check it!

thanks to everyone who gave me their advice on the pics. the real ones won!

i sent off some models to the caster a few weeks ago. i have been making these oval pieces, you may have seen them. they are so labor intensive when i make each individual oval and solder them all together and also it is limiting in what i can do when there are all those solder seams. so i had some pieces cast in silver, kind of like in sheet form. it makes it WAY easier to make the balls, which are my favorite! still...i am super happy to be able to make more complicated designs with the cast pieces. these are my 1st two! I LOVE THEM!

sterling silver, citrine


sterling silver, 18k gold, red glass, diamond

i also think these pics are pretty darn good, if i may say so.

i am super tired after staying up late with my friend kristen last night. i like to get 8 full hours or else i am "RUNT". for the next few days we are just gonna take it easy.

my ad came out in American Craft Magazine. it looks ok, but i am not thrilled. the photo was not so good, and for $1300 i need to do better next time.



i got a phone call from my friend suzanne pugh the other day. she teaches jewelry and metalsmithing at the City College of San Francisco. i 1st met suzanne up at Penland when she was in charge of the metals studio. suzanne is a real special person and quite a piece of work! anyway, she asked if i would come teach a weekend workshop out there in april! hell yes! so jamie and i are going out there for a few days in the beginning of april. i will teach a class on creative stone setting. woo hoo! california, prophet on the burning shore! like an angel, standing in a shaft of light! here is a belt buckle made by ms. pugh. she chases these with hand tools and a hammer for the texture, and adds in lyrics, often from old country songs, that have relevance to the wearer. bad ass.





this is a kick ass flask of hank williams.



we got a new boat!! i'll take a pic tomorrow and post it for you then! we are excited. camping season is too far away! jamie did a great job of picking it out, from an old preacher out on rt.9. it is an oldie but a goodie, kind of like a fiberglass extra-wide john boat. it can fit 2 dogs, 2 people, a bunch of firewood and coolers and my sleeping foam mat. yee-haw!

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