Today I greeted dust on my bench pin. This is a first. Never before, in 18 years, has there been dust on my bench pin. For a metalsmith, the bench pin is the center of the studio universe. It's like the bottom of a skillet for a...
Update: This post pertains to Ginger's studio from 2005 - 2010. In the summer of 2010 she opened her new studio and gallery venue, featured here. Welcome to the metals studio! Messy, perhaps, but to me it's full of nothing but potential. It's a space that...
The studio has been stagnant lately. We've been steadily doing repairs and plugging away on cool commissions, but the muse must be sleeping. I know that if the muse didn't nap from time to time, I'd probably be exiled or buried by now. The constant thrill...
During the drive to Quirk Gallery in Richmond, Va., last week, fellow metalsmith Tara F. and I talked about the nuances of the creative life, or, the duties of having been created creative. Quirk Gallery is a fine contemporary craft gallery presenting wonderful work in a...