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Backyard EntrepreneurTM Brilliant Metalsmith
Make Garden Art
Make money at home as an entrepreneur by creating garden art and jewelry from metal using welding equipment or a soldering iron. Garden art can come in all shapes and sizes. Create the most beautiful garden art with your welding skills as you shape metal into useful and artistic creative designs. Make garden gates, weathervanes, and sundials. Learn about all the different metals that can be used from tin to iron. If you don’t know how to weld, just take a few classes at your local community center. Be certain that before you begin, you learn the safety techniques. Take classes from experts so that you know the basics first. Welding is not something that you can learn all by yourself. Be very careful. If you want to save money on supplies, go to your local junk yard, swap meet, flea market or garage sales. Scrap metal can be found in just about anything. You can give new life to old appliances like toasters or even use the springs from an old mattress. Create garden stakes. Try tin punch. You can create romanic lighting with tin punched lampshades. Change the look of kitchen cabinet doors with tin punched inlays. You have to get out of your house to do this. So get out there and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. Make Jewelry 
Use a soldering iron (You do not need classes to learn to use a soldering iron.) to make the most delicate trinkets that can hang from trees during the holidays. Make jewelry. Combine delicate wire and jewels. Cover metal with silver or gold leaf. See our page Master Gilder for more ideas. Because you can create just about anything that you imagine, the sky is the limit when it comes to metal art. Take some cues from nature to create things that have natural shapes and blend in, like flowers or bugs. Or, create some shapely, geometric modern art. Don’t forget to show off your unique artwork to your family, friends, and neighbors. Make sure you have clearly labeled the ones that are for sale. Let your potential customers know that they can hire you to create whatever they can dream up as well, for a price of course. Your backyard skills can create a career for you in some unusual, yet exciting ways. Discover the joy of welding and metal working for fun and profit. Where to Sell Your Metal Art
Research the Internet to find outlets that will sell your art. One such site is http://www.chimpfeet.com/. They advertise for vendors at the bottom of http://www.chimpfeet.com/contact_us.htm#press. Hold a Metal Art party in your home or ask your friends to do it for you -- sort of like a party for kitchenware or makeup. © Backyard EntrepreneurTM 2007 Link to us. Contact us if you wish to have your site listed here as a resource in Metalsmith or related areas. Here are some resources to help you get started. Links Books -- Cooper
Books -- Jewelry
Books -- Metal
Books -- Tin
Books -- Iron
Careers Jewelry Hip Hop Jewelry Store - Hip Hop Stainless Steel Rings, Earrings and BraceletsFashion Jewelry Store of hip hop jewelry. 1000+ design of black & silver stainless steel rings, fashion hoop and stud earrings and man charming bracelets with medical alert and magnetic available. Money back guarantee and free shipment Magazines Membership Metal Supplies Titanium Block -- Titanium block and other titanium supplies available for immediate shipment. Metal Working Plans Resources and InformationList of resources: NASA Robotics Education Project Mistakes to avoid: Learn how to weld Take a class: Welding schools Tin Punched Items Tools and Supplies |
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