New Teachers....are like a box of chocolates

Last night was my first class with Brandon Holschuh, author of The Jeweler's Studio Handbook: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques for Working with Metal and Mixed Media Materials

When you take a class with someone new, its just like Forest Gump and his chocolates.....you never know what you're gonna get.  Well I'm happy to say Brandon is a delight!!  He's young, full of energy and loves to teach.  I got to class early and had a chance to talk with him one-on-one for about 30 minutes.  He's been making jewelry since he was 12....which means he has roughly 20 years of experience.  He's also a tool junky and makes a lot of his own.  We all gathered round as he took us on a tour of his tool box. 

It's 8 women and I already know 6 of them.  This is gonna be fun!!!

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