[Jewelry making - Article 01078] - [Orchid] Bonny Doon Workshop review

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    Over 30 years I have been to many classes, workshops, and seminars.
    Some wer e excellent and some not so good. Some are designed for those
    of us who get ou r hands dirty 

    Lee Marshall puts on the best of these! Most people connect the name
    Bonny Doon with the benchtop hydraulic presses that Lee Marshall
    produces - but th e if the workshop he just hosted is any example of
    what is to come, well, they'll be worldclass! 

    James Binnion was the instructor for the Mokume Gane workshop I
    finished yesterday. An awesome instructor. I've fooled with Mokume
    over the years, bu t put it aside because the results were not always
    predictable.  Jim continually refines the process to the point at
    which it is as perfect as it can get. Ta ke a look at his site.
    http://www.mokume-gane.com - 'nuf said... 

    Though there were some failures with the first billets we put into
    the furnace, (Jim had predicted this) by the end of the 5 days
    everyone left wit h finished usable Mokume. I myself have material to
    use in Phil Poirer's Volum e & Form workshop coming up in 3 days. 

    With 7 or 8 of us participating, the hammer forging got to be a bit
    of a bottleneck, and Lee demonstrated his abilities on the second
    day by knocking together a workable drop hammer from scratch in about
    5 hours! 

    Bonny Doon is located a few miles outside the city limits of Santa
    Cruz, California. Back when I was a puppy (in a previous
    incarnation) I grew up around these parts. I started out as a horse
    trainer, farrier, and blacksmith while I liv ed there. Santa Cruz
    County has an incredible variety of trees, vines, flowers, and fauna
    this time of year. 

    Combine the quality of the instructors, the surrounding countryside,
    the foo d and hospitality that Lee provided - and I've never had a
    better all around experience at any workshop I've ever been to. but
    then I LIKE to ge t my hands dirty while I'm learning. 

    I personally try to add to my skills and stay in the "loop," by
    taking at least 3 educational workshops each year. This year all
    three of my choices w ill be at Bonny Doon. 

Brian Marshall
Stockton Jewelry Arts


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