Today was a really long, but extremely cool and interesting day at school. Well, not actually at school, since we took a field trip to see some forges and foundries in and near Tallinn. The most impressive one was at the BLRT (Baltic Ship Repair ....place :) ) where they had one of the largest forges in one building and another one was where they were casting iron.

At the foundry

At the forge

What can I say, I just LOVE fire and anything to do with it :D
After returning to school I decided to make the most of my day and stay to work few more hours. Hahaa, as usual, those "few" hours turned into a whole afternoon and I ended up leaving around 8om.
But, here is what I have to show for that time.

Here's a ring that I've been itching to try to make for a while, but had no clue on how to actually do it. When I started today, I was just as clueless, but as you can see, figured it out in the process. That is also why I started with copper instead of moving right to silver. And I'm glad that I did. This ring turned out kinda OK, but it is mainly a very good example of mistakes and things to avoid. So my next one's gonna be better and of silver. I actually started working on the silver one this evening, but as usual, messed up the soldering and had to start all over again, which led to frustration, which in turn let to pain and bleeding... literally :D


The second picture is of a bookmark, that I found the idea for online last night and couldn't wait to try out. Again, a perfect example of what tho do different the next time.

Oh, and btw, today I noticed a little round number at the bottom of my blog - 10,000 visits!!! Not new ones only though, but all new and returning ones. So congrads to me, yay!

BIG NEWS!! - SUUR UUDIS!!

The time has finally come to make this announcement!! I have been preparing and waiting for this day for 4 long months and it finally arrived!

Today was my very first school day at the Estonian Art Academy (EKA) in the jewelry art department.

This truly is a dream come true and I am as happy and content as a pig in the mud. I want to give all the glory for this to my Lord God for helping me through every step on this road because I couldn't have done it in my own strength. Starting from being able to attend the preparation courses for the entrance exams all the way to overcoming the disappointment of not making it in. When the entrance exam results were first unveiled I had not made it in to the original list of people that were accepted to the state funded spots. That was a hard pill to swallow. I waited till the given deadline to hear whether anyone had given up their spot, which was very unlikely in the first place, since there were only 4 of them When I had not heard anything for two weeks after the date, I had set my sight on the goal of trying again next year. Then, two days before the school started, a true miracle happened. I received a phone call from the school asking if I was still interested in coming to study this year. Someone had gotten a better offer and had given up their state funded spot and it was offered to me. Was I interested!?! Was I ever!?! My Lord is faithful in the ways He works!

So here I am now... in the beginning of a very interesting and exciting journey. I will keep you posted on all the great stuff that's gonna continue to happen to me.

Lõpuks on jõudnud kätte aeg teha see suur teadaanne! Ma olen seda oodanud ning selleks valmistunud 4 pikka kuud ning viimaks on see kätte jõudnud!

Täna oli minu esime koolipäev Eesti Kunstiakadeemia ehtekunsti erialal.

See on üks täitunud unistus ning ma olen nii õnnelik ning rahul nagu siga mudas :D
Ma tahan anda kogu au selle eest oma Loojale, kes aitas mind selle teekonna igal sammul, sest omal jõul poleks ma sellega hakkama saanud. Alustades võimalusest osaleda sisseastumiseksamite ettevalmistuskursustel kuni mittesissesaamise pettumusest ülesaamiseks. Kui eksamitulemused esmakordselt avaldati, siis mind ei olnud riigieelarvelisele kohale sissesaajate seas. Sellega oli raske leppida. Ma ootasin kuni tähtajani, mil pidi selguma, kas keegi on soovinud oma RE kohast loobuda, mis oli üsna ebatõenäoline juba niikuinii, kuna kohti oli ainult 4. Kui ma juba kaks nädalat kõnet oodates midagi polnud kuulnud, otsustasin seada oma eesmärgi järgmisel aastal uuesti proovimisele. Ja siis, kaks päeva enne kooli algust juhtus tõeline ime. Mulle helistati koolist, küsides, et kas ma olen veel huvitatud EKAs õppimisest, kuna keegi oli viimasel hetkel oma RE kohast otsustanud loobuda ning mind oli valitud järgmiseks kandidaadiks sellele kohale. Kas ma olen huvitatud?!? Või veel!?! Minu Looja on ustav oma teedel!
Siin ma siis olen... väga huvitava ning põneva teekonna alguses. Üritan teid kursis hoida kõige lahedaga, mis minuga jätkuvasti juhtub.

Ballerina

In the beginning of this week I spent some days back on the island of Saaremaa, where I grew up, visiting my family and friends. One of my things while being there is to visit some local antique stores to check out their latest additions in just about everything. My main passion though, is to find old post cards from early 1900's that seem to tell a story, at least to me. I had found this one card some months ago already, but for some reason had not bought it then and had regretted it ever since. So this time, my first goal was to see if this card was still there.... and it was!!!
When I first saw it, I just could not stop laughing, and even more after I had figured out what or who she was attempting to be. The second photo just caught my eye with her casual perky smile.

Selle nädala alguses veetsin mõned päevad Saaremaal, kus ma olen üles kasvanud, külastades pere ning sõpru. Üks asi, mis Kuressaares käies naljalt vahele ei jää, on paari antiigipoe külastamine, vaadates üle nende "uue kauba". Mul on suurem huvi just vanade postkaartide vastu, 1900ndate alusest, mis kannavad endas lugu ning sädet. Olin leidnud selle esimese kaardi juba paar kuud tagasi, aga mingil põhjusel ei ostnud seda tol korral ära. Nii et sel korral marssisin otsejoones selle kaardi järele, lootes, et see on veel seal..... ja nagu näha, oligi!
Kui ma seda esimest korda nägin, ei suutnud ma naeru pidada ning veelgi enam, kui taipasin, kellena modell pildil poseerida üritab. Teine foto jäi mulle aga silma modelli kelmika naeratuse tõttu.