they take usually 6-10 hours to complete. it will vary depending on how complicated the work is. thanks everyone for your super nice comments
the silver plate work has soldering but the wire work is all wrapped. here's a bracelet I just made that has no soldering...
no but I have a few dealers who are picking up some material for me. They're doing quartzite, smugglers inn and the main show. I'll go eventually. it's just so expensive to get out there that if you are not going to spend thousands of dollars it is usually not worth going.