![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I started weaving a scarf today. It's in various shades of dark red and dark purple and also has a repeating turquoise pattern. I think it's going to be gorgeous! It's amazing how relaxing weaving is. It sure is different from the brute strength and fine manual dexterity of metals. I really want to take the textiles studio course next term.
Despite all my griping, I don't dislike my metals class. I just dislike the breakneck pace of the course. I feel unable to create quality pieces in the timeframe we're given. And really, I don't see myself as a jeweller. At least, I don't see myself making finely-detailed rings and earrings. I see myself doing larger, clunkier pieces, like large pendants, heavy dance costuming metalwork, and maybe even swords and statuary.
I can see myself doing bead and wire work, though. It appeals to me more than the labourious process of filing and sanding.
Although weaving is labourious, it's a different sort of labourious. I don't mind the counting I have to do to keep a pattern going.
Perhaps next year, I may try going into textiles. I'd like to do something that combines textiles with metal arts. I'm interested in weaving and crocheting with wire, for instance, and with making one-of-a-kind jewellery incorporating handwoven cloth and pendants of silver and handcut stones. Maybe I'll have an opportunity for experimentation this summer.
In any case, next year, I'd much rather return as a part-time student than a full-time one. Then I'd have more time to work on my projects, and I could become proficient without horrendous amounts of stress.
This afternoon, I went to a quick meeting with a master jeweller and bladesmith. His name is Don Bell, and he's based out of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Personally, I'm much more interested in bladesmithing than diamond rings, but tomorrow, I'll be attending his prong setting workshop. I'm not certain if I'll ever really be using prong settings. They don't particularly appeal to me. Still, it's good stuff to know.
The following picture isn't one of his knives. It was crafted by Peter Wile. However, it looks very much like the locking knife Don Bell showed me not too long ago, and this knife was engraved by him. Check out the texture of the blade. It looks a lot like wood grain. This is not engraving. It is Damascus steel, and I want to learn how to create it.
The engraved coloured bits on the hilt are annodized titanium. I want to learn how to do this, too.
![[Cuts like a...]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/67a82eeb2bc1/2919457-46817/www.shanmonster.com/2003/knife.jpg "[Cuts like a...]")
Despite all my griping, I don't dislike my metals class. I just dislike the breakneck pace of the course. I feel unable to create quality pieces in the timeframe we're given. And really, I don't see myself as a jeweller. At least, I don't see myself making finely-detailed rings and earrings. I see myself doing larger, clunkier pieces, like large pendants, heavy dance costuming metalwork, and maybe even swords and statuary.
I can see myself doing bead and wire work, though. It appeals to me more than the labourious process of filing and sanding.
Although weaving is labourious, it's a different sort of labourious. I don't mind the counting I have to do to keep a pattern going.
Perhaps next year, I may try going into textiles. I'd like to do something that combines textiles with metal arts. I'm interested in weaving and crocheting with wire, for instance, and with making one-of-a-kind jewellery incorporating handwoven cloth and pendants of silver and handcut stones. Maybe I'll have an opportunity for experimentation this summer.
In any case, next year, I'd much rather return as a part-time student than a full-time one. Then I'd have more time to work on my projects, and I could become proficient without horrendous amounts of stress.
This afternoon, I went to a quick meeting with a master jeweller and bladesmith. His name is Don Bell, and he's based out of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Personally, I'm much more interested in bladesmithing than diamond rings, but tomorrow, I'll be attending his prong setting workshop. I'm not certain if I'll ever really be using prong settings. They don't particularly appeal to me. Still, it's good stuff to know.
The following picture isn't one of his knives. It was crafted by Peter Wile. However, it looks very much like the locking knife Don Bell showed me not too long ago, and this knife was engraved by him. Check out the texture of the blade. It looks a lot like wood grain. This is not engraving. It is Damascus steel, and I want to learn how to create it.
The engraved coloured bits on the hilt are annodized titanium. I want to learn how to do this, too.
