Appalachian Center for Craft part 2

Here are photos of some of the metal studio.

There were several rooms, this one had all the stakes, forming tools and other equipment...




This room was mostly benches, soldering, casting...








This is blacksmithing...


I liked the studio. There was also a room for chemicals, and a room for polishing and grinding.

Appalachian Center for Craft visit

I took a trip to the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee last week to see my friend from grad school, Yoko Noguchi, who is currently the artist in residence in metals. I drove there from Chicago, the drive was about 10 hours. I don't mind long drives like that at long as the landscape is interesting. It becomes interesting about 4 hours south of Chicago.

The school was nice, I think I would like to take a workshop there sometime. It would be nice to spend a week or two there, but I think that would be about all the time I could spend there. The place is in the middle of nowhere. I can't live in an area like that.



These are the cabins people stay in...


Some of the studios...






Glass...


Lizards...





This is about a mile from the school....