<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749037195768368843</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:09:20.940-05:00</updated><category term='teaching art'/><category term='jewelry'/><category term='sharing'/><category term='silver'/><category term='art'/><category term='soldering'/><category term='learning'/><category term='kiln'/><category term='studio'/><category term='silversmith'/><category term='teaching'/><category term='clay'/><title type='text'>ClayFriends Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://clayfriends.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5749037195768368843/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://clayfriends.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sue Hetrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646090857522061034</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SIaHQ-qu3qI/AAAAAAAAAAg/AMPr6VYWIM0/S220/clayfriends2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749037195768368843.post-7750478793794444176</id><published>2008-09-20T18:43:00.023-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T19:56:15.227-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silversmith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jewelry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soldering'/><title type='text'>Soldering Aint 4 Sissies...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248247939249854338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWFscAp14I/AAAAAAAAACE/NulJAXj84rM/s200/DSC01799.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Today I found out why some of us are called newbies and some are called veterans. The simple fact is that some of us are new and everything around us is new! It's nothing to be ashamed of. We all need to start at the beginning and work our way up. The important thing is that we start, time is a ticking away, so come on pick up that torch an get started. Here is an example of the work of one of my class mates: Marilyn and this is only our second class!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now take a gander at the creativity and design work by our Veterans... WOW!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Katie's&lt;/span&gt; pendant is a flawless fused glass &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;cabochon&lt;/span&gt; set in brass on hammered copper.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWKHj0fsWI/AAAAAAAAAC8/f7SPTMBEuUg/s1600-h/DSC01791.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248246755811091602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWEnjW3ZJI/AAAAAAAAAB0/KBuDrv-X7lw/s200/DSC01801.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Cats pendant is an agate slice dangling from a copper hammered leaf form.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248248422031358194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWGIigu-PI/AAAAAAAAACM/A6FJ3LQqfBw/s200/DSC01804.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;Judy's&lt;/span&gt; piece is a mix of brass, copper and glass Her design is put together some what like a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;puzzle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWKHE6chYI/AAAAAAAAACs/M_7NL7Naxng/s1600-h/DSC01787.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248252794952779138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWKHE6chYI/AAAAAAAAACs/M_7NL7Naxng/s200/DSC01787.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWK4zCJWrI/AAAAAAAAADM/J5JsUij6EsE/s1600-h/DSC01802.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248253649146698418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWK4zCJWrI/AAAAAAAAADM/J5JsUij6EsE/s200/DSC01802.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;And here we are learning, working.....and sharing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWIqIligwI/AAAAAAAAACk/5BBzBGJSE3M/s1600-h/DSC01788.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248251198210999042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWIqIligwI/AAAAAAAAACk/5BBzBGJSE3M/s200/DSC01788.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWIpvok5AI/AAAAAAAAACU/qMNA-iqt7Hw/s1600-h/DSC01784.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248251191512851458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWIpvok5AI/AAAAAAAAACU/qMNA-iqt7Hw/s200/DSC01784.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNfu6SZfY8I/AAAAAAAAAD8/Va-XVQq2vLM/s1600-h/DSC01800.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWKHj0fsWI/AAAAAAAAAC8/f7SPTMBEuUg/s1600-h/DSC01791.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248252803249320290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWKHj0fsWI/AAAAAAAAAC8/f7SPTMBEuUg/s200/DSC01791.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWK5HT5jfI/AAAAAAAAADU/7ak_3yRUnSA/s1600-h/DSC01792.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248253654589869554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWK5HT5jfI/AAAAAAAAADU/7ak_3yRUnSA/s200/DSC01792.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWKHWynd7I/AAAAAAAAAC0/z2YXZwe06Q8/s1600-h/DSC01789.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248252799751780274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SNWKHWynd7I/AAAAAAAAAC0/z2YXZwe06Q8/s200/DSC01789.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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I'm in the process of setting up my own little pottery studio. My daughter has been storing her things in the garage where my studio is going....however, she and her night in shining armor, just bought a house and we will soon be shoveling out her stuff...yay! It may seem like it is taking forever but it will be worth it in the end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My little shop will be a haven for ClayFriends to gather and throw some pots. I can hardly wait!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5749037195768368843-4337627567785564045?l=clayfriends.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://clayfriends.blogspot.com/feeds/4337627567785564045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5749037195768368843&amp;postID=4337627567785564045' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5749037195768368843/posts/default/4337627567785564045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5749037195768368843/posts/default/4337627567785564045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://clayfriends.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#4337627567785564045' title='Sweltering heat...and not from a kiln!'/><author><name>Sue Hetrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646090857522061034</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_eM8XerzDFV0/SIaHQ-qu3qI/AAAAAAAAAAg/AMPr6VYWIM0/S220/clayfriends2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
