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Jay Whaley's New Studio and first Workshop.
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This is an invitation for all in the Southern California area. It's our pleasure to invite you to the opening of a new and exciting metalsmithing studio, Whaley Studios, owned by Jay Whaley, on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 from 4-8 pm. Jay's studio is conveniently located in the lively Hillcrest area of San Diego at 3858 5th Ave., Suite A (between Robinson and University). Whaley Studios will now be available for both private classes and specialty workshops taught by both Jay and other industry experts. Please come to the studio opening to view the wonderful working environment, watch demonstrations, network and provide input on potential workshops you'd like to see put in motion! Refreshments will also be served. Jay Whaley has been a bench jeweler and metalsmithing instructor for over 30 years in Arizona, Hawaii and California. As many of you know, Jay is a master craftsman and has managed the jewelry/metals program at the UCSD Craft Center for the past 22 years. With the opening of his new studio, Jay offers San Diego and SoCal metalsmiths the much needed opportunity to work, learn and enhance our metalsmithing skills in a local environment. Join us May 3rd and help launch this exciting new endeavor! This is an opportunity to meet Jay Whaley. The studio is lovely, and will host many wonderful Workshops. #2 One Day Rolling Mill Workshop Taught by Jay Whaley Sat. May 17th, 2008 9:00 to 4:00 Whaley Studios, 3858 5th Ave., Ste. A, San Diego Workshop fee: $100 plus a small materials fee Registration: Call Lisa Van Herik at 858-551-0227 or reply to this message If you've felt that metals purchased from catalogs have not offered you the creativity you need for your fabricated jewelry work, you need to know how to make your own custom stock using a rolling mill and drawplates. In this informative, one day, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to melt and pour an ingot, and to make your own sheet and wire stock of many different sizes and shapes. In this workshop, you will get to use a Durston 120 mm D2 double mill, a 120 mm Cavallin combination mill, and a special mill machined for 1/2 round wire stock. There are also 2 portable drawing benches and an assortment of drawplates. There will be a small materials fee for metals used. Among the many topics covered in the one-day workshop: Alloying your own metals for color, karat, and workability. Setting up ingot molds for correct sized finished stock. Safely pouring sheet and wire ingots. Making square stock, and forming into half-round, round, and "true square" wire. Annealing strategies. Planning for specific dimensions in finished stock. Tapering wire for use with drawplates and drawing machines. Narrowing and widening flat stock. Making bezel stock in specific thickness and width. Roller printing sheet stock with various materials What to look for when purchasing your own rolling mill. Jay is a master of the rolling mill, and has been teaching it's use to his students for over 20 years. In his new studio in San Diego, which is devoted to precious metal fabrication, he is now offering specialized workshops in jewelry fabrication techniques. Other experts on metalsmithing techniques will be brought in to teach additional workshops in the future. For more information go to Jay's website at: www.whaleystudios.com _ |
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Jay Whaley's New Studio and first Workshop.
Teresa Masters wrote:
Jay Whaley has been a bench jeweler and metalsmithing instructor for over 30 years SNIP #2 One Day Rolling Mill Workshop Somehow those two statements seem very strange together. 30 years experience, and all she has to offer is a rolling mill workshop?!? A rolling mill workshop is like teaching people how to open a banana. -- Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
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Jay Whaley's New Studio and first Workshop.
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:06:25 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry Abrasha
wrote: A rolling mill workshop is like teaching people how to open a banana. perhaps, but consider: Perusing the archives of the Orchid list, one finds many many postings pertaining to rolling mills, from which mill to buy, how to service and adjust, how to care for them, and how to avoid damaging them. Knowing, for example, that some things should not go through a rolling mill or the rolls will be damaged, isn't always obvious to beginners. Neither are things like knowing how much to tighten the rolls between passes (which can differ between metals) or how often to anneal, or even how to tell when the metal is reduced enough that it now must be annealed (again, different for different metals) And that just takes us through the basic use of reducing the thickness of sheet metal. Proper use in making wire is another few minutes of instruction that beginners might need. And then you get to the interesting stuff. How to forge a taper, or how to taper down the center of a section of stock that will be turned into a ring shank, and end up with the right length, thus reducing the amount of metal you'd have to file off of a straight blank to get that tapered shank... How to calculate the required starting square dimensions when you've got a required rectangle wire you want. Pattern rolls, Roll printing, in all it's myriad variations, do's and dont's, etc etc. And how 'bout the shortcuts you can use a mill for in fold forming, or turning a straight strip of metal into a curved one by making the rolls non-parallel... The list goes on. If you're starting with beginners, I can easily see how you could turn this into a full day's workshop before everyone has gotten it all... And remember. Even that bananna has it's variations. yeah, eat it raw if you like, but how 'bout fried and caramelized with a bit of brandy, covered in ice cream or other fresh fruit, or...? And Not just for eating. Ask any porn star. And don't forget to warn package handlers about stowaway dangerous spiders. Oh, and don't step on that peel... I'll bet there are whole books out there on banannas... Cheers Peter |
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