Metal Arts Guild SF

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Silvera Jewelry School is offering new online classes and workshops including a FREE "JewelryTalk: Coming of Age- Jewelry as a Second Career" on Sunday January 10, 2021, 2:00 - 3:30 PM Pacific Time. Learn more and register at www.silverajewelry.com/classes

Happy New Year! January's Members of the Month are Bob and Mary Zimmerman. Check out their interview on our website www.metalartsguildsf.org

Call for a Maker: Miguel is looking for an artist who can custom make a garden stake similar to the one pictured for a reasonable price. Contact him at www.facebook.com/miguel.bazalar

December's Member of the Month is Svetlana Lazar. Read her full interview on our website https://www.metalartsguildsf.org and visit her website https://svetlanalazar.com!

Sharon Zimmerman is hosting Tool Talk videos that started on Instagram in a more permanent place - on her YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyUQslwAvHx7Kg6oRZawr9Q/ She is posting regular videos there as well as blogging about the tools here - https://www.sharonzjewelry.com/blog She is also working on a series of ready-to-watch, pre-recorded jewelry courses.. These are go-at-your-own-pace courses, ready for purchase - https://sharonzjewelryschool.thinkific.com/

Alison Antelman Winter Workshops 2021 Are you knew to online workshops? They actually have different benefits than those in person. Demos are easy to see up close due to the macro lens, no waiting in line for the torch, no traffic. Learn something new in the New Year! My workshops are very similar to those in person, they are intense and personal. All workshops are via zoom online with live demos and personal instruction, these 3 day workshops take place from 10 to 5 Pacific... Time. Recording are available for 2 weeks. Registration is Open Now: https://www.antelman.com/registration Class Schedule: https://www.antelman.com/class-schedule Class Descriptions: https://www.antelman.com/description

Starting April 1st through the EDIT: "END OF 2020", MAG is reducing the cost of membership. General membership will be $25, family/dual will be $45, and metal arts students will pay $10. We hope this helps a little and makes it possible for you to continue to be a member of our community of artists. Renew now to take advantage of the reduced price! If you are an artist who is also a health care worker, WE THANK YOU! From the bottom of our hearts thank you for your courage, p...ersistence, and caring hands. Stay safe. Finally, here are two links to websites that may be useful to you. The Center for Disease Control has a lot of very good information. This page is especially helpful for making your home safe: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus//community/home/index.html. A website with information specific to free-lance artists has an aggregated list of free resources, opportunities, and financial relief options for artists of all disciplines: COVID19 and Free-lance Artists: https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/

Join Julessa Barnes for an engraving presentation today, 11/9/2020 at 6pm PDT. Julessa Barnes is a hand engraver and jeweler living in North Carolina. She is a graduate of the MFA Jewelry and Metal Arts department at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In this presentation, she will cover a short background/history of engraving, the tools and skills of the trade, and finally some recent work she completed and was included in the Jewelry and Metal Survey (JaMS) book published by the Society of North American Goldsmiths. In addition, she will hold a question and answer session after the presentation. Zoom link https://art.zoom.us/j/97321648044

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR STUDIO ASSISTANT - PART TIME Paid position assisting in silver work, polishing and general shop assistant. Primary qualification is willingness to do a wide variety of tasks that need to be done. You can work in a social distant location with lots of fresh air. The studio is open to the outside with a large garage door.... Primary tasks are polishing and general studio maintenance, but with interest and ability your job description can expand. Are you comfortable working independently on a task? Are you willing to learn? Are you good at working with your hands on a variety of materials? Are you a problem solver? No day is ever the same. Learn how to do silver repair and the variety of skills to be successful in the metal arts world. This job can expand to your potential but it is essential to understand that even the smallest tasks are important and attention to detail is required. Hours and days are flexible within reason. Pay depends on your skill set. Jobs that need to be done on a regular basis: Polishing Cleaning shop maintenance organization and more organization packing and unpacking boxed shipments USPS shipping labels Accounting General metalwork Riveting Custom made shipping boxes for artwork Photoshop basic skills Website work Social media Metal work on my artwork and silver repair depends on your skills. Perfection for customer repairs and my artwork is a high standard. Contact me: [email protected]

November's Member of the Month is Cyd Rowley. Read her interview on www.metalsartsguildsf.org and check out her website www.cydrowley.com!

Metal Arts Guild Member's items for SALE: 1. Empire's Tarnish Remover Nearly full gallon container $20 2. Foredom H30 Handpiece- New in unopened box $55 ... Please contact [email protected] if purchasing with payment info or other questions.

The deadline to register to vote in California is October 19th, 2020. Applications can be found on the Secretary of State website; www.sos.ca.gov. Register now and let your voice be heard!

October's Member of the Month is Manwell Gali who recently completed the pictured project for Rocky Hill Veterans Housing Project in Vacaville, CA. Checkout his interview on www.metalartsguildsf.org

Jess Wainer, a glass artist in Oakland is selling her collapsible metal pedestals with white plexy tops. (15" x15"). All are in excellent condition, they are modular so they are versatile as a display, or for use in photographs, easy to set up and break down, high quality. Retail value $1000-$1200, asking price $400-$500. For more information please inquire message through: https://www.facebook.com/jesswainerglass

Our September Member of the Month, Camille Torres is featured this month in the group show "Tranquility," at the Fourth Street Fine Art Gallery in Berkeley

September's featured Member of the Month is Camille Torres. Read her interview on metalartsguildsf.org and check out her website camilletorresdesigns.com.

Harold O'Connor, "Timeless Watch: Conference Time" donated to the Metal Arts Guild permanent collection in 1991 by the maker. See his current Member of the Month interview on the www.metalartsguildsf.org website. Photo credit: Emiko Oye

August's Member of the Month is Harold O'Conner. Harold has been a producing metalsmith/teacher/author for 58 years. He authored 5 books including "The Jewelers Bench Reference." His works are in 23 museums worldwide, he has conducted nearly 300 workshops in some 20 countries and is represented in galleries in Taos, NM; Santa Fe and Cambridge, MA. Check out his interview on www.metalartguildsf.org and view more of his work on www.haroldoconnor.com and kilmt02.net/jewellers/harold-oconnor

July's featured Member of the Month is Francesca MacKie. Check out metalartsguildsf.org for her complete interview and see more of her designs on francescamackie.weebly.com and francescamackie.com

Check out the new classes now available from our amazing member Kent Raible

June's Member of the Month is Michael Opipari! Check out his interview on our website https://www.metalartsguildsf.org/ and more of his work on his website www.blackdogbrand.com and his Instagram @baileyblackdog

Ready to start making jewelry? Need an outlet during these crazy times? Alan Revere has over 11k members on his Facebook page Let's Make Professional Jewelry! Projects come from his book and all members are welcomed to ask questions, share their work! Check it out now!