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Progress

2/20/2012

 
Yesterday, I had a private session with Deb. I have not seen her in over a year yet it was like only a few weeks had gone by.  I brought several items to work on and to discuss since so much had happened in-between this session and the last.  I brought the following to work on:
  1. The crumpled bowl which has been sitting there since November of 2010. I am hoping that it could be saved and finished.
  2. This fold formed bracelet   - I needed to form the shape into a cuff and solder the end pieces on it
  3. These two vessels -  which I want to also finish and possibly use for the chasing & repousse class with David Huang in May
  4. Another 4 corners dish that needed its base soldered on.
  5. A hand cast, hand rolled sheet of shibuichi that I want to use for a bracelet in the chasing & repousse class with Nancy Mega Corwin in March. Deb has a great shear that I used to trim and square up my blank.
  6. Items I made at Haystack for us to talk about plus pictures to look at.
  7. Lots of hammers and stakes to use

The reason for some of these items being taken to the session is that I STiLL don't have a good soldering setup at home and Deb has 2 wonderful stations with torches and tips.

I did all of the soldering with some great assistance and pointers from Deb and while the various items were being cleaned and pickled we talked Haystack. It was so great to catch up and share with Deb. Deb also told me about her time at Haystack.

Then we moved onto the vessels. For the crumpled one, I trimmed off the top and now I can finish the raising and plannishing. The vessel without the curves I brought in more and trued up some.  I will take the walls a bit more vertical and then have it ready for the David Huang class. the vessel with the curves was also trued, then the curved section finished - but along the way I changed the upper portion of the curve, is now more of a angle and turned (literally) up a straight rim. The rim needs a bit more work and I have some plannishing to do here as well. Then this piece will also be ready for some C&R!

Enjoy the pictures.

Wendy Started It!

2/12/2012

 
Wendy over at Hammermarks posted about unfinished projects. 

Some of my friends in the quilting world call these UFO's which is short for Un-Finished Objects. 

And yes I have a few too.  In the other post I did today I mentioned 2 vessels that are partway raised I am hoping to make progress on next week at Deb's. 

But wait, there is more...(pictures below)

There is the fold formed bracelet 
The stamped copper tray I started C&R on almost 2 years ago, which was still in the pitch this morning.
Then there is the star bowl, also in the pitch for over a year

And that is not including the 4 or 5 stakes that have to be refinished (from ebay purchases) and another 6 or so hammers.

And I have 3 weaving projects in various stages too.

Prep for classes

2/12/2012

 
I know, I said I was getting back to work but gathering the momentum is hard.
I have a private class with Deb next week and I have signed up for a Chasing & Repousee class with Nancy Megan Corwin at the beginning of March.

Gosh, can you believe it is almost 9 months since I have seen Deb?? I have been pondering what to work on next week and I find I keep changing my mind!  So how about I decided work on finishing a few items. I have 2 partly raised items from LAST YEAR at this time. I also have another fold formed bracelet that needs some forming and soldering and Deb's  torch will make that easier. Then some ideas of other things I would like to pursue are xx-clastic shapes and we might start them if we have  And since I have not seen Deb since before I went to Haystack, I figure will bring what I  did during my time at Haystack as a lunch time discussion -  plus lots of pictures to share (on my iPad). 

Then for the C&R class I will be working on a bracelet form, or formed into a bracelet after I am done with my design. I am now working on the design and can decide between some pine cones or a Koi fish - Choices, Choices.  I know, some of you will say, draw up both and decide when you get there and actually that IS what I think is best to do. The issue is doing the line art, I never seem to be happy with either. 

Back to the drawing board as the saying goes.

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