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So excited!

I have not been this excited about something I've made for a long time. These are two of the bowls I completed at MISSA last week. I love them, LOVE LOVE LOVE them! They took quite a bit of work, who knew rounding out a bowl was "so much work". Cryse (instructor) and the students kept laughing at me as I'd often pause and say "boy this is a LOT of work!" I may need a t shirt that says that! 

Figuring out how to rivet on the lily pads so the glass flowers didn't break was a real challenge, but I think I have it figured out now and am really happy with them. I have two more bowls ready for fish and lily pads but my goal this time is to raise up the lily pads!

What a settling week

I'm at MISSA all week taking a class from Cryse Harse. The above photo I stole from their website as I've been lax about taking pictures. This is a picture of the cove you look out onto from the site. It's an amazing setting.

I am doing some larger scale metal work and really enjoying it. I've made some wind chimes, several bowls (one large one!) and am working on a box frame. The class is 5 days and that really allows you to settle into a nice relaxing work process. No panic to get things done. We've also re finished a few hammers which really excited me, I never know how to fix tools once I've messed up the heads. 

I hope to take a class here every year, they offer a huge range of mediums and the people are just amazing. There are people from all over the world and instructors from everywhere as well. They have a few evening events so it allows you to met other artists. I cannot say enough good things about MISSA if you ever want to take a class somewhere else this would be the place!

Someday I will have a pond like this!

MISSA

MISSA is this week! I've been waiting anxiously for this class since last year! I'm taking Cryse Harse"s class on metal smithing on a larger scale than my normal work. I am really wanting to do some larger functional pieces and I think this may be the class that helps me move in that direction. 

The class is at MISSA at Pearson College. I'm lucky it's about 5 min from my house. A gorgeous setting in a cove on the water. I'll share pictures as the week progresses!

The ABC's

Sooke Fine Arts # 3

The third piece that got accepted into the Sooke Fine Arts Show. A viking knit bracelet and necklace accented with my boro beads. Earrings to match. I love the colours in these beads. It's a really eye catcher of a set!