New tutorial released!

This tutorial took forEVER to make.

I'm glad its finally done and I hope it is clear and helps lots of artists make beautiful things. :)



This tutorial uses the most basic fold forming technique, line folds, and takes the technique into 3 different directions for 3 projects in one. This lesson shows how to create folds in metal in order to create dimension and texture in your work. We will look at three different projects which take the fold formed metal in very different directions.

You will learn to use the inherent properties of metal to your advantage - Work hardness becomes your friend! Your imagination will ultimately determine what your pieces look like!

There are 39 pages, approximately 85 steps, and over 100 pictures and diagrams. There are also some bonus tips and alternative ideas.

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I am ALWAYS available to answer any questions regardina ny of my tutorials that you purcahse, including looking at pictures of your work to help you improve. I want you to be successful! :)

Janice

TT - A little late

Tutorial coming - pics of 'fold and gold' for now.....

Yes, Tuesday Tutorial WILL be posted today, but its going to be a LATE date post - well, more like a night time post. :) Hope you'll come back tonight or check in tomorrow. I'm having a good time posting metalsmithing tutorials that I find and also sharing those of friends.

In the meantime, I said I'd try to grab a photo of the fold and gold ring now that its oxidized. I didn't get to it last night - swim team is going to be a killer! Yesterday was our first practice. My father was good enough to take LG to the pool at 5pm at which time we found out he'd be in the 6:15-6pm group. They decided to stay and wait it out, so I ran home and picked up little Lisa and took her to the vet. I returned home with Lisa around 7pm and little guy and Pop-Pop pulled in a bit after 7:15. Needless to say, dinner was on the late side last night, little guy needed a shower after being in the strong chlorine, and after he went to bed, I crashed.

Ohhhhh, No, scrap that. I did go to the bench - - got started with the 14k gold bezel - on a lovely little triangular (trillian) cut aquamarine cabochon. After fiddling with that a bit - I then crashed in front of the tv for an hour and went to bed early. (again!)

So I snapped these photos on my way to work this morning and now that I'm taking my lunch break have uploaded them.

Whatcha' think?

I don't really like the way the LOS was left on there....I may redo the LOS and use pumice instead of steel wool, but my pumice doesn't arrive until Friday, so the ring is going to stay as is for now.

:)

Don't forget to check back for the Tuesday Tutorial - if all goes well it will be up whilst its still actually Tuesday!

Oh, and for fun, here's little guy playing Ultimate Frisbee at the school fair this past Saturday.

Isn't he just too adorable?

~Janice

Marvelous Monday!

I really do like Mondays - I know, I'm weird.

I am afraid I don't have any pics today, sad, sad, sad...and I had no Snafu Sunday yesterday, bad, bad, bad. But I've been REALLY busy! Really.

So while I take a little lunch break (mmm, orange mango yogurt.......) I'll tell you what my weekend was like. Friday night - hmm, I dont' even remember Friday night. Oh wait...yes I do! I finished decorating the cake to donate to the elementary school fair. My son and I made a sheet cake and decorated it with green icing and crushed chocolate graham crackers (to look like grass and dirt) and I had taken some batter and baked it in a wee small pyrex bowl and that became a little mountain or hill on the cake. I cut Twix candy bars in half lenghtwise and pushed them down in various places to look like logs...then I cut up green gummy candies into short strips and pressed them together at the bottoms, letting the tops fan out and they looked like clumps of tall grasses. Finally we put purchased little plastic soldiers all around and made a little flag that we stuck in the top of the hill. It was REALLY cute. :) Too bad I didn't get a picture of it. Bagged the brownies for donation and ran them all up to the school. (ok, I DROVE them up...but well, ya know).

Then Saturday morning we had swim team at 8:15ish, then the school fair from 10:15 - 2:30ish...got home at about 3pm and relaxed a bit, then made dinner and took the night 'off' and just hung out with my son. After he went to bed, I just hung out by myself.

WHY, oh WHY couldn't I get myself down to my bench!!??

Guess I just needed to relax.

Sunday, got up, went to church, did the week's grocery shopping on the way home. Got home, put it all away, made and ate lunch, gathered the laundry up and then went to the pool. Got home at 4:15, little guy had AWANA at 5pm and I had a mandatory parent's meeting for the swim team at pm. We both got home around 7pm. Made dinner, at dinner, cleaned up, started laundry, put little guy to bed at 8:30pm -- then I sat and watched a bit of tv while doing laundry and then I went to bed early for a change. (10:45ish).

Got up this morning, got ready for work, took little guy to school, went to my dentist appt (oh YAY!. not) had small cavity filled, then came on in to work. Will work til 5ish and then little guy has first swim practice (actually AT 5pm I think, someone else is going to have to get him there since I work 40 minutes away) and then Lisa has an appt at the vet at 6:30. I still have one load of laundry to fold and put away. (I'm tired already) and I HOPE to get to the bench after little guy goes to bed.

I did manage to LOS that fold and gold ring on Saturday - not sure I like it. AT ALL. Might have to take the patina off and rethink it. Wish I had my camera, I'd snap a pic to share. Maybe tonight. In my spare time.

Yea, right. Spare time. Funny huh?

~Janice