Polymer Play Date!

Necklace by Cynthia Toops

Monday night the 23rd we'll have "Polymer Play Date" in the Metals studio from 5:30 until the guards kick us out. Bring some polymer clay, clay working tools (if you already have some). A mat to work on would be good too, but we'll use butcher paper or something if need be.










Bracelet by Pier Voulkos

Etsy Shows us a Sword Smith

Handmade Portraits: The Sword Maker from Etsy on Vimeo.

Ken Bova's Visit to CFCC

We here at CFCC were SO lucky to have nationally renowned metalsmith Ken Bova come down from ECU to give us a day workshop! Ken demonstrated making your own tools and especially making riveting hammer's from nails and chopsticks! He had all sorts of tricks up his sleeves. We all learned so much and were really enthralled. I think everyone agreed we could listen to Ken lecture for hours! Ken will be back in the Spring semester and we will try to get the school to let us use the room for two days.

Take a look at some of Ken's handmade tools!

Chopstick Hammers with Ken Bova

Metalsmith and professor Ken Bova has offered to come do a workshop for us! He will show us how to make chopstick hammers and various other tricks. I am ironing out details right now. It will be a Saturday from 10-5pm. We will break midday for lunch.
Stay tuned!

The Way Things Go

When I first met Keith Lo Bue in 1999 he showed me this movie. I LOVED it! It is an art film made in 1987 by Fischli and Weiss a team of Swiss artists. In the spirit of Rube Goldberg it encompasses "100 feet of physical interactions, chemical reactions, and precisely crafted chaos" Originally 29 minutes and 45 seconds, here are 3 minutes out of it.

Arthur Ganson

While I'm on a kinetic kick, meet Arthur Ganson

This is a TED talk with Arthur that should be VERY inspiring! REALLY you gotta check this out!

Theo Jansen

Another favorite! Theo Jansen

You may be familiar with this BMW ad featuring Theo Jansen's work:






This is an 8 minute long talk on TED with Theo Jansen AMAZING!