What's Going On ...

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San Francisco as done in Jello...(click the 'next' button for more images)

As you all know, I don't like lots of stuff going on in my life at once...this week has been very hectic with the studio overhaul (its about 50% complete), classes on Tuesday ( my day doesn't really start till I get home around 2:00) and then today I have more running around to do...the bad news is, when I've sat at the torch in the evenings, I'm so drained that nothing creative comes to me...I've made 4 beads this week, just playing around w/ new techniques from Kate Fowle's class, but nothing worthwhile...

The GOOD news is, I don't have anything else going on today thru Sat until Sunday hits when I'll be doing some demonstrations at a local store...AND, with the move of my rods, I've re-discovered some glass I haven't paid attention to in ages, and now I want to drag it out and give it a run around the block...so I hope that comes to happen...

I've put more silversmithing pieces into place, today the torch gets overhauled and the acetylene gets refilled...its been outside for 2 years, I don't expect miracles, but it might be salvagable, and if not, I'll just get another one...it was only about $100, not too unreasonable (my beadmaking torch was over $400 on the other hand, and the next one I'm eyeing is over $1800, but that won't be for awhile, you can bet!)...I bought more silver sheet, some stick solder, lots of tweezers to create setups with, and a large dish for quenching...and a proper-sized benchpin to match my anvil so I can saw things...I still need some of the polishing setup, perhaps a bench grinder (the one I have may have too high an RPM, I have to check)...but at least I will be able to construct items while at the house, and if I can't clean and polish here, I can do it in class...

I'm really happy with the results of the soldering I did yesterday on my class pieces...i learned some great techniques to keep the solder from running all over (use less!) and I can't wait to show ya'll what I'm making, but I want it to look GOOD and right now they all need polishing...oh well, probably next week...

I've resized the MiniPoll in the left column, so it doesn't push the website out of size, and you don't have to scroll back and forth anymore (if you're on a 15" monitor like me, you had to scroll and I hate that)...so things are back to normal...

Time for frisbee with the dog, she's got waaaay too much energy and is biting my ankles and crawling on me...that's a sign that she needs to go play... back later...