Semester ends...

It has been quite some time...

The spring semester kept me far busier than I could have imagined really and my summer course is currently coming to an end. Students this spring were pretty great. Many of them had an interest that past just technical training and went into a more conceptual direction. Next term we will have a pretty high number in our advanced classes which is also quite rewarding for both the students and ourselves, the teachers.

School work aside my studio has also been pretty busy as well, thankfully. I have a lot of projects in motion currently and hope to share them all soon. Some of the projects I admit I have put on hold until I get back from Penland this summer. The class I am attending is with Arthur Hash, "One-two, punch" covering enameling, champlevé, etching and more. Reason for being on hold, obviously is the potential use of some of what we cover in the course.

I do not currently know anyone in my Penland class this summer but I really look forward to the two weeks I am going to spend there. It will be my first time, and hopefully not my last.

Also! I can now be found on Klimt02, feel free to take a gander :)
http://www.klimt02.net/jewellers/jane-ritchie

http://cargocollective.com/arthurhash

http://www.penland.org/metals/index.html