Why I Love The Rio Grande Catalog(s)

October 3, 2009

I have not written much in the past few weeks because I have been down with the Flu. Luckily it has not been the H1N1 but this one certainly has made me sick for almost 3 weeks with chills, fevers, sore throat, loss of voice, stuffed head, aches and extreme tiredness. Yesterday I felt well […]

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I Beat it into Submission

September 7, 2009

Several months ago, I bought a beautiful Bruneau Jasper that was cabbed and polished. It was not cheap but well worth the money.  I have a very old Lapidary journal that had an article about Bruneau jaspers and how mounting them in copper enhanced the colors – and looking at the one I had bought, […]

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I Taught A Class

September 4, 2009

I just finished teaching my first class! Several weeks ago, months actually, I taught myself Viking Knit. I was wearing when I made a trip down to the Palomar club. I passed around and the ladies (and you know who you are!) all wanted to know about it.  Diane as teaching the class that night, […]

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Rolling Mill Class and Silversmithing

August 25, 2009

I took the rolling mill class at Jay Whaley Studio two weeks ago. IT WAS FANTASTIC! First we learned about alloying our own silver and gold. Jay even told us about other casting grains that can be used with fine silver to make “Sterling” but this other casting grain is not the standard copper alloy […]

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Kinda Off Line – For a Bit

August 22, 2009

I am rebuilding my laptop and the moment so I have not installed all my software, pictures and other apps that I use. The rolling mill class last week was great, I now want one! More to follow soon, I promise

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Getting my (silver) ducks in a row

August 14, 2009

Just my luck that last week I make a post to the forum about where to learn silver/metalsmithing, when it is time for the summer break!  O.K. no big deal, I will follow up on this after the list resumes. And this Satuday I am taking the Rolling Mill class down at Jay Whaley Studios […]

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Can Jewish Girls Have An Epiphany?

August 9, 2009

e piph a ny: Pronunciation [i-pif–uh-nee] –noun, plural -nies. 1. (initial capital letter) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day. 2. an appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity. 3. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality […]

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Building on Learned Skills

August 7, 2009

Last week I finished the third project in the Jewelry (home course) book and once again my mind is thinking beyond the basic skill and form taught. How? – The project was for a copper planished bangle (it is really a cuff, but that’s a minor point). So why not make it out of silver?   […]

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Project #3 – Planished Bangle

July 30, 2009

I started this over the weekend, then went out to dinner, had to go to work, and you know how it goes… Your day job just takes over. BUT I went into work early today so I could get home early and finish this. You see on Sunday I had cut out the copper (the […]

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Project #2 – ‘S’ ring and bonus project

July 25, 2009

It has been a busy week, and I have only now had the time to take my projects out of the vibrator. I put them in last Sunday evening. Yes, last Sunday I tackled the second project in the ‘Workshop’ book, which is to make an ‘S’ ring. This project builds upon and modifies the […]

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