Don’t Be Like the Hummingbird

August 14, 2010

I’ve just moved to a house in the woods, and I finally have a yard, windows, natural light, and a view, after nearly 30 years in what was supposed to be a 5-year interim house that was so dark inside, you had to turn on a light to read, even on the brightest afternoon of [...]

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Tips and Tricks for Life

August 8, 2010

I learned two really important things at the PMC conference, and neither of them was about PMC. I attended this year’s conference in West Lafayette, Indiana, and gave two presentations on metalsmithing for metal clay, including both soldering techniques, and ways to avoid needing to solder. But more about that later. The presentations I attended [...]

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A Page on Titanium

August 1, 2010

This blog is a new enterprise for me, and I was too excited about writing it to learn everything first and do it after. So I’ll be adding bells and whistles as I go. Today, I have added a page, as distinct from a post, and truthfully I’m looking forward to seeing how these things [...]

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Embracing My Inner Fussbudget: Being reasonable may be overrated

July 27, 2010

First, a disclaimer: This post is about art, style, and life, not a specific technique. I hope you’ll stick with me, and let me know what you think. OK, then. Ever since I was a small child, I was encouraged to be reasonable. No one else in my family was– I somehow got stuck being [...]

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My New Favorite Tool

July 25, 2010

First off, let it be said– I love good design. I HATE bad design. And I love a well-designed tool most of all. You too, right? A few years ago, I went to the New Approach School in Virginia Beach to take a stone setting class from Blaine Lewis. He’s a fantastic teacher, and I [...]

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Does the World Need One More Blog?

July 24, 2010

You be the judge. As I approach a major, round-figure birthday at the end of this year (Christmas eve, in case you didn’t guess from my name), I feel that I have gained a certain amount of knowledge, a certain amount of wisdom, and the ability to communicate some of these realizations with others. I [...]

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