January Recap

This was a fairly busy month for the guild, with a meeting on our usual first Saturday of the month and the ECU Metals Symposium (January 18-20) which several members attended. We were looking forward to attending a steel wire workshop taught by Stephen Russell and hosted by Pocosin Arts Folk School but it was postponed due to icy roads in the region.

We met on January 5th at Dianne Cinkovich's home and studio in Edenton, NC.
We began as usual with a business meeting and discussion. Several members shared information about upcoming shows and venues for selling jewelry. The guild members in attendance decided the guild will not be collecting dues in 2013, unless a need arises. We broke for lunch and visited the gallery of CAC (Chowan Arts Council), which displays and sells the work of several guild members. In the afternoon, Hilary Anderson demonstrated the use of a pancake or blanking die and a small hydraulic press to create multiple shapes fairly quickly. She, Joanne Lang and Valda Belyeu discussed what they learned about this process in a Jayne Redman workshop.

Earrings by Joanne Lang

Dorothy Ansell's pieces from her COA enameling class with Kathryn Osgood.

Valda Beyleu's work made the paper!

Knitted Necklace by Annemarie Pomp

Hilary demonstrating use of the hydraulic press

We set tentative dates and locations for meetings in 2013.
Meetings are from 10:00am-4:00pm:

February 2 - COA (College of the Albemarle in Manteo, NC)
March 2 - Carolyn Sleeper's studio in Washington, NC
April 6 - Annemarie Pomp's home in Hertford, NC
May 4 - COA
June 1 - COA
July - no meeting
August 3 - Joanne Lang's home and studio
September 7 - Dianne Cinkovich's home and studio
October 5 - COA
November - COA

The ECU Symposium proved to informative an inspiring as always. Guild members enjoyed listening to lectures, attending workshops and seeing the work on display in the various exhibits.
Here is a slide show of images I took while at the symposium. If any other members have images to share, please do so and provide a link in the comment section below.