A new toy! …oy
Ooooh, I am so excited: I have a new toy! At the SNAG conference in Seattle, this new ‘high-tech’ tool was introduced: The KNEW saw. I guess being a tool-junkie comes with the territory of being a craftsperson… I was…
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Beauty everywhere
I seem to recall I started my whole blog thing that way: talking about how I see beauty everywhere… Here are a couple of more examples: The other day, I opened a can of Maple Syrup (yes, it does come…
More South Shore …. the PaPa!
I was so fortunate to have yet another South Shore adventure! There were not just fabulous meals last weekend …. many elements drew together to further my “research” for that body of work about hull lines, boats, sailing, etc.…
Great food and hull lines
What a fabulous time I had with Tom and Lissa! Here are a couple of impressions from our fabulous weekend on the Southshore: First thing to do was to pitch the tent. You don’t go see people like Tom and…
Canada Day weekend
What better thing to work on this Canada Day weekend, but Maple Leaf rings!! Here is a photo of the rings with the ‘sprues’ still attached. The sprue is where the wax flows out in the lost-wax process, and where…
On this rainy Saturday
I was supposed to take the last of my series of sailing classes today, but as those of you in Maritime Canada know: it is very yucky outside! So the last sailing class was postponed to Monday, and thus I…
So lucky!
What a wonderful coindicence that the following gathering was able to come together today: I was lucky enough to bring together in my home the wonderful talents of Judy Anderson (founder and owner of the wonderful Fireworks Gallery in Halifax),…
Yes, it’s time!
Finally, the maple leaves are mature enough for me to begin a new round of maple leaf rings. This will be my first round after the initial trials of last fall. I am excited to see how the tender young-ness…
Artisans’ gathering
Exciting news: Shortly, I’ll be on my way to the Society of North American Goldsmiths’ conference in Seattle, Washington. It will be totally delightful to be surrounded by likeminded people, get to visit the vendor room full of tools and…
Check this out in Ottawa
The leaves are finally coming out here in Halifax, on this long Victoria Day weekend. There was even a sighting of that yellow orb in the sky … it had been so long, I had almost forgotten that it is…
Indoor Maple Leaves
I have been super busy in my studio , making much work, especially for the galleries that open for the summer around now. I just sent a big shipment off to The Moorings in Mahone Bay, and Flight of Fancy…
I fell in love …
… with a ring. Remember: “Schmuck” is this avantgarde contemporary jewellery exhibition which is held inside, and as part of, the annual trade and crafts fair in Munich. So I spent plenty of time looking at lots of fabulous crafts (including,…
“Schmuck” in Munich
First of all, I would like to say that this word, “Schmuck”, means “jewellery” in German, and has absolutely nothing to do with the Jewish word of the (almost) same spelling. “Schmuck 2011” is put on as part of the…
