Blog posts from 2012

A particularly special class due to its objective being exploratory.

November 24th, 2012 is “Small Business Saturday”.

Who knew?

It is my great honor to create the gift that Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture is presenting to Katey Boerner for her services as exe

I am introducing a very new workshop to SilverWorks.

Can’t tell you how excited I am about the Silver Passport W

Yea... well... there’s studio stuff to do.

And it is all SOOOO fun!

There was a great turn out and reviews from “Captured In Time: History We Wear”, the show this year.

A fun little workshop that gives a little insight in the ways in which good design is a series of decisions rather than just something random, was

What a great turnout as over 200 people came through in what for me is always a blur.

Thanks SO MUCH for all your help those of you who so generously gave of your time in helping mount this show.

Just a few days before my show and I have spent the last four days in my studio without power.

Show work still underway as I continue to go through my list of artifacts to create a unique piece to represent each one.

The artifact that inspired the theme for the show has remained elusive to composition until now. Here we are finally in process.

A lot goes into the creation and promotion of a body of work.

Starting the work for the show in July, “Captured in Time: History We Wear”.

This piece uses an 1880’s opium bottle from Hawaii.

What do you get when you mix 6 teenagers with fire?

Teen Smithing at SilverWorks.

Took a few hours this sunday to visit the rock show in Gaithersburg.

The scene outside my studio window.

Yea, I know.

It is pretty great.

Open studio is a great way to get some practice in, and for me it is fun to see my students improve, collaborate, and just have fun.

A rare photo of this side of the studio with students crammed in for my Setting Up Your Studio class.

A great turnout to this show.

Have to catch my breath after a workshop with the fine kids from Sacred Heart.

I am pleased to present a few of my students in the Glen Echo Park Faculty Invitational Show.

I had an interesting opportunity to cross over into a new art form with a workshop called SilverSmithing for the Poly Clay Artist.

Hammer, hammer, hammer, bang bang! Those are the sounds coming from the studio during a Fold Forming class.

A great group for this month’s Lost Wax Casting Class. Here Mawadda demonstrates addition and reduction.