My Year in Review – 2009

December 24, 2009

First I want to thank everyone for their wonderful support over this past year. It has been amazing and considering I only started my blog at the end of March that’s NINE months, not even a full year.  And to think I really started down this path in February with my very first silver soldering […]

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Sew What! (and the call of the pitch pot)

December 21, 2009

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about taking a break from the metal work and how I was going to sew a quilt like I usually do around the end of the year.  I did take down and put away my jewelry/smithing studio which really is my sewing area. I had to do this […]

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Chasing the Winter Blues Away

December 7, 2009

I have spent the day walking around half asleep as it was a cold windy and today it is pouring down rain. Why am I sooooo tired? I was in a two day Chasing and Repousse with Nancy Megan Corwin which was held at the Jay Whaley Studio in San Diego. And let me tell […]

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Holiday Breakdown

December 1, 2009

I am referring to my work area, not my mental health! At this time of the year, I have to admit that I turn into a bit of a grouch. I like to stay away from the stores and nest in my office/studio and in the past I would make a quilt or sew myself […]

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Learning & “Sunlight and Shadow”

November 21, 2009

When I want to learn something, be it sewing, cooking, embroidery/crewelwork, knitting, weaving, and now silversmithing – I want to understand the technique or process first. Why? This is so as I expand my knowledge I can then envision how two or more technique/skills can be aggregated and allow me to work on more advanced projects. It is only when […]

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Fold Forming and Using A Hydraulic Press

November 15, 2009

I spent yesterday in Pasadena at Farrin O’Connor taking a class on Fold Forming and using a hydraulic press. The class was taught by Carl and you can see his work here to get an idea of what we were making. I decided that my piece would use copper for the majority of the piece […]

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It’s Hammer’n Time!!

November 9, 2009

My backordered hammers arrived on Friday so I decided that Sunday would be the time to play and whale away on some copper. So after cutting out a 4″ disc of 18g copper; my 5 hammers, the forming stakes, copper disc and I headed off to the garage at 11:00 am [Elisa says this sounds […]

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A Handful of Hammers

November 1, 2009

If its a gaggle of geese, a herd of cows, a pod of porpoises; what would a handful of hammers be?? My Hammers have finally arrived. After my class with Deb (read the post Spoon-erism’s) I asked about an initial set of hammers to purchase and Deb sent back a list of 5 hammers: 1 […]

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You know you’re into tools when…

October 18, 2009

….YOU have more fun at the tool store than your HUSBAND (or spouse to be P.C) !! Let me explain O.K., so it might have something to do with me being an engineer but NOT all my engineering friends are into tools, especially the Software engineers, and there are many who are on this list […]

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Spoon-erism’s

October 11, 2009

Spoonerisms: The terms applied to making a spoon. That’s my definition! After much searching and talking to a lot of people, I found someone to teach me metal smithing – real metal smithing where you are hammering and moving metal!! Mary N, who is also a member of the Palomar Gem & Mineral Club told […]

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