Class photo

Here is a photo from the last day of class at the art center. One of my students emailed it to me the other day. This is most of the afternoon class, two people are missing.

classes

The classes I am teaching are going well. There are only 5 people in each class, and there's no one there that doesn't want to be there, unlike classes at a university. There are only 2 weeks left. I am kind of sad my classes will end soon, but I think it's better if I only teach occasionally, it will be more fun for me that way and I will put more effort into it.

This week and last week I brought in the chemicals, dyes and hardware needed to do anodizing. There are a couple people working on pieces in aluminum. Last week I did a demo on how to anodize, this week one person did a test piece, and next week at least one person will have a finished piece to anodize.

Below is my little temporary anodizing set up:


The afternoon class:

old photos

I am probably going to be taking a trip next month, and since I take a lot of pictures while traveling I like to make sure my camera gear is all in order well ahead of time and make sure I don't need to buy anything new. So while I was looking for something for my camera, I decided to check all my old memory cards I don't use any more and make sure they were empty. Well one wasn't empty. I found 15 process photos of my teapot and another piece from Oct. 2006. The photos are nothing that great, but I love process photos, so I was happy to find them.







I'll write more about the trip after I have the plane tickets. Other than that, there is not much going on worth writing about. The classes I am teaching are going well I guess. At least as far as I can tell. I am comfortable doing the techniques I am teaching, but communicating to someone how to do them is sometimes kind of difficult.

summer teaching

I wanted to wait till it was confirmed that I would be teaching this summer before I posted any details. Since it was confirmed yesterday, here are the details:

My friend, Colin McDonald, teaches jewelry making classes at The Art Center Highland Park. Next week he is moving to Korea for a year to teach English, so I am going to finish teaching his classes this session, and teach some of the classes he was scheduled to teach this summer. I am going to be teaching all of his Thursday classes this summer:

10:00 - 12:30pm Metalsmithing and Jewelry: Intermediate/Advanced

1:30 - 4:00pm Precious Objects: Jewelry, Metal, Miniature Sculpture

4:15 - 6:15pm Beginning Jewelry

7:00 - 9:30pm Metal Jewelry: All Levels

These are 8 week classes, and will run from June 25 - August 13, 2009.

teaching

One of my friends teaches jewelry making classes at an art center in the Chicago suburbs. He is going to be moving out of the area soon, so I will probably be taking over the classes he was scheduled to teach this summer. I will post the details soon.