Join me and Alison Lee from CraftCast.com for “I love Tools” night! A free event on www.CraftCast.com. If you’ve never tried an e-learning class before this free event will give you a taste of what to expect. Except this event is more of a party! And yes, there will be prizes! I’m giving away something […]
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I got an email from a customer a few months ago. She had bought a ring from me years and years ago. I remember the ring because I had tough time giving it up to sell. At the time, it represented a major accomplishment and forward movement in my design and construction techniques. Back then
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I had the great pleasure of judging the Tales of the Heart Competition sponsored by Mitsubishi. The entries where wonderful and there were a few standouts. My hats off to all of the winners! To see the winners go to www.talesoftheheart.net
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Blue Hills Glass and Beads Scottsdale, AZ www.bluehillsglassandbeads.com March 22, 10:00 to 5:00 In this make-n-take workshop you’ll learn how make several different styles of chain from metal clay. Spend the day making your custom chain design, then take it home and fire it or come back to fire your design in the studio. In
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Just to let everyone know that my Florida Workshops are almost full. Check the Florida Guild website.
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In case you’ve always wondered how to measure a gemstone this handy chart shows where to take the measurements from. Found this on the Rio Grande website. I know I’m a little bias here, but gotta love Rio Grande! Source: riogrande.com via Rio on Pinterest
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Hi everyone! Check out this new contest by Mitsubishi. It looks like it will be great fun. I’m looking forward to seeing some great entries! Details: Competition sponsored by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Competition details: All objects submitted must contain a heart. At least 50% of the piece must be made from PMC: fine silver, sterling
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HOLLOW FORMS – METAL CLAY November 3–4, 2012 (Saturday–Sunday, 9:30 am–4:30 pm) Instructor: Patrik Kusek F12J604 • All Levels Tuition & Fees Current Mendocino County MAC Members: $187 Current MAC Members: $198 Non-members: $220 plus a non-refundable $25 non-member registration fee http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/Fall12/Kusek.html
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http://charityhall.com/artwork/2497477_Virilis.html Check out the work of Charity Hall. I recently saw her work in the Penland Sketchbook so course I had to explore her jewelry. Her work looks wonderful and magical. Love her creative use of materials and the tentacle like appendage protrusions are amazing. Her work seems fluid and has movement… I think I
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Spent the day yesterday at The Crucible in Oakland, CA. learning about lost wax casting. I’ve taken several classes at The Crucible, all of them great, but this one has been fantastic so far. Day one of this two day casting intensive was was such a great reminder of how effortless some teachers can make
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Hi everyone I came across this video that Rio did a few months ago. It show the basics of making glass beads. This informative video is a high level overview of how make a glass bead and it stars Nate! If you have taken a Rio Grande Certification in the last year or so then
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I’m so excited and thrilled to be featured in Ornament Magazine. My thanks to Carolyn Benesh, Robert Liu, Carl Little, Jill, Jim and Stephanie at Ornament, such a great article. I feel so very grateful for the wonderful job your team did on the article. Patrik-Kusek Ornament MagazinePDF
I’m busy prepping this week for my upcoming trip to Arrowmont. This special place in Gatlinburg, TN is a haven of artistic creativity in the Smokey Mountains. This time I’ll be teaching R.A.D. (Ring a Day) in metal clay! Based off of the popular flickr group Ring A Day. Ring a Week was the follow
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I just adore this fab tea pot! Simply stunning! Now lets use the same technique in a metal clay piece! Source: kozzza2004.livejournal.com via Vickie on Pinterest
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Here are a few pics of some of the things I made in Celie’s pre-conference class on PMC Sterling. For the most part I used dry to dry construction techniques, in addition I used molds and hand carving for the branches. Keum Boo for the gold. I also used Celies ring making technique, and her
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Argh I feel like a pirate! Will all of the great stuff I got at the PMC Conference! I was able to sneak out between sessions to peruse the vendor hall. Although their were not as many vendors as in years past, the pickings were still great. The show and sell was a feed frenzy
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I the idea love being able to update my blog from the airplane! It’s pretty cool except the idea is a little better than reality. Apologies to my readers for not being able to do a more thorough blog update. So instead of the usual blog, I’ll do a conference recap in the next few
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The conference started out in the usual fashion with Tim welcoming everybody. The crowd consisted of the usual suspects plus whole new group of newbies! Keynote speaker Ellen Wieske I first met Ellen when I taught at Haystack where she the Assistant Director. Ellen is a fun, and interesting person with an infectious smile, great
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