{"id":4258,"date":"2010-10-03T02:16:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T06:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=4258"},"modified":"2010-10-03T02:22:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T06:22:18","slug":"the-beauty-of-crowned-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=4258","title":{"rendered":"The beauty of Crowned Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello friends<\/p>\n

Thank you for stopping by.\u00a0 Today I’m going to tell you a little about the\u00a0class that I took at The Inaugural Event<\/a>.\u00a0 I was as happy as can be to finally<\/em> have the chance to sit in Deryn Mentock’s<\/strong> <\/a>classroom!\u00a0 \u00a0 I had\u00a0hoped for this for years actually, as I’ve been a faithful Something Sublime blog follower since my early days of creating jewelry.\u00a0 Truth be told, wanting to take a class with Deryn was a huge part of my wanting to be a part of bringing\u00a0nationally-recognized artists to the DC area.\u00a0 Finally having this opportunity\u00a0was one of those little \u00a0jewelry-dreams come true.\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"Classmates<\/a>

Classmates Maureen Baranov and Anne Savage<\/p><\/div>\n

In Crowned Gems<\/em>, Deryn demonstrated a wide range of techniques.\u00a0 She taught everything from cold connections to working with annealed steel wire.\u00a0 We worked with brass filigree, drilled, heat patinated\u00a0and created metal staples (not as easy as they look!).\u00a0\u00a0 At the core of the class though were\u00a0the precious tintype <\/a>pictures.\u00a0 As an avid antique and\u00a0all-things-vintage collector, this really intrigued me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deryn provided everyone with a small, postage-sized gem tintype.\u00a0 We all eagerly opened our kits to see if we received a man or a woman.\u00a0 By the way, tintypes were made on a sheet of iron, not tin as one might think.\u00a0 For my project, I used a larger tintype that I brought with me, as the stately woman in the picture really moved me.\u00a0 I’ll admit I’ve been somewhat hesitant to alter old photographs for jewelry design…. I’ve had mixed feelings about adding whimsical elements to them.\u00a0 I have this feeling of wanting to be sure respect the person in the photograph, long gone and now unknown, remembering that this was someone’s child, mother, or loved one.\u00a0 At the same time, I love that these pictures are no longer forgotten in a cigar box and are unearthed and treasured.\u00a0 In Crowned Gems<\/em>, I’m happy to report that all of\u00a0the\u00a0unearthed tintypes will now be loved anew.<\/p>\n

\"Exploring<\/a>

Exploring design ideas with Pam Keravuori. Photo by Kerry Bogert<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Workiing<\/a>

Working on the layout. Photo by Kerry Bogert<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Look<\/a>

Look at that smile! Amy Powers tries on her finished Crowned Gem. Photo by Kerry Bogert<\/p><\/div>\n

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A round-up of student pieces. Photo by Kerry Bogert<\/p><\/div>\n

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This concludes my week of\u00a0 recalling the ArtBLISS Inaugural Event.\u00a0 Thank you for joining me !<\/p>\n

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Hello friends Thank you for stopping by.\u00a0 Today I’m going to tell you a little about the\u00a0class that I took at The Inaugural Event.\u00a0 I was as happy as can be to finally have the chance to sit in Deryn Mentock’s classroom!\u00a0 \u00a0 I had\u00a0hoped for this for years actually, as I’ve been a faithful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artbliss","category-indie-artists","category-jewelry-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}