Lisa Bluhm

Lisa Bluhm has been creative all her life. As a young girl she would create her own paper dolls and works of art to adorn her parents home. As a teenager she created her own prom dress from vintage fabrics and worked in the crafting industry. As a wife and mother she has used her creativeness to enhance her family's life. Once her children were older she started working in the scrapbook industry as a teacher and product demonstrator. In 2001 she re-discovered soldering as a new way to express her creativity. Drawing on he experience with soldering as a teenager working at a jewelry store she began experimenting with soldering techniques. Realizing the products she needed were expensive, elusive and downright hazardous she sought out to develop a simpler, safer and affordable way to solder. She created the Simply Solder Art Kit and launched her company Simply Swank L.L.C. her products have been sold online and at stores across the nation. You can find her kit and supplies on her website lisabluhm.net. Lisa also travels and teaches her classes at stores and conventions. Lisa's first book was written for the first time solder artist to demystify the soldering process and inspire creativity. Her Second book Creative Soldered Jewelry and Accesories has expanded on the basic projects in her first book giving more advanced projects to stretch your creative skills. In this book not only Soft soldering is used but hard soldering as well using a torch and Sterling Silver. The basics are covered in technique and tools for each type of soldering. A handy troubleshooting section has also been added to help address any problems or questions you may come across. Lisa welcomes your questions and comments she can be contacted through her website.