I didn't really get a lot done today. Too busy dealing with other things and the students!

I did make a mould of the pewter hawk's foot, using a 2-part silicone rubber compound and making it into a 2-part mould by a very rough-and-ready technique:

I used this stuff before and it is…

If you are like me, you are always on the lookout for cool new materials to mess with. So imagine my delight when I came across this entry in make magazine. I wonder how long it will take before I see someone work with this material. I'm itching to get my hands on this.



UK educational supply center centre…

It struck me today that I have been using a tip bench trick for ages now which I have selfishly not shared with anyone, not out of malice or self-interest, but simply because I use it so very regularly that it never entered my head until one of the students mentioned today how unusual it was. The idea originally came from another one of my students who asked me why there are no tube cutters for jewellery of the sort plumbers use to cut pipes. Her partner is a plumber and he gave me a…

I recently came across an interesting group of three East London based makers who form root 5, a cooperative whose intention it is to "bring together the innovative, the playful and the maverick; multi-faceted body-orientated projects located outside the mainstream." Goal of the group is to organize pop-up galleries that "support work by artists and designers that have the body and adornment (though not necessarily the adorned body) as a concern and focus."

Needless…

If you’re a designer, you know that feeling.

You’ve spent hours in the studio, pouring your skill and creativity into a new design, struggling to turn your vision into reality. Finally, you hold it in your hand—an innovative, finely crafted piece of jewelry that anyone would be proud to wear.

It’s a moment of immense satisfaction, of triumph—and you want everyone to know about…

Just back from a long weekend in Brighton.

And back into the workshop for more on Fashion:Victim. Both the ball elements are nearly ready for development into finished pieces. The hinges are completely on one and the other has the main structural elements for the hinge in place - should be hinged…

American Glass Guild Conference

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 20 -22 July 2012

Pittsburgh is recognized the world over as being the steel-making capital of the 20th century. But long before…

As we slip away from summertime, we are looking forward to two fall exhibitions at the gallery.

Please save these dates in your calendars:

Robert Ebendorf
Opening: October 15th
Exhibition runs October 11th through November 6th.

Klaus Burgel
Opening: November 19th
Exhibition runs November 14th through December 9th.

More details forthcoming soon!

Recently, I was a juror for an exhibition using CaFE for entry and for review of the submissions.

It was a real eye opening experience to be on the other side of the CaFE curtain discussed in previous posts here on Crafthaus and ASK Harriete.

In SEVERAL posts on ASK…

I came across this wonderful quote by Ira Glass today:

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.But your taste, the thing that got you into the…

One of my students is so hard up just now that he is selling off his gemstones. Normally, I love buying gemstones, but this felt like I was doing something wrong. Still, I gave the (fair) prices asked, so nobody lost out. It is just sad that it has come to this. Hardly surprising as precious metal prices rocket, though I was amazed to see that silver was actually higher in 1980 than it is now, something I only just remember. It was 1980 when the Hunt Brothers tried to corner the market.…

As if featuring contemporary jewelry artists wasn't enough, Moss's founder Murray is spicing up the Victoria and Albert Museum in London with 3-D printed designs that cheekily reinterpret some of the museums most famous objects.

Murray Moss on Putting…

Join 10 artists from the Metal Arts Guild for Artspans annual Open Studios

OPENING RECEPTION Friday September 30th 6 - 8

Open Saturday Oct 1st from 12 - 7

Open Sunday Oct 2nd from 12 - 5

If anyone is going to SOFA Chicago please stop by Urban Glass and check out Foster & Malone. That would be me and my fantastic colaborating artist/friend Charlene Foster. This is my first show ever and I'm sooo excited. I will post pics as soon as they are…

The ‘Big Yellow Rabbit’ installation by Rotterdam-based artist Florentijn Hofman is a temporary 13 meter high sculpture thrown against the statue of Engelbrekt. It is an enlarged cuddle toy made out of Swedish products – concrete, metal, wood,…

Young artist working in the applied arts and technology will have the opportunity to show their work in the international competition TALENTE 2012 in Munich, Germany, during the International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades from 14th – 20th March 2012.



In an area of 600 m², the works will be shown to a wide audience, with an international jury selecting the winners of the TALENTE prize. An illustrated catalogue will be published.



The aim of TALENTE is to promote young…

64th International Trade Fair Munich

Schmuck ‘2012, 53rd Special Jewellery Show

14th until 20th March 2012



With this letter we want to invite you for the entry to Schmuck 2012. Please apply online on www.hwk-expo.de until 1st October 2011.



If you cannot apply online we accept your submission as follows:



1. Please send us a CD with up to 8 quality colour photos of the pieces that you have in…

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