Featured Workshop
Mokume Gane Chisel Patterning - Online
May 3 & 4, plus included office hour May 8, 4-5pm
10am-4pm Pacific Time
Tuition $295 + $85-$165 kit fee (+tax & shipping - sold separately)
Learn the most traditional Japanese method of patterning mokume-gane. Chisel into the surface of blank mokume-gane to create rivers of pattern that follow your chisel marks. After hammering the sheet back to flat, your unique chisel patterns are locked into the metal forever. Traditionally pitch is used to secure the metal while chiseling, but in this class Anne will also show a lower-cost easy alternative. On the first day you’ll pattern copper/brass mokume sheet, then the second day you’ll refine your skills and learn to chisel-pattern silver/copper mokume. Your patterned sheet can be used later to create pendants, earrings, box lids, etc. Handmade chisels especially designed for mokume gane are included in all the kits.
This online class is designed to work just like an in-person workshop, with demos, interactive presentations, and time to practice skills. We’ll be teaching via Zoom and you’re encouraged to work and ask questions along the way. We’ll finish each day with a group wrap up session. On the last day we’ll have our traditional raffle too! For the best experience, this class is limited to 15 students.
Register.
Important: After buying the class, be sure to come back and purchase your kit. Only 10 deluxe kits available!
May 3 & 4, plus included office hour May 8, 4-5pm
10am-4pm Pacific Time
Tuition $295 + $85-$165 kit fee (+tax & shipping - sold separately)
Learn the most traditional Japanese method of patterning mokume-gane. Chisel into the surface of blank mokume-gane to create rivers of pattern that follow your chisel marks. After hammering the sheet back to flat, your unique chisel patterns are locked into the metal forever. Traditionally pitch is used to secure the metal while chiseling, but in this class Anne will also show a lower-cost easy alternative. On the first day you’ll pattern copper/brass mokume sheet, then the second day you’ll refine your skills and learn to chisel-pattern silver/copper mokume. Your patterned sheet can be used later to create pendants, earrings, box lids, etc. Handmade chisels especially designed for mokume gane are included in all the kits.
This online class is designed to work just like an in-person workshop, with demos, interactive presentations, and time to practice skills. We’ll be teaching via Zoom and you’re encouraged to work and ask questions along the way. We’ll finish each day with a group wrap up session. On the last day we’ll have our traditional raffle too! For the best experience, this class is limited to 15 students.
Register.
Important: After buying the class, be sure to come back and purchase your kit. Only 10 deluxe kits available!
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Online Artist Talk & Demo for Florida Society of Goldsmiths
I'm looking forward to sharing quite a bit of info about mokume gane through an online lecture and demo for Florida Society of Goldsmiths - coming up soon, April 5, 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific. Free to members, and only $35 to join, it's a great deal! Hope to see you there. Learn more and register.
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Museum Acquisition
I really wasn't sure how my set of four sake cups titled "Matched Set" would be received at the Metal Museum's recent show "There's No Place Like Home." About a month after the show ended (long after I'd received the works back), I received an email saying they were the 'show-stopper' of the exhibition, and they'd like to purchase them. Wow! The Metal Museum is the only museum in the US dedicated to showing and preserving fine metalwork. It's been going since the 1970's, located in Memphis and exists without any government funding. It has an impressive collection of important works by many metal artists I respect and admire. It is such an honor to have my work displayed among them. And such a different feeling selling my work to a place where I know it will be taken care of and seen by the public. Thank you Metal Museum! And if you're in Memphis, be sure to stop by.
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Free Metal Arts Events
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Looking for Sawing Circle? You can join from here!
Online Sawing Circle When: Once a month, every 3rd Tuesday 5:30-7pm Pacific. Where: Online via Zoom - Cost: FREE Our Sawing Circle is like a book club but instead of reading, we work on cool stuff, help each other with problems, share ideas and provide accountability for ongoing work. If you've been looking for support for moving forward on your projects then this is the online gathering for you. Join us from your studio to work in the good conversation and company of like-minded friends. Totally free, no need to RSVP, simply make yourself a snack, settle at your bench and click the button to join in. I don't attend all the time, but when I am there, I'm happy to answer any mokume or other metals question, general or specific. Even if I'm not there, you'll still have fun, I promise! |
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"Anne was so wonderful to work with for my fiancé's wedding ring! She answered all of our questions during the process and above all, the ring is gorgeous, beautiful, unique and perfect! Thank you, Anne. You have created an heirloom we will treasure for a long time." ~ Emily & Greg |
"Mokume gane patterning with chisels was one of the most enjoyable courses I've ever done." ~ Helen M, Sydney, Australia |