Nice Surprise!

I had a nice surprise in the mail yesterday.  Even though it is called the January issue and is not due on newsstands until December 6; I received two copies of Art Jewelry magazine with my article in it.  The article looks beautiful and was not too chopped up by the editor.
There is one picture that I would have liked to replace but they did not have time to make the change.  Photo 3 does not show the dividers positioned correctly it should look like this:

Overall, it was a very pleasant experience working with the magazine and I will most likely do it again.  In the mean time, I am working on a video about carving a wax model.

Ring-a-ding-ding

I love the Gieko ring tone; ring-a-ding-ding. This week I worked on an article that I am writing about lost wax casting. I carved two ring blanks and took lots of pictures along the way. I also pitched the article to a magazine. I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will accept it. I am suppose to find out by the middle of April.

Bunny Box

This is a woodturning that I did a while back. If I remember right, the bottom is black walnut that I dyed black and used a needle scaler to texture the surface. The lid is box elder. The bunny is cast bronze that I made using the lost wax technique.