Author: sherryc
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The First Press
Pat Accorinti came over to spend the afternoon making silhouette dies. She created a shield shape and cut it out of brass and masonite. While she filed the edges of the silhouette smooth, I annealed some 24 ga copper sheet. We placed the copper in the press with the stiffest urethane, per the guidance of…
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Oxygen Free Copper and Fine Silver: Electrolytic Anodization
I had some oxygen free copper and fine silver parts that a friend’s local company deemed scrap. While I waited for clear nail polish (a masking method) to dry on my niobium bracelets, I decided to electrolytically anodize the oxygen free copper and silver parts. I kept part of the fine silver piece out of…
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Fine silver lace
My friend Susan Shahinian was kind enough to demonstrate how to create fine silver lace using silver metal clay paste. With great weather, a nice local farmer’s market nearby, and views of the Golden Gate Bridge from the meeting room, members of our local guild watched and learned from Susan. She started with cloth lace…
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Hawaiian Unification Celebration
2010 marks the bicentennial of the unification of the Hawaiian Islands by King Kamehameha, and the de Young museum in San Francisco hosted a celebration on June 11th. A chorus sang Hawaiian songs, a photographer showed pictures taken on the islands, and the highlight of the event was a performance by a Hawaiian dance group. Before…
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Catseye Obsidian Cabochon Article
My friend Bob Rush has an article published in the current (July 2010) issue of Lapidary Journal. I saw the article “Catseye Obsidian Cabochon” when I browsed through the magazine tonight.
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All About Turquoise
Turquoise prospector and metalsmith Dayton Simmons was in the SF Bay Area recently and gave a presentation about turquoise to the Metal Arts Guild. Thanks to him, I now know that the name comes from a long ago mistake in thinking the stones arriving in Europe were from Turkey, and that most turquoise comes from…