The Wanton Wonton Cup

February 3, 2010

On Saturday night I felt that I had to get back into the garage and raise some more copper. I could not do this in my office/studio as I still had some stuff on the floor. But since the forecast for Sunday was going to be warm, I could open the garage door and enjoy […]

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Back to Work (new workbench part 2)

January 31, 2010

It took a week but I am back up and running. During the week I broke down the sewing table and just piled everything on the floor. I was able to then fold up the sewing table and roll it over to another wall. I then had to clean the floor as it had not […]

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Ode to a Work Bench

January 23, 2010

Oh, workbench – Oh, workbench! My new love and joy Thats all I have so far and my *new* workbench is still un-assembled, in its box, in the living room (which does not have any furniture but that is another story). I have been pondering for months about what type of workbench to get. As […]

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Swirl-O-Rama IS Done!!!

January 17, 2010

The swirl bowl is done, I took it out of the vibra-ora-tori-um this morning. It is amazing! I did send (another) email to NMC asking about how to finish the inside surface. I thought I would texture it similar to the outside, and she responded that it would be a good idea. BUT once I […]

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Getting Dizzy!

January 10, 2010

I spent more time yesterday and today working on my swirls bowl. Keeping track of which swirl I was on was hard so I resorted to using marking pens to indicate which one I had just finished. Then I would clean the ink off when I had done all three and just before I started […]

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And Around and Around She Goes…

January 9, 2010

Last weekend I started another repousse project using a bowl I made. There was some emotion in doing this – I made the bowl but what if I screwed up the chasing and repousse? We all must take the plunge sometime. I started with a small sketch pad of paper and drew some swirls in […]

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Taking the Challenge

January 2, 2010

Over at Hammermarks (opens in a new window), Wendy has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged us (her readers) join her in making a super bowl, on or for Super-Bowl Sunday [That would be February 7, 2010]. I think this is a great idea, and I have decided to join in on the fun. Now […]

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The final post for 2009 and a copper tray/dish

December 31, 2009

This is it everyone, it is already 2010 in some places and in about 8 hours, 2009 will slip quietly by – into the past, here in Southern California. I have spent the past two days working on a copper tray/dish.  It is for Elisa of Scotland who asked for THREE copper bowls to put […]

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Today, I AM a Metalsmith!!!

December 28, 2009

Yesterday afternoon I finished my bowl and for the first time, I actually felt like  a metalsmith, classification – Copper.  I have not taken the risk of silver YET. Saturday I was able to finish 2 rounds of hammering and annealing. I did find that I did not get as tired but damn, that 16 […]

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Four Days of Fun

December 26, 2009

At this point only 3 days have gone by but with tomorrow it will be four – four wonderful days to sleep late, stay in my jammies {sorry if that is TMI!] and playing with metals. Thursday, I started a repousse piece for a friend, which I finished yesterday. It is only the third piece […]

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