This week, we worked on the bespoke jewelry again. Bespoke means customized jewelry for someone else. On Monday, we put double sided tape on top of the burger drawing, and stuck the wire frame to the tape. This makes it like a stencil, so it is easier to create an accurate burger out of wire. On Tuesday, I started working on the burger. It was really challenging. First I cut off two small pieces of wire for the pieces that connect the burger to the frame. I stuck those to the tape, over the stencil. 

Then, I started shaping the bun. I used the round nose plier to make a soft bend for the top of the bun. Then, I brought the wire around to make the bottom line of the bun. This part was really hard. I also had to make it match up with the stencil. I curved the corners of the bun, and stuck it to the tape, making sure it matches up with the stencil. 

Next, I worked on the lettuce. I decided to make a wire with a bunch of curves. I used the round nose pliers for this. It wa’s hard to get the wire to look curvy like lettuce. But, I finally got it. Then I worked on the burger. This wasn’t so hard. I made a rectangle with rounded corners and stuck it to the tape. The last part was the bottom bun. I had to make it fit into the stencil, and look like a bun. I was so happy when I finished. Sadly, I never got time to Solder it. But, I learned how. You get some solder on the soldering iron, and then you put flux on the shaped wire to get some of the dirt and oil off of it. Next, you put a tiny bit of solder on the joints of the wire, to connect them. You do that for all of the joints. And then you are done. I will do this next week.

Here is how it looks so far: