I took an entry level metals class my senior year of high school. Our second project in the class was called “Marriage of Metals,” in which we were to create a simple piece that required soldering two different types of metal together. The idea struck me to create a rainbow fish for my mom; she read the book to me as a kid and I would be leaving for college in a few months. I spoke to my teacher about doing this complicated piece and he warned me that it would take a lot of work outside of class time. So I began to cut all 21 different pieces of metal.
After about two months of using every minute available in class and going to the metals studio during my study halls, the fish was assembled into one piece. I spent another week cleaning up the metal and adding finishing touches. My hard work paid off when I gifted it to my mom.
