Little Dreams in Glass and Metal

Liz, Tanya and I visited the Fuller to see Little Dreams, and enamel exhibition.  I was quiet impressive to see so much enamel under one roof.  I will say that it was very 2D.  I did however like a lot of the work in the show.  My only complaint was that I wish there was more work form young enamel artist in the show.  Besides a select few most of the work was older work.  In my opinion it created a great timeline but was missing the cherry on the sundae.  

Just a quick couple of things.  First, I recently did a lecture for Joe Wood's Digi fab class. They had a Radical Jewelry Makeover exhibition that Joe worked so hard on putting up.  It looks great. Lots of great work in the show. I believe they are auctioning off the work tomorrow!   

This semester has been a but blurry. I am trying to squeeze work in here and there but it has almost been impossible. I have however been productive on the stone setting front, dramatically improved my CAD workflow and messed around with the Form1.  

We have had a million visitors.  Recently, after AdamWhitney, Zac Lopez-Ibanez from Fehlo and Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro  both came to lecture.  Their visits overlapped! I have also been dusting off the old metalsmithing arm and making a few things in class.

We only have a few days left in the semester! Eeek! I am looking forward to the break.

So many things

The last couple of weeks have been intense. Recently, we had mid-terms (along with a visiting midterm critic). This past week Adam Whitney came to lecture for the professional practices class. Along with Gabriel Craig and Amy Weiks, Adam is a co-owner of Smithshop in Detroit. He also stuck around and did demos for the metalsmithing class. Adam is such a great example of a metalsmith that is actually participating in the field in a non academic way. Smithshop does so many things. It is so great to see their success. We had a blast!  The seniors also had a great trip to Boris Bally's studio where he showed them his bench tests from when he studied to be a goldsmithing in Europe.  I was blown away! 

Tanya Crane came to town for halloween. Liz dressed up as Rosie the riveter, Tanya dressed up as Frida Kahlo and I of course wore my hotdog costume. We went out for dinner and then did karaoke.  It was a blast. I needed a little down time.  

On another note, Liz has been doing a lot of small drilling and I thought I would get her a small drill press.  We had a few Dumore drill presses at New Paltz.  I kind of thought I would never want/use one myself but I have also needed to drill holes for settings etc.  I kind of got burned on eBay.  It has been a while since that has happened. The listing said is was "missing a small part" but is other than that brand new!  Well the entire inside of drill was missing.  The motor, the cord, the switch etc. Basically it was a hollow shell. When I called Dumore to get replacement parts they said it was going to cost $600!!!!! Wha wha whaaaaaaa. I did get lucky and found a new/old one on eBay for $300. Now I have spare parts.  

The links for my bracelet came back today.  I am excited to get this show on the road.  I need to get this work out the door for the holiday.  I have not had the time to dedicate to the work that I would like and as a result it has been slow moving.  I have also started working on a few more bracelets for a show. Again, super slow. Lots of tests.