days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in artists, Out and About on Apr 4th, 2009
I had a very enjoyable day recently admiring other peoples artwork. First was Valentino: The Last Emperor this is a *great* movie and the producer/director was at the showing to answer questions. With an initial limited release, the movie is playing in 25 cities. During the Q&A , journalist turned indie movie producer/director Matt Tyrnauer told [...]
Posted in artists on Feb 22nd, 2009
I received my copy of “Jewelry: the zine” by Catherine Witherell and Deryn Mentock and immediately was drawn into this graphic and photo rich publication. I took a quick look at my three articles (“Creation / Inspiration”, “How to Start an Arts Organization”, and “Accessible Patinas”) then moved on to the easy-to-read articles and all [...]
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, [...]
At last weekends Metal Arts Association of Silicon Valley meeting we watched a demonstration of the Hydraulic Press by local artist and educator Edith Sommer.Here are some of her aluminum dies and resulting copper forms, along with some of her other tricks such as gasket rubber to make the shape deeper and wire taped to [...]
Posted in artists, Colors and Shapes, Out and About on Oct 31st, 2008
On the day before All Hallows’ Even, I spent the afternoon with a friend at Stanford’s Cantor Center for the Arts. We viewed the exhibit of Diebenkorn drawings and paintings of Santa Cruz Island. Santa Cruz Island is one of the Channel Islands off the coast of CA. Also on exhibit were contemporary glass pieces, [...]
Emanuela Duca has some very nice pieces of jewelry on her site. Clicking the title of this post will take you to her site. Back to work! For the upcoming SFBASCG meeting in Los Gatos, I’m preparing a patina demo on brass, copper, and silver. I enjoyed experimenting with different materials last year when I gave a patination demo for [...]
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