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  • The Pelican and the Seagull

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    The pelican decided to take a rest on the rock out at Steamer Lane The seagull who’d been resting on top thought it was a good idea to move

  • Steamer Lane

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    Surfers are present year round in Santa Cruz, especially at Steamer Lane. Now that the rain has let up, photographers are on the rip rap below the cliff. Can’t get enough of this nice view….

  • Caught my eye

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    On my computer’s desktop, I have a gadget that gives me a constant slide show of my pictures from my hard drives. These images recently caught my eye.

  • A riveting demo

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    Picture phone shot taken at a riveting demo by Lynne Todaro of Mission College for the Metal Arts Association of Silicon Valley. Lynne did a great job showing how to rivet, and reminding those of us who’ve done it in the past that annealing the metal to be riveted is key to success.

  • subject directories

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    an obvious fact came across my desk today. there are subject specific blog directories such as BLOGbal

  • Stone setting in metal clay

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    Recently all senior instructors for Art Clay World were asked to create 4 pieces showing their craftperson skills with Mitsubishi’s silver clay. The curriculum had changed since my certification as a senior instructor almost 2 years ago, and 4 new projects now replace some previous projects in the curriculum. Those 4 projects were thus a…

  • Nami-shibu-ichi

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    When Pat Accorinti floated the idea of creating an alloy with metal clay as a supplement to our demonstration with Mitsubishi’s quick fire copper clay, Kathleen Gordon and I were on board immediately. Pat had read Hadar Jacobson’s blog post about creating an alloy of copper and silver by combining PMC+ with her formulation of…

  • Anodizing Titanium, Tantalum and Niobium: Part 2

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    Another way to create an anodized surface color on titanium is with a kiln Back to heat in a minute…. Last month, my friend and I were looking forward to some serious electrolytic anodization of titanium. We had found her husband’s linear voltage power supply the previous day and had all the necessary supplies gathered…

  • Anodizing Titanium, Tantalum and Niobium: Part 1

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    Anodization of titanium, tantalum and niobium takes advantage of oxidation to create a surface layer on the metals. The surface oxidation refracts light as different colors. These pics are from a one-day anodizing workshop where we colored titanium, tantalum, and niobium. One way to anodize is electrolytically with a DC rectifier, the same type of…

  • Prototype Earrings

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    I took a few pairs of earrings, disassembled them, and reassembled parts into these prototype earrings. My idea is to have smaller square wire jump rings on the earring frames which are  currently sitting on the workbench ready to be filled. Flexible, swinging earrings similar to these prototypes are one version I’m mulling, and another…