Keith LoBue and Tools of the Trade

Monday night I drove to San Diego to attend a class at the Shepherdess with Keith LoBue, who is on his yearly teaching romp around the states. Although Keith is from the USA, he resides with his family downunder in Sydney, Australia. The class was "Tools of the Trade" and I am very glad I took it. I feel like I have so much more ability with my jewelry and object art making pursuits.

A man and his tools.
Keith is a fantastic artists and a great teacher as he is open, willing to share and a wealth of knowledge. Check out his website for a journey into a incredable mind.

http://www.lobue-art.com/

It is Wednesday and I am leaving for Cancun, Mexico tonight to relax at the beach for a few days. Too bad I can't drink the water!!!!

Ruth and I had a great time in San Rafael visiting my mother and sisters. We stopped in San Francisco to have tea at the Japenese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park-I really had to restrain myself from going into the De Young Museum as that was not Ruth's choice. We went to Japantown and Ruth bought a beautiful Orange (black on the inside)teapot with cups. I forgot my camera, so no pictures of that :(. We stopped in San Luis Obispo at border"s for a rest on the drive home and I purchased Stephanie Lee's new book, Semi-Predious Salvage. Below are some peices inspired from her book.

I've used plaster to make molds for paper casting, but now I can use the casts of plaster. Endless possibilities!!!!

You can't see it well, but I learned a new way to make a bar to hold a bead. (above)


Stephanie shows how to make a bracelet with a spoon, but she stamped the letters into the metal. My letters slid all over the place so I made a metal collage. I was very happy with the rivets, something I learned from Keith LoBue at Artfest two years ago.