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Happy Holidays!

Written December 11, 2013

The jewelry store is packed with jewelry and artwork. Each year this time I like to have a large amount of jewelry for people to choose from. I tend to experiment with colors and shapes and gemstones so I find that there is a good variety of thoughts going on.

I just hung up 18 calligraphy paintings by a local artist Charmian McLellan on Monday. We’ll be having a reception for her on Saturday 5-8, Dec. 14, 2013.

Hope everyone has a wonderful season and good winter and happy new year!

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Chasing and Repousse’

Written October 10, 2012

 I’ve been working on the chasing and repousse technique that I recently learned.  Here are a couple of ‘in the works’ photos of a practice copper bracelet that will have ivy leaves on it.

The first photo is the outlines dotted with a punch to guide my work.  The second photo is the beginning of the ‘repoussage’, I press out the shapes with various punches and then will flip the piece over for the ‘chasing’ portion where I do final forming and detail work.  After that I will form the bracelet into a cuff.

I took a course from Davide Bigazziin California in the springtime to learn this technique. He’s a true master and makes amazing pieces.