Sketchbook Checklists

The PDFs of the sketchbook checklists are now available for download. Just select the link for your course below to access the file.

ARTS2341 - Beginning Metals & Jewelry
ARTS 2342 & 2311 - Metals & Jewelry II & Advanced

This is the checklist I will use to grade your sketchbooks. Your sketchbook probably has things in a different order. That is fine, as long everything is in there. Securely.

Quizzes Tuesday, December 1: Beginning - casting; II & Advanced - Foldforming

Happy Thanksgiving! Have a wonderful holiday.

Hiroshi Suzuki

This is a link to a catalog of the works of Hiroshi Suzuki from Adrian Sassoon art dealers in London. There is a brief article on the artist and images of his oeuvre. Enjoy.

go to the catalog

Get Hammered

For those of you interested in the sculptural possibilities within the field of metalwork, this link will take you to an interesting gallery in the Netherlands:

Studio925

Take a break from all that studying and get inspired by the images of amazing metalwork you will find.

Cleaned and Polished Casting

Finishing the Cast Band

This slide show illustrates the process for finishing the bronze cuttlebone casting. You can follow the link to Flikr to read the captions explaining each step.

Advanced Metals Final Project

A PDF of Project 5, which was distributed and discussed in class on Thursday is available here.

Alternate Project for Beginning Metals

This is a link to your project file:

Evolution

please leave a message in the comments, if this link does not work for you. It is a PDF so you will have to have Adobe Reader. Feel free to discuss the assignment amongst yourselves (nicely) via the comments section.

Eye Candy

http://www.catherinechandler.com/

Interesting work and excellent photography. Check it out.

Making one mold out of large cuttlebone

Photos of the process. You can go to Flickr to read the descriptions of each step.

A thought on cuttlebone

I was thinking about the whole cutting cuttlebone issue last night. I know some of you were struggling with getting an even cut. It is not an easy thing to accomplish. I haven't tried this approach yet but I see no reason that it shouldn't work:

1. Cut a large cuttlebone (like the ones distributed in class) in half and trim the ends as before.
2. Split the cuttlebone to make a mold and do the same with the second half.
3. Use the resulting thick pieces of the two splits to make your mold. This way, you don't have to worry about splitting the mold evenly (as was so troublesome during class); you just use the thickest cuts from both pieces.
4. Sand the faces of the two splits to fit together flush.
5. Carve your mold into the cuttlebone but be sure to leave 1/8" surrounding the cavity on the face of the smaller piece.

We will spend a bit of time in class refining the molds that you are working on. Be sure and get a good start and email me if you have any questions.