Final Sketchbook Checklists

Thursday, December 2, is Final Sketchbook check. Make sure everything is glued in or taken out.

Beginning Checklist

• Project Sheet 4: Chain with Clasp
• Project Sheet 5: Recycled
• Project 4: design sketches of chain/ clasp
• Project 5: answers to questions
• Project 5: design sketches
• Warm-up: Temperature Worksheet
• Studio Clean-up Assignments
• Warm-up: Thompson
• Warm-up: Durgin
• Warm-up: Counard

Metals 2 Checklist

• Project Sheet 3: Stone Setting
• Project Sheet 4: Cold Connections
• Project 3: three inspiration images
• Project 3: design sketches
• Project 4: design sketches
• Quiz: Stonesetting
• Warm-up: Gore
• Studio clean-up assignments
• Warm-up: Thompson
• Warm-up: Durgin
• Warm-up: Counard

Advanced Checklist

• Project Sheet 3: Stone Setting
• Project Sheet 4: Professional Practices
• Project 3: three inspiration images
• Project 3: design sketches
• Project 4: design sketches
• Quiz: Stonesetting
• Warm-up: Gore
• Studio clean-up assignments
• Warm-up: Thompson
• Warm-up: Durgin
• Warm-up: Counard

Sketchbook Etiquette

For all levels, be sure your name is on the inside front cover somewhere. There should be no loose pages in your book. If I hold your book by the edges and shake it, no papers should come flying out. Glue it in or take it out!

Advanced Sketchbook Checklist

I will be checking sketchbooks for a completion grade on Thursday, October 14. Below is a list of items that need to be in your sketchbook:

• Syllabus
• Project Sheet 1: Signatures
• Project Sheet 2: Inherent Color
• Presentation Assignment Sheet
• Torch Instruction Sheet
• Project 1: five abstract shapes (step 1)
• Project 1: design sketches of ring
• Project 2: design sketches of object
• Warm-up: Signatures
• Quiz: Soldering
• Quiz: Torch
• Warm-up: Smulovitz Dandelion Key
• Warm-up: Hall It Rocks
• Quiz: Marriage
• Warm-up: Massone 3D
• Warm-up: Library Worksheet
• Warm-up: Presentation Notes (10/5)
• Warm-up: Presentation Notes (10/7)

Sketchbook Checklist for Beginning Metals

I will be checking your sketchbooks for a completion grade on Thursday, October 14. Below is a list of all items that need to be in there.

• Syllabus
• Project Sheet 1a: Asymmetrical Composition Model
• Project Sheet 1b: Dish with Stand
• Project Sheet 2: Pattern vs. Object
• Project Sheet 3: Soldered Container
• Presentation Assignment Sheet
• Torch Instruction Sheet
• Project 1a: design sketches for model
• Project 2: three asymmetrical abstractions (step 1)
• Project 2: three framed shape designs ( step 2)
• Project 2: three pattern designs (step 3)
• Warm-up: Malevich
• Quiz: Soldering
• Quiz: Torch
• Warm-up: Smulovitz Dandelion Key
• Warm-up: Hall It Rocks
• Quiz: Rivets
• Warm-up: Patterns
• Warm-up: Massone 3D
• Warm-up: Library Worksheet
• Warm-up: Presentation Notes (10/5)
• Warm-up: Presentation Notes (10/7)

Presentations

Tuesday's presentations were informative, interesting, and inspirational. If you would like to look at more of their work, the artists covered were:

• George Sawyer
  
• Stanley Lechtzin
• Anika Smulovitz
• Suzan Rezac

I look forward to more fabulous presentations on Thursday.

Thursday's Artist

The artist from the warm-up on Thursday, September 30 was Marina Massone.
You can link directly to her website here.
I hope you will take a moment to look at more of her amazing work.

Fun Contest

Check out this exhibition opportunity. It looks really fun but the deadline is coming up soon.
Pink Passion Shoe Decorating Contest

If the chance to see your name in lights isn't motivation enough, the grand prize is a $750 shoe shopping spree at Saks.

Library Guide

The link to our very own, especially created for us, library guide is below:

Library Guide

Use and enjoy! And be sure to thank the librarians for all their help and dedication.

Thursday's Artist

The artist from Thursday's warm-up was Laurie Hall. You can find images of her work on the Facere Gallery website: www.facerejewelryart.com.

A few of the artists in the Rivet Lecture that you might want to check out are:

• Anika Smulovitz
• Roberta and David Williamson
• Joanna Gollberg
• Nanz Aulund
• Ruth Avra
• E. Douglas Wunder

From the Pattern Lecture:

• Owen Jones
• Kent Bloomer
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Hild und K Architects
  

Some Useful Links

One of my favorite blogs on Contemporary Metalwork is Mar de Color Rosa.
Mar de Color Rosa

A great resource for finding galleries and museums with metalwork is the list on the SNAG website. You can link to many of the institutions from the SNAG pages and view some of the work online.
Galleries and Museums

Also, be sure to check out Crafthaus. Lots of metal artists are members and show their work on the site. There are also interesting discussion boards and lots of other cool features (including calls for entry).
Crafthaus

Hope you find lots of inspiration and gain a deeper understanding of the state of contemporary metalwork.

Tuesday's Artist

On Tuesday we looked at a piece by Anika Smulovitz. Her work is featured as part of the "Exhibition in Print: Neo-Palatial", curated by Garth Clark, in Metalsmith Magazine, Volume 30, Number 4.
You can link to her website here: Anika Smulovitz and look at other images of her work, as well as read a bit about the different series.
Enjoy!

Thursday's Artist

For warm-up on Thursday, we looked at some of the paintings of

• Kasimir Malevich

for inspiration in expressing spatial and emotional experiences with a limited formal palette. Be sure to look at more of his work and the manner in which he uses of simple shapes to convey complex ideas.

Tuesday's Artists

These are the contemporary metalsmiths and jewelry artsists whose work we looked at on Tuesday, August 24.

• Jill Baker Gower
• Anika Smulovitz
• Jesse Mathes
• Sergey Jivetin
• Jeffrey Clancy
• Sharon Massey

You can do a quick Google image search to find more images online. I suggest checking out the artitsts' own websites and blog articles written about the artists and their work. Perhaps you will discover someone new!

Hello and Welcome

Fall 2010
The semester has begun! If you are new to the Art Metals and Jewelry course, I would like to point out some of the more useful features on this blog.

First of all, to the right, and a little bit down, of this post, you will find links in the Metalworking Supplies and Materials list. Those links will take you directly to the websites of the various suppliers where you can either place orders or get maps, etc. Use it! Secondly, if you are burning with curiosity about prior projects, scroll down to earlier posts to see slide shows of some excellent student work.

There are also some old posts with illustrated how-tos in the posts below. Keep following the blog for lists of artists we talk about in class and updates on what is going on in the world of metal.

Remember, you can follow this blog. I look forward to getting to know all of you.

Textbook is Available

The campus bookstore just received three copies of The Complete Metalsmith. Go and get a copy, if you have not already done so.

Cuttlebones

If you are interested in purchasing more cuttlebones, J. was kind enough to inform me that they are sold at Boutique Pet Shop in Dallas. You can follow this link http://www.boutiquepetshop.com/ to their website for more information.

Really Amazing Work

If you are in need of inspiration (or just curious about what professional metalsmiths are doing), check out this blog:

montserratlacomba

It is in Spanish but there is a Google Translate button towards the bottom of the page.

This woman has collected imaged from many studio metal artists. Get ready to lose yourself in beautiful images of a wide variety of works for HOURS!

Sketch Sculptures

The photos taken of the sketch sculptures in class on Thursday are available here:

Photos

You can follow this link to my Flikr album and download the photos of your sculptures there. You may then print and paste them in your sketchbook for future reference.

The word pairs from class were:

• tension - compression
• massive - light
• dynamic - static
• volumetric - linear
• balanced - precarious
• monumental - diminutive
• rigid - fluid
• serene - tempestuous
• mechanical - organic
• symmetrical - asymmetrical

Be sure to paste your list in your sketchbook.