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Author: sherryc

  • Taking Shape: Throw back to the 40s and 50s

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    Last Sunday I spent a couple of hours as a show docent at the ACCI Gallery in Berkeley, California. My piece “The Earth is Our Ashtray” Ashtray is in the show along with the work of over 40 artists from the Metal Arts Guild based in San Francisco. I was very pleased when a friendly…

  • Radiators Reworked into Wearable Art

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    Edith Sommers recently shared her use of radiator parts in a lecture at the November meeting of the Metal Arts Association of Silicon Valley. She kindly brought many examples of radiators, fins from radiators, and pieces she has created with radiator fins. Edith thoroughly cleans her donated radiators before creating her wearable radiator art. Edith…

  • Creating Components

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    In the years since I made a certain filigree component, I forgot which gauge wires I used. I also forgot that I’d annealed several times during the process, an oversight which was easily remedied after the small twisted strands broke a few times and I spent a few seconds thinking about it. Turns out I…

  • “The Earth is Our Ashtray” Ashtray

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    Ideas born a year and a half apart come together this week. When I painted a large ceramic globe bead with fine silver as a class exercise, I wondered to myself what I’d eventually do with it. The bead came out of the kiln looking like the earth would after we’ve caused some serious damage.…

  • Ready for 2010

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    The 2010 San Francisco Bay Area Metal Clay guild calendar showcases a sample of  the works by fourteen local artists. If you’d like to purchase a copy, Lynn Cobb has them for sale on her site. Of the $18, $2 goes straight to the guild to help pay for meeting costs. Lynn did a great…

  • A Day at the Races

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    As the motorcycle racing season ends, here’s a look back at the US Grand Prix event at Laguna Seca, California this past July. First up are a couple of pictures of a scorpion sculpture made from parts Spain’s Danny Pedrosa (1st place) and Mallorca’s Jorge Lorenzo (3rd place) celebrate on the podium with Valentino Rossi…

  • Point Reyes

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  • Thirty Stories

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  • Eyes traveling off the top

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    I recently attended a lecture by a photographer who specializes in art jewelry and other art photography. Someone asked him about the graded backgrounds popular in the US. When he pointed out that the dark part of the graded background is always at the top of the picture, I began to wonder if I’d ever…

  • Huge

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    Ever been close up to skeletal parts of a whale? They are huge! Look at the size of these vertebrae compared to the park bench And, here are some ribs. Those rocks are quite large…. And, what looked like a really cool sculpture, is what remains of the skull For more details, here’s the sign…