Linda Lankford's Blog (22)

Show at Maryville University

SMM member Deborrah Daher and her daughter Eve have a wonderful exhibition on display in the library of Maryville University in Saint Louis, MO. Eve is showing photographs and Deborrah her paintings and jewelry. Stop by if you are in the area. Excellent works by both. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on December 6, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Featured Artist

I am loving it! SMM member Kelly Robinson is a featured artist this week on Crafthaus. Kelly is just great, be sure to go to her page to view other spectacular pieces of work. Great job for any artist, much less a student. I predict we will be seeing lots from Kelly in the future. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on November 29, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

SMM member

SMM member Corey Ackelmire has two videos posted on the sidebar of the main page of Crafthaus. Love the toothbrush video! Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on November 29, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Featured artists

Congratulations to Corey Ackelmeyer for being one of this weeks featured artists on Crafthaus. It is very nice to see members of SMM featured here. We do have a great group of metalsmiths in the midwest. Keep up the good work. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on October 1, 2009 at 12:26am — No Comments

Metal Inclinations 2 Exhibition

Prospectus and application directions are now posted on the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths website for the 2010/11 Metal Inclinations 2 exhibition. This year the focus will be jewelry. 1st place winner will be awarded a cash prize of $2000. For complete details visit - http://midwest-metalsmiths.org Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on August 22, 2009 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Members Exhibition

Wow! What an evening. The artist's reception for the members exhibition was terrific. The event was extremely well attended. Adam Foster Jewelry is a fantastic facility and the exhibition pieces were beautifully displayed. Every piece of jewelry in the show was truely exceptional. It makes me feel very proud to be associated with this organization and with all of the talented artists in our group. Thanks Aimee Domash for organizing this show, great job. Thanks Adam Foster for letting us hold the… Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on August 22, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

upcoming workshops

It's time to sign up for Soldering 101 and Stone Setting Applications on http://www.midwest-metalsmiths.org -September 26-27 2009 Soldering 101, Sherri Jaudes at Maryville University Students will learn the 7 basic joints of metalsmithing: t-joint, corner joint, spot joint, bead joint, butt joint, sweat solder and stud joint. They will learn the correct use of the flame and appropriate size tip for the piece, amount of flux needed and how to set up and heat the pieces correctly to get the perfe… Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on August 18, 2009 at 11:31pm — No Comments

Judges for Metal Inclinations 2

Here are the names of the four supurb artists selected to judge the 2010/11 SMM Metal Inclination 2 Exhibition. Jamie Bennett, Klaus Bürgel, John Cogswell, Sydney Lynch Links to bios can be found in the Int Exhibition section of the SMM web site. http://www.midwest-metalsmiths.org Prospectus and application will be on-line in the very near future. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on August 9, 2009 at 10:20pm — No Comments

Big Ass Indie Craft Show

AB, went to the Big Ass show today. It is a fun event. Looked at you pieces and loved them, especially the fret work necklaces. I was hoping that you would be there but you were probably at Lady Bug. Hope to see you at an SMM meeting sometime this year. Oh, by-the-way, your business cards are lovely, ditto the postcard. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on August 1, 2009 at 7:59pm — No Comments

Cold Connections Workshop

We had a wonderful workshop on Cold Connections with Nanz Aalund the last weekend in June. I just want to say it was a great class and everyone was very pleased with the workshop. Nanz is a very good teacher and really explains techniques well. If other members of the Crafthaus social network have the chance to take a class taught by her, I don't think you would be disappointed. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on July 10, 2009 at 11:52pm — No Comments

Great News

I hear that the SMM Member Only Exhibition had some fabulous work submitted and that the exhibition promises to be a huge success. Thank you Aimee Domash for all of your work on this project. I had the opportunity to see some of the pieces submitted and they were outstanding. As a group we are so fortunate to have so many talented members. I hope to get some photos of the pieces and with permission from the individual artists, post some of them to this site and to the SMM website. Exhibition beg… Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on July 10, 2009 at 11:43pm — No Comments

It's in!

Took my brooch in for the SMM member show today. What a problem child that brooch was. The best thing I can say is that it was a "learning what not to do next time" experience. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on July 9, 2009 at 12:57am — No Comments

Praise for Robert Longyear

Below is a link to an article by Ivy Cooper for the St. Louis Beacon newspaper. It is regarding Robert Longyear's MFA Exhibition now showing at the Grand Center in St. Louis, MO. If you are in town, this is a must see exhibition! Meaningful and extraordinary http://www.stlbeacon.org/visual_arts/review_longyear_s_show_is_best_of_year_-_so_far Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on June 30, 2009 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Metal Inclination Update

We have begun the process of contacting educational institutions to confirm contact information. As soon as the contacts are updated, we will begin sending information to these institutions regarding the applications for the 2010/11 Metal Inclinations Exhibition. We are in the process of selecting the exhibition jurors and expect contracts to be signed in the very near future. As soon as we have signed contracts in hand, we will make an announcement regarding juror selection. We will begin ac… Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on June 19, 2009 at 6:36pm — No Comments

Saul Bell

Kay Adams, SMM member and PMC'er won first palce in the PMC category in the 2009 Saul Bell competition. Mary Smith from St. Charles, MO won first place in the Bead category. Way to go local ladies! Congratulations. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on June 9, 2009 at 5:52pm — No Comments

Marlene True

I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend a workshop at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, taught by Marlene True. I just want to say how wonderful it was and what a gem Marlene is. The workshop was on Champleve enameling. I loved it and Marlene did such a great job teaching us. I left there confident that I can be good at Champleve Marlene will be back at SIUE teaching a workshop for the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths on working with tin. I am very excited about that. It is envir… Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on June 2, 2009 at 12:12am — No Comments

SMM member exhibition

The application for the member only exhibition is now posted on our website. You do not need to send the application in ahead of time. It is to accompany your submission when you mail or drop off at Adam Foster Jewelry. The dead line is July 8, 2009, no pieces will be considered after that date, even if you mail your pieces, they must be in the store by July 8, 2009. Happy hammering! http://www.midwest-metalsmihs.org Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on May 31, 2009 at 8:36pm — No Comments

Society for Midwest Metalsmith Member Exhibition

GOOD NEWS, things are moving along with the plans for the SMM member exhibition. All items in the show must be for sale, with a preferred minimum price of $500.00. There is a $20.00 entry fee. For that fee you may submit 1 -3 items to the selection jury. Only one piece per member wil be selected for the exhibition. 80% of the sale price goes to the artist. 20% of the sale price goes to support the Outreach Program at Craft Alliance in Saint Louis, MO. The Outreach Program is headed by Robert Lon… Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on May 26, 2009 at 12:40am — No Comments

call for entry

The Call for Entry application for the members only exhibition for members of the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths is now on-line at http://www.midwest-metalsmiths.org Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on May 23, 2009 at 1:12am — No Comments

viking weave

Finally taught myself the Viking Weave. The first one was so-so, the second much improved and the third the best I could ever hope for. Also learned the Kumihimo silk braid weave, extremely easy with the right gadgets. Continue

Added by Linda Lankford on April 14, 2009 at 7:09pm — No Comments