My experience to William Holland
I visited William
Holland during federation week 05'. We traveled through
That night at dinner I was introduced to my silversmithing instructor, Mr. Allen Jewel. It seemed to me
that he and his wife were very nice. After dinner we went outside. The stars
were beautiful. Mostly because there were no city lights to
block them out. I really enjoyed watching and then catching the
fireflies.
On Monday morning we
woke up bright and early and went down to breakfast. We sat down at the table
and quickly made friends. I rushed through breakfast because I was eager to get
to class. When class started our instructor sat us down and began explaining
the basics of silversmithing and the rules of the
classroom. Our first project was using the jewelers saw to cut out the insides
of a penny leaving
Tuesday, we finished
our bracelets, made earrings out of the extra bracelet scraps and then I
started making a ring. That night my dad and I went to the weekly auction. I
donated fossils to the auction from
On Wednesday I
finished my ring and then started on a pendant to match it. Wednesdays are half
days and with nothing scheduled we met up with a group of people in the parking
lot. An impromptu field trip was quickly organized and we all went to the
Chunky Gal mine to search for corundum. We had a lot of fun even though I
didn't find one. Mr. Dolezal gave me one he found.
The mountains and streams were beautiful. The trees formed a canopy of shade
letting in small beams of sunlight that poked through all around us while we
were looking through the rocks. We don’t have mountains or anything like this
in
Thursday, I finished
my pendant. I then began working on another project for my aunt. That night we
tailgated in the cafeteria selling and trading lapidary items. There were all
sorts of beautiful things there. I traded some
On Friday, I finished
my aunt’s project and started on a pendant for my grandmother. At the end of
class we received certificates and had pictures taken. That night at dinner we
had show and tell where I got to see all the beautiful things people had worked
on during the week. I was leaving very early the next morning so I said my
good-byes to all my new friends.
This was an incredible
experience for me. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of being there. I learned
many new skills and made lots of new friends. I can hardly wait to take another
class at William Holland.
Thank you Mr. Jewel and thank you all, Britney Hamilton
Age 12
Junior Member of