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There’s one spot remaining if you are interested!

–Learn the fundamental skills and techniques of fusing colored glass to metal. Create colorful pieces with copper to use in jewelry or wall art. We will explore sifting, stenciling, wet packing, foils and cloisonné.15 hours of instruction. Fee includes limited materials.

Tuesday 3:00-6:00pm
Jan 20-Feb 17–

Sign up here:
http://craftcenter.uoregon.edu/index.php?n=2&sn=6
See you there!
~margarita

Today is the first warm day in my studio since we’ve moved here.  So what do I do, well, turn on the kiln of course!
I finally remembered to dome my fine silver blanks for the earrings I’ve had planned. I kept bringing them to work to dome with tools borrowed from zee boss, and then forgetting to do them! d’oh!
Now there are three earrings sets started. Yay!
I’m working on some creatures of the sea in the hopes of getting them in to some coast galleries and just ’cause I likes sea critters.  It also doesn’t hurt that I have some wicked awesome blues in my enamel palette.

Adam’s peanut butter is essential to the enameling process, BTW.

This is how far I got today before my back started getting cranky:P

The Garibaldi fish makes me giggle.
~m

FYI- There are 5 spots left in my summer enameling class! You can sign up at The Craft Center website.

I’ve kinda always prided myself on soldering skills.  Though I have the occasional troublesome piece I can usually figure it out without excessive frustration, as long as it doesn’t involve nickle alloys.* Today, though, I found my giant soldering psyche quoting Fezzik, “I don’t see why you give me so much trouble,” and truly feeling my man in black may win. 
Indeed, he did. Though his brothers happily soldered to jump rings for future earring he would have none of it. Jerk.
It seems to be due to the porosity of the particular casting.
I know lessons in humility are good, but I do wish he’d stop smirking at me.
 
 <—The man in black

~m

*shakes fist in air grumbling “Nickle alloys!”