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MEET LINDA
your JEWELLERY SOLDERING COACH and biggest CHEERLEADER
Hi I'm Linda and I help self-taught jewellery makers in the early stages master soldering with handheld torches... the gateway skill that unlocks design freedom.
I've been making jewellery for over a decade, and I know first-hand how frustrating soldering can be when you're working at your own bench especially when tutorials and courses haven't solved your specific problem.
where it all began...
I STARTED MAKING JEWELLERY
In 2012, I left my job, moved to Somerset, and threw myself into jewellery making full-time after eight years of classes. I loved designing, but soldering… that was another story.
Every session felt like a gamble... melted bezels, failed joins, and hours lost to trial and error.
AND THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME
Most home-based jewellery makers were facing the same problems I once had—stuck in frustration despite watching tutorials and taking courses, trying to apply advice filmed with professional equipment that didn't translate to their handheld torch setup at home.
And finally cracked the code
OVER THE YEARS, I became obsessed with figuring out why soldering felt so unpredictable—especially for makers working at home with handheld torches.
Here's what I discovered...
A LOT OF TUTORIALS AND COURSES PEOPLE WERE FOLLOWING were filmed using professional jeweller's torches.
But if you work from home, your insurance won't allow those systems. You're using a handheld butane torch, which works completely differently.
Smaller flame. Different heat distribution. Different timing. Different physics.
No wonder people were struggling—they were following professional torch advice with handheld torch equipment.
So I spent over 15 years mastering handheld torch technique specifically. I studied, experimented, and learned from every failure. I developed troubleshooting approaches, diagnostic frameworks, and teaching methods adapted exclusively for the equipment home-based makers actually use.
Eventually, I cracked it. Not just for myself, but for my students too. They started getting consistent results, creating pieces they'd once avoided, and actually enjoying soldering again.
So I made a choice
After 15 years of teaching jewellery making, I realiSed something crucial:
Most self-taught makers don't need to learn everything at once, they need to master the ONE skill that's blocking them from everything else.
That skill is soldering.
Without it, your designs are severely limited. You can wire wrap stones, but you can't create custom bezels. You can string beads, but you can't build rings from scratch. You see beautiful pieces on Instagram and think "I wish I could make that"—but you can't, because they require soldering.
This is the design ceiling that stops most makers.
You started making jewellery because you had creative ideas. But without soldering, you can't bring those ideas to life. You're stuck making variations of the same basic designs—and it's frustrating.
So I made a deliberate choice: Instead of teaching everything superficially, I would specialize exclusively in the one foundational skill that unlocks everything else—and teach it deeply, specifically, for the handheld torch reality of home-based makers.
Because once you master soldering, you can learn anything. But without it, you can't progress to anything else you want to do.
Stone setting? Requires soldering.
Multi-piece construction? Requires soldering.
Custom rings and bezels? Requires soldering.
Design freedom? Requires soldering.
That's why I focus on this one gateway skill not because the other techniques don't matter, but because mastering this unlocks access to all of them.
My philosophy:
Depth over breadth?
I could teach you ten different jewellery techniques and leave you confused about all of them or I could help you master the ONE technique that makes everything else possible, and teach it so thoroughly that you develop the professional-level troubleshooting skills that usually take years to build.
That's my approach.
I don't teach you the "rules" of soldering and send you off to figure it out alone. I teach you how to diagnose what's going wrong in real-time, so you understand not just what to do, but why your solder isn't flowing, what's happening with your specific setup, and how to fix it yourself when problems arise. This is the difference between learning and troubleshooting.
Courses teach you "here's how soldering works."I teach you "here's why YOUR solder isn't flowing, and here's exactly how to fix it."
That diagnostic framework—the ability to look at your work and identify what's going wrong—is what separates makers who struggle for years from those who achieve consistent mastery. And it's what I've spent 15 years developing specifically for handheld torch users working at home.
Why handheld torch specialty matters
This isn't just about being "niche" for the sake of it.
Handheld torches genuinely require different technique than professional equipment.
I've specialised in this because:
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It's what home-based makers can actually use (insurance won't allow professional systems)
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Most tutorials don't teach it (they're filmed with professional equipment)
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The physics are different (smaller flame, different heat characteristics, different approach needed)
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I've spent 15 years mastering it (I know every adaptation, every troubleshooting approach, every diagnostic trick)
When you learn from me, you're not getting generic soldering advice adapted for handheld torches.
You're getting 15 years of handheld torch expertise—the troubleshooting skills, the diagnostic frameworks, the specific techniques that get professional results from the equipment you actually have.
And Soldering Unlocked was born
I created a coaching programme that gives home-based jewellery makers everything they need to master soldering with handheld torches:
Personalized 1:1 diagnosis of YOUR specific problem with YOUR specific setup.
Real-time troubleshooting so you see what's going wrong in the moment, not weeks later.
Professional diagnostic skills that usually take years to develop through trial and error.
Handheld torch expertise adapted specifically for the equipment you can actually use at home.
No more guesswork. No more endless trial and error. No more following professional torch advice with handheld torch equipment.Just clean joins, design freedom, and the confidence to create anything you envision.
Because once you master this one gateway skill, everything else becomes possible.
What's possible for you
What's Possible When You Master Soldering
Successful home-based jewellery makers—the ones you see on Instagram with thriving businesses and engaged followings—all had to master soldering first.
They started exactly where you are: self-taught, working from home, learning to solder with handheld torches, frustrated with inconsistent results.
The difference? They mastered the gateway skill that unlocked design freedom. Once you master this foundational technique, you can build your own version of success.
"You encouraged me to do it again, not because I failed, but because now I knew what to change. That's what made the difference."— ANNETTE H.
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Introducing Soldering Unlocked
A one-to-one coaching programme for self-taught jewellery makers in the early stages who work with handheld torches at home and want to master soldering with confidence.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Let's work togetherYou don't have to figure this out aloneIf you're tired of struggling through soldering alone and ready to feel confident at your own bench... I'd love to help. Soldering Unlocked is my 6-week coaching programme that gives you the skills, support, and troubleshooting techniques to finally enjoy making jewellery again.APPLY NOW
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What’s Possible for You
"A few examples of my soldering work. Every clean join you see here comes from the same techniques I teach my students in my programme."
"You encouraged me to do it again, not because I failed, but because now I knew what to change. That’s what made the difference"
ANNETTE H
Get to know me better
01
MY GO TO DRINK
Flat White
02
FAV WAY TO START MY WEEKEND
Walk in the park
03
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
My cats (Clarence & Oswald)
04
I LIVE BY THE MANTRA
Feel the fear & do it anyway
