First, get two pieces of sterling sheet, one slightly larger (in this case, about 1/16 inch bigger in each dimension). Dick Spiess, the gentleman who was making this particular piece wanted a cut out buffalo opposite some stones he planned to add later on to the bracelet. Here he has finished cutting the pattern out of the smaller sheet.

Next, cut some large pieces of hard sheet solder.

If you make several parallel cuts, it is easy to quite a few pieces quickly.

When you cut across, hold it near your bench so the pieces don't shoot everywhere.

Thoroughly flux both pieces of sheet, and then crust up the flux with your torch.

When you do this, some areas will end up not being crusty, so you will want to give a few more squirts to make sure the whole surface is well covered.

This is important. When you lay your solder pieces down, make sure that you put them only on the piece that has the cut out. If you sweat the solder on to the other side, when you get to the step of soldering them together, the solder will coat the inside surface of the cut out area, making it difficult to get a nice oxidized or polished appearance.

Place some pieces carefully around the design as well.

Once all solder is in place, begin heating the sheet.

As with all silver projects, heat the entire piece evenly until the solder begins to flow. As it flows in one spot, move the heat to other areas, making sure that all of it liquifies.

For larger pieces of silver, you need to set your torch to a relatively large flame.

Here you can see the solder has flowed on to the sheet.

Because I want to make sure that the edges of the cut out pattern are soldered down completely, I find it useful to spread the solder around the smaller details with a nudgit.

I've isolated a few spots here that I didn't feel had enough solder, so I added a few more pieces.

Once I've gotten these to flow, I'm ready for the next step.

Very carefully with your tweezers, flip this piece over on to the other previously fluxed piece, and center it.

Now, I begin heating the pieces of sheet once again.

Carefully heat the entire piece again, using a large flame that is constantly moving.

One of the reasons I like to use a larger piece for the bottom is that it is easier to see when the solder between the two pieces has melted and flowed.

Here, if you squint, you can see that the seam has a nice fillet of solder all along it.

Tap the piece with your tweezers to release it from your soldering surface.

Finally, pick the scalding hot piece up with the tweezers and pickle it.

Or, if your a real silversmith, use your fingers...(Just kidding--really, don't do this!)