Showing posts with label jewelry making. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewelry making. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Notes From the Jeweler's Bench

A Metalsmith's Morning (Glamorous it is not)

Each day starts with getting the girls up and off to school, followed by a little computer time. Then the work day starts, without fail, like this:


Make a (second) cup of tea


Tape up (to cover the cuts and scrapes that I seem to get every day)


Open the valve of the acetylene tank


Turn on the very high-tech ventilation system (Yep. That's snow out there. Thanks a lot, spring.)


Turn on the listening entertainment (This week, it's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)


Begin working my way through the scribbled "shop" to-do list

Do you have a morning routine that gets the "work" day started? I'd love to hear about it.