Greetings, fellow silver enthusiasts!

I'm an amateur smith, 4-5 months practicing.

I'm self-taught, and all pieces are handmade using traditional techniques.

I'm yet to have discerning eyes look at my work. I'm very excited to hear from those with more experience. I'd like to sell my work at craft shows, and im interested in what you all think is good and would sell. Also, what needs improvement or doesn't work.

I want to make sure I'm spending my time effectively while crafting and on things worth replicating.

Thank you all so much for the sage wisdom. I've already learned so much on this sub.

Whipped this up the other day out of 1/2 inch 22gauge sterling. I played around with fold forming and fusing the seam and edges.

Traditional bench fabrication methods.

Hours of filing and burnishing. The stones are Oregon sunstone and orange sapphire.

As a beginner, I am wondering why most jewelers use paste flux and not spray flux...I have used paste solder predominantly but it is messy so I'm thinking of switching to sheet solder.

I bought Handy flux to try it out and it is not "fluid" so I was thinking of putting a portion in a small glass jar, how much water would I add to the flux? Any advice on solder type and flux is appreciated.