Thanks.

The solder tip is cool thank you.

Beautiful feather. Great video! I could listen and learn from you for hours! I’ve learned so my tips and techniques; you are a phenomenal instructor and I thank you for sharing your knowledge.

You are an excellent teacher. Thank you.

I have really enjoyed watching your videos. Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge. ❤

THANK YOU THANK YOU 🙏

Hey Melanie! I so enjoy all the many creations you have made for me over the years. How fun it is to see how you masterfully create your artwork. This is an excellent video that is well done and provides the detail needed to work through the process from start to finish. I highly recommend it for anyone who desires to learn the craft!

Good information Melanie, I had the basics but now you showed a few tricks to refine my work

Hey Melanie, Per your suggestion, I'm not going to solder with copper anymore. You are right. Sliver may be a bit more expensive but working with it is my goal. Thanks for all your help. I'm loving your series.

Thank you!

A lot of great instruction!! Thank you for sharing!

Absolutely the most beautiful feather I have ever seen! Love your calm way about you and your voice! Such an excellent teacher! I cannot wait to make a feather! Thank you so much for being so giving!❤

This was great. Would love to see more from you 🙂

Love it 🍀 🌷 I wish I could take one of your Classes. You are an excellent Teacher. .. Thank you so much. .. I've learned a lot from your video.

I learned more from this one video than I have learned from multiple tutorials - thank you so much for your very clear descriptions!

Melanie, this is the fourth time I have watched this video since you published it and Each and every time I watch it I am more in awe over your smithing abilities and your teaching skills. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us.

i just found you and you are an amazing teacher and i sure hope you come back

I love feathers and your tutorial has given me a lot of aha's. Thank you from Brisbane Oz

One of the BEST things I have seen in making feathers, SO, YES, I am going to "go make feathers". You are a great teacher, Thank You for the time you put in this for US.

Thank you so much, I have a better understanding of tools, I'm hoping to have a go when I have a shed and watching you so calmly making things has inspired me,

You have a Beautiful Shop. I learned a Great deal of info. here. Thank You so much for making this tutorial. I'm excited to jump in and make some feathers.

Great teacher! I’ve been learning silver fabrication for several years. I have learned so much from this video! Thank you.

This is so great! Exactly what I needed right now. Thank you!

Your videos are fabulous! They are easy to follow and don’t go to fast. Your are clear and easy to understand. Thank you so much for this!

Tank you for sharing..... I love feathers

Very nice video Melanie, thank you for sharing ☺👍

Super thank you for shering

Excellent video, so well explained.. thank you.. Thom in Scotland.

Really fun to see a video with someone who works with Flouron, I do too, but no one has ever shown how explained how the flux changes with the heat. I was taught to clean the solder before cutting it, not necessary? I'm also placing the solder before heating up the flux, now I gotta try it your way! Excellent video on techniques, really!! 🔥🔨

Best looking feather I've ever seen. Thank you.

Excellent instructor. I look forward to every video, thank you for your time and commitment

I am always amazed watching your videos. Thank you for your business and generosity!

I like so much the way you teach: your instructions are so clear and easy to follow, the project so nice! I am watching this series you've made and enjoying each one! Thanks for sharing your knowledge❤. It would be lovely to see you again on RU-vid. 😊❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thanks for all of your hard work in sharing your gift. I've made feathers, but always textured with hammers, but LOVE the control of using the cutters to texture. I love that the double sided feathers don't actually add much work to achieve!! Thanks again. You have just inspired me to get out of my robe and into the studio today! LOL!

What a fabulous video on making a silver feather! Thank you so much for sharing your valuable knowledge. 🙏

Thank You. Its a well done video with some new ideas for me.

Hello Melanie, I'm glad that I found your channel. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and all your helpful tips. I've learned a lot in your videos. Greetings from Germany Maren

Thank you so much for your tutorial. I have just found your channel, and I hope you're still reading comments. I made a triple pendant and the star was a feather inspired by your art. Thank you very much again.

Congratulations on the beautiful work. You have a lot of talent. Thanks for sharing. Greetings straight from Brazil.

I hope to try the pick soldering next week - thanks for the encouragement and visual guidance

Love the techniques...you got a new subscriber! I love those feathers, they are beautiful 🤗.

Just wow. You are an incredible silversmith and an even better teacher.

I really liked your tutorial style. You make everything so easy to understand and the finished feather is beautiful. A really great thing I learnt from this video is that solder flows to heat, which is not something I have come across anywhere else and this will be a great help to me in future soldering projects. I shall be looking for more of your videos because I loved this one.

Buenas Noches Melanie ,eres una artista hermoso lo que haces te sale del Corazon .GRACIAS ,GRACIAS por tu conocimiento y tu tiempo y paciencia y excelente explicacion .cuidate mucho que Dios te bendiga ,mis respetos.chauuuuuuuu

This is awesome !! Thank you so much for sharing !!

Your video brings back memories for me,Many years ago when i was starting out with jewelery,this type of feather was something i needed in hundreds as earrings or components in other designs. The one's i made were simpler and scribed by hand but very good practice,I give thanks for discovering the vibratory tumbler and steel shot!

So pretty, so much mastery.

Wow, your video is super easy to follow. I can definitely tell you are a teacher. I sure hope more people will find you. I have my own business too & Im a self taught silversmith. I have a lot of tools but I have not invested in all these new tools. Exp. last night I had two circle of cooper that I needed for my design for a pair of turquoise earrings I’m making. To make the circle I used a small tin can Of renaissance wax then the circles needed to be turn into a dick like shape and moon so I have a smaller bottle of soft for a favor can I face goes on the circle where I wanted to saw that area out. I’ve already completed my bezel for my 2 piece of turquoise that I’m using. After I Saul each of my circles out from copper and then I made the moon shape sawing it out. Smoothing it all out with my rotary my hand files then using my rotary tool that I put sand paper on to get the kinds moon shapes nice & smooth. My point to this is I see all these disc cutters and they cost quite a bit of money where it only took me not even 20 minutes or less to finish up the shape that I need to help complete my design for a pair of earrings. Yes it would’ve been much easier but right now I do the best that I can. I am really looking forward to watching more videos from you especially the pricing part I have a problem with under valuing my work. I do a lot of custom orders for clients that have been following me for sale for years... this is my repeat business... anyway if anyone is reading this you can go to eBay and buy a lot of this equipment for sale really great prices. I haven’t bought anything yet because people keep beating me to some pieces of equipment now I’ve been interested in buying. Thank you so much

Thank you! Great video!

Fabulous, as always. Thank you, Melanie

Mel, again thanks so very much. Wonderful tutorial!

Fantastic tutorial! You do a great job of getting in close so that what you are doing can be seen. I'm a former high school television/video production teacher and appreciate the excellent production and detailed explanation of what you're doing! I hope you continue to make videos like this because I'm interested in this as a hobby.

Melanie thanks for sharing your talent with us! Love this video!

Thanks melanie, great tutorial, have just started playing with silverworking, followed your directions now have an amazing feather, wow👍

You are Awesome... I'm so glad I found you and your videos... Your a wonderful teacher... I really appreciate how you explain everything... I'll be watching all of your videos... Again Thank you for being you😇😀😁

Amazing even your voice i enjoy thank you

This is beautiful thank you ..I was about to give up onself..

Thank you so much for sharing yr video. I found it so useful ❤

OMG, I learned so much watching this vid! Where to place the solder, and how to use the torch to draw it along the length of the quill was a revelation. You only showed attaching the quill to the feather portion on one side, but I assume you repeat the steps on both sides. Once you flip the piece over to do the opposite side, are there any precautions you need to take to protect the work you just completed? Will the solder re-melt along the quill seam on the underside, and perhaps spread to other parts of the feather? Did you use hard solder for the entire operation? I gather that you probably did, but how do you control your heat to prevent unintended mishaps? These feathers are so gorgeous, I’m super keen on trying to make them as well. Thank you, Melanie, for this lesson. I’ve subscribed in the hope of seeing many more from you!

This is such a well done tutorial. Thanks for sharing it. :)

Really helpful video!! Thank you for posting it.

Thank you for this tutorial I will make some feathers 🥰💪

I love your videos, keep them coming please. Loved the feather one so much I had a go at it myself....(not sure how to add the photo of it)

Thank you for this great tutorial. You are a wonderful teacher. I have since made a feather pendant and earrings for my sister. She loves them! I love them!

What a great Video. I was so mesmerized by everything you showed. Great detail on everything. Looking forward to watching more of you videos Certainly an inspiration to all of us who love creating with silver and learning tip and tricks. Very informative and to the point. Can't wait to try this. It will be next on my list . Thanks so much !!!

Hi Melanie~I can't wait for this weekend so I can spend a full 8 hours making feathers. 😊 Thank you for doing these videos. You are easy to follow and very encouraging. If you are taking suggestions. I have a terrible time using the jewelry saw. The blades break and/or explode into 3 or 4 pieces shortly after I start sawing. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. A lesson on the ins and outs of using a jewelers saw would be greatly appreciated.

Im gonna go make fearhers!

Thank you so much for your time and effort with this.

Your really cool 😎

Beautiful!!! Well done!!! Thank you for your video :)

I just started watching your videos and they are so good! I've learned so many little tricks from you- thank you so much!💓

I've been making jewelry mostly indian style for 59 years

Awesome video. 😊 I was looking for something new to try, gonna give this a go! Cheers

wow!! great lesson with many tips for different applications!

Excellent video.🌷🙏 I’ve learn new skills from your video.💐 Elisa/Ca

Thanks so much for this great tutorial! May I ask what type of torch you are using? Thanks again

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Thank you so much for your videos. May I ask if you could some day make a video on working with heavy gauge silver sheet for making traditional Ketoh bracelets please? I was apprenticing with my Dad but he died and I never learned to make them. It was one of our upcoming projects together and I cannot find any information on making them anywhere. I am trying in my own but the sheet buckled and deformed on me when I’ve tried to solder the heavy gauge triangular wire on. Any advice would be so appreciated

Did I miss something about what size gauge sheet you cut the strip from I heard you say the wire sizes. looks like fun thanks

Very nice lady!!

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Awesome video. Thanks

Great video! What gauge did you use for the feather?

Sorry if this was already answered. What gauge sheet do you use for the feather? How wide is the feather? Thank you so much you video is amazing