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On our way back from the Philippines, We decided to take a detour to Northampton Massachusetts. Northampton was were Calvin Coolidge made his political climb ( around 1900) to vice president, and eventually, President of the United States! Calvin Coolidge won a spot on the city council in 1903 in this city, and then the republican party organization chairman in 1904. He ran for and lost a ...
Departure Day
Saturday
Once again I'm up early. I slept very well last night as I have every night since coming here. I have a fantastic roommate who also wakes early. I have enjoyed getting to know her. She will be back next year to work on her kiln glass.
I come down to the cafeteria to work on my blog and Sandy from Collage is already here. She is waiting for the airport shuttle to take her to Bradley Airport to fly home to ...
The Final Buildup and Completion
... decide which pieces will go into the auction to be held tonight and clean both studios - glass and metal. We admire each other's jewelry and say next time I want to try that. Diane and Cindy have experimented the most with new ideas as they are old hands at this. Karen and I have copied some of Jen's work to get the effect we are looking for. I have so many pieces that I ask for help on what to show in the gala before dinner.
The gala - a wine ...
More Exploration into Metal Working
... a clasp? Joy comes through again and showed us various clasps.
There is much more banter and sharing in the class while working on the metal. While making the glass beads we were so intent on our melting glass that there was very little cross talk. Now there is conversation flowing and we learn more about our fellow classmates and teacher. For instance - Joy has 2 hedgehogs for pets. How fun ...
It starts to come together
... has designed. The rest practice techniques of working with the metal.
Every once-in-a-while, Joy calls us all together to demonstrate another technique of working with the wire.
Wednesday afternoon and evening are free time. After lunch, Karen and I go to the bead store in Northampton. Having done some work with beads now, I feel like a kid in a candy store. So much to see and contemplate. Strings ...
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