Introduction to Soldering: Make a Ring Take your jewelry skills to the next level with this intermediate class! Focus on soldering, forging, and annealing. Learn to safely use a torch, fuse metal, soften work-hardened pieces through heat, measuring, forging, and soldering a finished ring. Practice in copper or brass, and complete a finished project in sterling silver. Introduces finishing techniques including filing, sanding, and polishing. Prerequisite: Completion of Metalworking I or prior experience with basic metalworking (sawing, filing, shaping). All materials provided. Jessica Muise, a multidisciplinary artist and educator has been teaching and making art throughout New England for the last 15 years. She is passionate about using the arts as tools for social change and serves as a creative economy advisor to several arts organizations and artist-led coalitions.