Category: Out and About
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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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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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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…
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Cruising Up Hill
Tuesday my good friend, and filigree mentor Yehuda Tassa, and I went out on the roads of the Santa Cruz Mountains to watch parts of the Amgen Tour of California. Tunitas Creek Road is the first part of Stage 3’s mountain segments. The riders look as if the first part of the road is easy for them. Some of…
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Mexican Museum Art Travels South
We used to love visiting and viewing the art at the Mexican Museum at San Francisco’s Fort Mason. The museum has been closed for the last few years while a new location is built to house the expansive collection. A portion of the collection was recently on display in the Palo Alto Art Center. Sculptural,…
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Spring Sunday in the City: Part 4
Orange poppies were mixed in with the tulips and yellow poppies at the Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden In addition to the tulips and poppies, there were other flowers which were good subjects with the macro lens.