Intro

I am always after the next, new hobby. I'm a serial hobbyist. I try something, and do it not half badly, but then I get intrigued by something else, and I'm off again. So, after over 1/2 century of this behavior, I'm going to be stern with myself. My 'newest' shiny is anticlastic metalworking. My experience in metalworking? One introduction metalsmithing class at the local University Craft Center where I learned about safety and a youtube video. I kid you not.

So my goal is to do an anticlastic piece almost every day and record the results over the next year. See what I learn, see what happens, see the ideas, see what I do with it, see where it ends up! Wish me luck.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Day 16

11:10am - Aw, cute! It's a little shed.

I'm already getting distracted to do other things, other hobbies. I have purses to sew, socks to knit, rocks to slab and cab. Silver to solder!! Much less my dayjob when school starts. And cleaning house...bwahahahahahh! snort.

So I'll undoubtedly do things like this to entertain myself. 349 days to go.
Before
After
7:09 - Yes, I split it, layered it. As soon as I learn how to solder (I ordered a book from Amazon) and bezel (hopefully this week in my silversmithing class) this will be a pendant. Malachite I cabbed. Hint: for malachite, I go to the basket of already polished pieces of tumbled rocks at the local rock shop.
That way I can choose the best patterns that are perfect little cab sized nuggets. There can be a lot of uninteresting malachite buying rough.
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