Gettin' Edgy

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At this meeting of the Sawing Circle we reviewed the San Diego County Fair with the two folks who entered pieces - Kathe Dunn and Anne Wolf. Kathe entered two (really three) of her fabulous face pendants and won 2nd place with each (You Go Girl). Anne also brought home a passel of prizes for her 5 mokume pieces - including Best Metal Piece. Both insisted that it was easy to win when there were so few entries but we know they won 'cause they actually rock. The second part of the evening was all about Gettin' Edgy - creating interesting edge treatments for pendants, boxes and other creations. From Charlotte's hammered edge to the cool castellation tools showed by Dale, we really enjoyed seeing some cool new ideas. In the midst of that, Miranda (find her on Insta at @m_sen_maker) showed us to terrific pieces (see photos) featuring granulation and fusing that she made while studying in Italy and we all decided we want to know more so mark your calendar for August 16 when we'll delve into those techniques. In the meantime, we decided on our Shared Challenge Project for August - La Mer! Your assignment is to create a beach/ocean/sea-themed piece that incorporates a cool edge treatment and (for bonus extra credit) a relevant found object such as a piece of sea glass, driftwood, animal bone, etc. Feel free to start any time and bring your finished piece to our 8/16 Sawing Circle to show off! Good luck everyone!

Links and resources:

• ​Ford Hallam's Japanese Metalwork YouTube Channel
• Francesca Urciuoli of What If Gallery | Berlin is an Italian jewellery designer, maker and instructor: francesca-u.com.
• Jan shared the website of the talented and super-friendly jeweler Jamie: www.dangbravegirl.com.