[Jewelry making - Article 00102] - Re: [Orchid] Bench jewelers conference feedback

[Robyn Hawk]

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>     Did anyone attend the Bench Jewelers Conference in Los Angeles in
>     April? I have not heard much of what went on. Good, bad, okay, very
>     many people? How was the tool expo? 

    I posted the following about the conference and the Orchid Dinner... 

    I want to take a minute to thank ALL of the wonderful people that
    took the time to explain processes and demonstrate products and
    educate at the Bench Conference and Suppliers Expo!!!! 

    I attended along with close to 40 members of the Venice Adult School
    - Jewelry Making Program. From the conference staff to the experts
    demonstrating products - everyone was supportive, informative and
    made all of us feel like we had made the right career choice when
    looking to the Jewelry Arts! 

    Those of you who are sitting in a foot of snow missed out on four
    days of 80 degree temperatures in a location that was 15 minutes from
    the beach. 

    A special thank you to Mike at Foredom who went out of his way to
    speak to our class and to Lee Marshall who patiently let each
    student sit down and try his Knew Concept Saw...also to Dave with
    Allset; Vic Joyner with the coolest moldind system; Wayne Emery with
    his USB Little Camera; Dick with ABI; the Fox Burr/Kyle Abrasives
    guys (this was a popular booth); speaking of popular - Oliver with
    Firescoff (who obliged every time I asked him to "demonstrate it for
    my friend"); and the Laser Welding Demos; Conference Speakers, Joel
    McFadden, Mark Grosser, and Steve Satow. Last but not least thank you
    Brad Simon (and his Bench family) for being such a gracious host and
    for bringing the conference to the West Coast! 

    The "Price is Right Game" on Friday was so much fun, and not just
    because I won a prize (thanks to the Stuller table). After the
    Suppliers Expo broke down on Saturday night we all met at the Orchid
    Dinner. This was a really lovely evening with about 7 Orchid members
    and a group of presenters who also joined us! 

    Lead by Brad Simon we all adjourned to the Latitude 33 Restaurant at
    the Marriott...the food was good and the company even better. Joel
    McFadden came with one of his apprentices (a lovely young lady,
    unfortunately I can't remmber her name), Mark Grosser (what a kick
    this guy is and so talented), Steve Satow (this guy is a genius with
    tools), and speaking of tools - Dave Arens, Wayne Emery (did you
    ever find your "yellow flowers"?), a wonderful artist from Idaho,
    Ingrid (she does amazing stuff with antler, porcupine quills, etc.),
    my "date" (actually classmate) Deanna (an engineer by day, jeweler by
    night) and presenting the "toy" of the evening (no, not his Knew
    Concept Saw - a FedEx pen!) - Lee Marshall - I can't say enough good
    stuff about this guy...he has made jewelry doable for "older folks"
    like me and has to be one of the friendliest guys around! Now I know
    that I am missing at least two maybe three people - please don't
    take it as a slight - like I said my memory isn't what it used to be!

    Can you tell I was impressed? 

Robyn Hawk
http://tucsongemshow.blogspot.com
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