{"id":1009,"date":"2013-04-29T19:15:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T19:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2013-04-30T19:09:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T19:09:36","slug":"craft-boston-strong-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/2013\/04\/29\/craft-boston-strong-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft Boston Strong 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is going to be about a visual peek into a wonderful event, but first, I would like to share a quote from Patton Oswalt that went viral after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, \u201cWhen you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear\u2026just look it in the eye and think, the good outnumber you, and we always will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, after the hard work and courageous efforts of law enforcement agencies, Boston was able to return to a more normal routine on Saturday April 20.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to thank our community for their support and warm wishes, through a horrible tragedy and intense week leading up to this year\u2019s Craft Boston event.\u00a0 Our hearts go out to the victims and their families affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re still coming to terms with what happened &#8212; although throughout the city, the healing process has begun, people\u2019s spirits are lifting, and we are starting to find some closure. Craft Boston 2013 turned out to be a great event and we had a fantastic time.<\/p>\n<p>Artists bring beauty into our lives and breathe life into objects.\u00a0 They put themselves out there and work incredibly hard, taking on financial risk to bring art to the public.\u00a0 I was so pleased that people came out in droves on Saturday to show their support for the arts community. Our city witnessed an amazing thing&#8211;a community coming together to stay strong.<\/p>\n<p>It is a privilege to be part of Craft Boston, meet so many wonderful people, students, patrons, and of course, artists.\u00a0 We got to say hello to some of our instructors, meet potential new ones, and talk to hundreds of people about what we love\u2014METAL!<\/p>\n<p>In closing, I\u2019d like to mention that Kat, our office manager, has a good friend whose parents suffered critical injuries in the explosions.\u00a0 Their family has a long road to recovery ahead.\u00a0 At the show, we put out a jar to accept donations for the family.\u00a0 We were able to raise and donate $100 to the Richard Whalley | Ann + Eric Whalley Recovery Fund.\u00a0\u00a0 If you would like to help or read more about their story, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giveforward.com\/fundraiser\/yy72\/whalleyrecoveryfund\">https:\/\/www.giveforward.com\/fundraiser\/yy72\/whalleyrecoveryfund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Lindsay Minihan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A Snapshot of Craft Boston 2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our booth with new banners!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Metalwerx's Booth Craft Boston\" alt=\"Metalwerx's Booth Craft Boston\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/MetalwerxCraftBostonBooth.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Some details of the incredible jewelry submitted by our students, studiomates, and faculty. And me, at our &#8220;demo table&#8221; showcasing instructor samples<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Metalwerx's Booth Craft Boston\" alt=\"Metalwerx's Booth Craft Boston\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/MetalwerxCraftBostonBoothDetails.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metalwerx's Booth Craft Boston\" alt=\"Metalwerx's Booth Craft Boston\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/MWXCBBoothDetails.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And here are a few of our friends!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Instructor <a href=\"http:\/\/moniquerancourt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monique Rancourt<\/a> with student Krisztina Vagenas&#8230;and me, modeling a stunning forged and fabricated necklace<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monique Rancourts Booth at Craft Boston\" alt=\"Monique Rancourts Booth at Craft Boston\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/MoniqueRancourtCraftBostonBooth.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Instructor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jillhurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jill Hurant<\/a> visiting from New Jersey, showcasing her gorgeous golden granulated jewelry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jill Hurant's Booth\" alt=\"Jill Hurant's Booth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/JillHurrantCraftBostonBooth.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Here is a snapshot of a piece from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pjwerger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paulette Werger&#8217;s<\/a> award winning series of encaustic drawings that each showcase removable pins.\u00a0 Two art forms in one!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paulette Werger encaustic\" alt=\"Paulette Werger encaustic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/PauletteWergerCraftBostonBoston.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Past instructor and studiomate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoachimerum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Henderson<\/a> showing his line, Zoa Chimerum, at Craft Boston for the first time. His eye catching jewelry is made with re-purposed materials from the electronics industry!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ian Henderson's Booth\" alt=\"Ian Henderson's Booth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/IanHendersonCraftBostonBoot.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Past instructor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lkindlerpriest.com\" target=\"_blank\">Linda Kindler Priest&#8217;s<\/a> Booth.\u00a0 Congrats on her receiving Best of Show for her extraordinary chasing and repouss\u00e9 work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Linda Kinder Priest's Booth\" alt=\"Linda Kinder Priest's Booth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/LindaKindlerPriestCraftBoston.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Donations collected for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giveforward.com\/fundraiser\/yy72\/whalleyrecoveryfund\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Whalley | Ann + Eric Whalley Recovery Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ann and Eric Whalley\" alt=\"Ann and Eric Whalley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalwerx.com\/blog\/AnnEricWhalleyRecoveryFundJar.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is a visual peek into a wonderful event but we want to take a moment reflect on recent events and how a community came together to stay strong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}