days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in New Designs, processes on Jan 29th, 2009
On the bench today are some earrings in process; I’m working on the silver to fit white topaz and garnet stones with different dimensions. Also on the bench is the fork tine I need to shape in order to set the stones. And at the top of the picture are some pieces of silver I [...]
Posted in random on Jan 24th, 2009
As I slowly take back my office from my own ‘stuff’, I’ve kept a few spots that remind me of my inspirations, and created a couple more spots. The angled ceiling gives me room to grown my photos up the wall to the left some more. In the meantime, I’ve put placed more of my photos on a bulletin [...]
Posted in processes on Jan 20th, 2009
Using the yellow molding rubber, I’m molding a bottleneck ring and also a custom order signet ring. I’d like both rings to be a little bit smaller than the originals are. Inside the mold on the left is an earring in pink molding rubber that will become a pair of earrings set with clear topaz. [...]
Posted in Out and About on Jan 20th, 2009
In my first step down on the beach I found some seafoam green bottle glass that had been worked a bit by the ocean. Bonus. The ocean air and 79 deg F plus weather were the main treats. I spent some time reviewing Ernst Haeckel’s “Art Forms from the Ocean” thinking about some new designs….
Posted in Tools on Jan 17th, 2009
This! Well, the table. The rolling mill was moved off the garage workbench to it’s new home. Now it can be bolted down. The vacuum caster will join it when we can figure out why it leaked after we tested it out (it’s a used Rey-Master Cast 5804. If you have a manual for that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2009
The first harvest of 2009 (or final harvest from 2008′s garden) is hot hot hot yum Ever seen a delivery come on a pallet configuration like this? I can be sure that nothing heavy was lying on top of these boxes More random photos from last weekend
Last night I spent several hours with my good friends Pat and Kathleen playing with Bronze and Copper metal clay for the first time. They are prepping for a hands-on workshop on Feb 8th in Los Gatos for the local metal clay group (SFBASCG.) Both Pat and Kathleen had played with the new clays already; in [...]
As I looked through the blogger gadgets the other day, I ran across the Miro gadget (see it -> below on the right). The gadget’s Miro images reminded me of a visit to Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miro on Mallorca. The studio space was amazing, as were the views. The property is on a hill, [...]
Posted in New Designs on Jan 6th, 2009
A fresh iteration of the “Bottleneck” ring design. All peridots. Four flush set and one prong set. The ring is ‘fresh’ because it’s less than 2 hours old. Please pardon the hot spots and other issues with the photos. I’ll take a nice photo for the website someday….
Posted in processes on Jan 5th, 2009
While watching TV these past couple of weeks, I’ve also been working on some new combinations in knitted wire chain. I tried mixing copper and fine silver wire at the same time, copper only, two strands of fine silver, and increasing and decreasing the size of my loops. I’m seeing a funky bracelet in this [...]