[Jewelry making - Article 00185] - Re: [Orchid] Teaching techniques

[Teresa Masters]

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I am reading this with great interest.

    Over the last 30 years or so, I have been in and out of smithing
    classes, formal and one on one. In the past, I have carved and cast,
    etched and formed, pierced and fabricated. 

    I have learned some from every teacher and have no plans at all to
    stop. Time and finances have been a major factor along the way. 

    Some two years ago, I happily found the Crafts Center at UCSD. This
    is an Oasis of Creative spirits. Jewelry has two teachers, both
    formally trained and each excellent in their own right. 

    I personally will never achieve perfection, I don't want to. 

    My current teacher, a member of this group Jay Whaley, has shared a
    lot of knowledge and has me moving forward with confidence. He
    prefers a drawn design so he can know what my end result will be. Me,
    I am not a pencil and paper artist and do not want a computer
    assisting me. 

    I prefer to handle my stone, natural and preferably not calibrated,
    and allow it to speak to me. I also like to take my silver, alloy it
    if I plan to reticulate it, or play the torch over it to see what
    shape it cares to take. I then take time and it can take a year
    before I see a meld between metal and stone. 

    Do I have design problems, yes of course. bails and hanging angles,
    do I bead or make chains, how to bring it all together. These are the
    areas I feel guidance can help me. 

    One thing I have consistently heard from my instructors, has been
    "why do you try to make it so hard?" Well easy is what too many do.
    One day I will find a soul mate as an instructor, or maybe I won't. 

    I love the atmosphere where I study and do studio now. I will again
    take a class with Carol Sivets the other teacher at the Crafts
    Center. Learning is my only path. 

    I love Orchid for what I see here and for those I have met here. You
    are my online Oasis. 

Hugs to all,
Terrie


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