Unveiling

Look at this nice group!
Aren't we lucky that CFCC has Metals classes?

Wednesday!

So our Wednesday meeting was a rousing success and it was voted that since so many can make it at that time that our regular business meetings will continue in that day/time slot. So our meetings this semester will be every two weeks on Wednesday at 2pm. While I know this won't be convenient for many of you, FEAR NOT! We will have plenty of activities going on at other times/days. So we want your participation when you can...

Also other business:
We went ahead and elected our officers. Had there been multiple candidates we would have had further voting on Thursday of this week. but since we had only one candidate per office we elected them:

President- Alan Wawruck
Vice President- Aleah Smith
Treasurer- Ray Wishnask
Secretary- Ashley Roderick

Yay!
So we'll meet tomorrow (Thursday) at 5 since I already called that meeting (I can fill you in on any details you missed).

Logo Contest!
We will be voting on a logo for our club. This will just be a simple emblem that we can put on things; T shirts banners when we have sales, etc. If you'd like to submit a logo
Please do so by, hm.... Friday February 25th??? If we need to extend it we will but for now lets get this ball rolling! I will award a new blue metal handled dead blow hammer donated by Contenti to the winning design. I will get them posted somewhere, hopefully here so we can all vote. (I can do it as a poll I think)

Next- Azalea Festival!
Club members want to sell stuff as a group during Azalea Festival. We may be able to apply for a booth from CFCC we'll see. If not, there may be other places to purchase a table/boothspace. Be making stuff to sell! A portion of all sales, to be determined, will go back into the club coffers.
If AF doesn't happen in time Starway Fleamarket was mentioned. I'm not a big fan of this idea (concerned about the club's artistic integrity) but it's your club and I'll go with whatever is decided. There may be other venues as well. (I personally think money should be invested in nice acrylic, or faux leather display pieces from Rio Grande but hey, that's me).

Ca RAZy!

I'd seen this woman's work in books, Miel-Margarita Paredes, but Don Perkins sent me to her site. It was a "Nun-UH! get OUT" moment!
View more of her Helmets here.














I'm REALLY diggin' this piece entitled "Gnaw".... appears enameled, repousse'd, & chased.

Tuareg Jeweler of the Desert

The Move

Well it's not metal, but.....
this one's for Starr!

Raising a Copper Vessel, Start by Sinking

The Art Of Chasing And Repousse On Copper

Texture!

I say this all the time but...
WOW! texture!
Supposedly, there are 2500 nerve receptors per square centimeter in the human hand. Whether or not this is indeed true hardly matters. We realize that our fingers can tell us enough to survive without eyes. This we know. So with so much texture in the world around us why would we not be wow'ed by texture? We are usually enticed to touch it when we encounter it.
And we as 3D artists are so lucky! We do not have to rely on tricks to create the illusion of texture. We can have actual physical texture in our work. Why not celebrate it? Seek it? Create it?
SO with that in mind I share with you a detail of the Fabuloso texture on Thomas Poston's star fold from the morning T/TH class this week.
For non-stop amazing, textural art, check out ArtPropelled

How To Be Alone

Beautiful.

Community Outreach

Ideas for some CFCCMG community outreach projects:

How about doing very basic stamped copper charms with
the Community Boys and Girls Club one afternoon?
And possibly the same thing with DREAMS of Wilmington?
And/or making a collaborative charm bracelet for an auction for a cause?
Maybe someone could spearhead the outreach/educational programs?
I think you all have a FABULOUS opportunity to open people's minds to working with their hands.
Any other thoughts?

Fundraisers

Fundraising! We'll have to do some, but I think this could be a multi-layered experience for everyone. As metalsmiths we produce tangible goods, that people can readily see value in. So we are at an advantage! We could have demonstrations in conjunction with sales of your work. I am picturing a fold forming demo where we drag the tree stump into the courtyard and we show fold forming for a couple of hours. Off to the side is a table with fold formed earrings for sale. the demo draws folks in and then they HAVE to buy some won't they! right? right? eh! whaddya think?
I have to find out specifically what's kosher with CFCC as far as fundraising and the propane torch too. Also, we will have to purchase copper from Craft American so we are not using class supplies. But a 12"x12" piece is $10 and would produce a fair number of earrings. Just a thought....
Any other ideas?

Metals Guild!

So CFCC now has a Metals Guild! The name was decided on tonight. While other very cool fun names were bandied about We arrived at Metals Guild for the official name and then we'll express creativity on our buttons and t shirts.

Some suggestions have been:

Hammerin' Horde
Metal Mob
Metal Menagerie
Metal Syndicate
and finally
Vulcan's Vixens for the ladies...

fun was had by all.