FUSING - the process of melting scraps of silver onto sheet silver to create very interesting surface effects.
Part of the Sunday afternoon Lathe and Metal Inlays class taught by Jewellery Instructor: Terry Johnston,
at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
During this class we were introduced to inlays and married metals including reticulating silver onto copper sheet
and fusing silver onto silver sheet.
I was really inspired and am having a lot of fun experimenting with this new technique! 
I like the freedom of working with this process, the rawness and roughness of the textures. 
I like how each piece is unique and organic in nature, reminding me of lava or stucco.
I have incorporated bronze squares and chunks into this rustic surface. 
This result reminds me of natural Iron Pyrite crystals that we found in a riverbed in the interior of British Columbia on a road trip in 1977,
and how the iron pyrite cubes are embedded in the matrix. 
Iron Pyrite is one of my favourite stones.

MEDIEVAL RING - sterling silver, bronze, cubic zirconia. 
11-12mm wide band, inside diameter 18.9mm.
Size 9.
$300

MAGMA RING - sterling silver, bronze. 
13mm wide band, inside diameter 20.1mm.
Size 10.5.
$325

MAGMA NECKLACE - sterling silver, bronze.
38mm long x 24.2mm wide.
24" 2.1mm oxidized silver rolo chain.
$225

IGNEOUS RING - sterling silver, hematite. 
8mm wide band, inside diameter 20.4mm.
Size 10.75.
$350

LAVA RING - sterling silver, bronze. 
6mm wide band, inside diameter 17.7mm.
Size 7.5.
$200

LAVA NECKLACE - sterling silver, bronze.
15.5mm long x 7.4mm wide.
21.5" 1.5mm oxidized silver rolo chain.
$175

LAVA STUD EARRINGS - sterling silver, bronze.
9.6mm long x 6mm wide.
$185

IGNEOUS RING in progress.

MEDIEVAL RING in progress.

Natural Iron Pyrite crystals that we found in a riverbed in the interior of British Columbia on a road trip in 1977,
note how the iron pyrite cubes are embedded in the matrix. 
Iron Pyrite is one of my favourite stones.

JEWELLERY LEVEL ONE DEMONSTRATION - PART ONE

JEWELLERY LEVEL ONE DEMONSTRATION - PART TWO

INTRO TO METALSMITHING part 1 & 2
NEIL BALKWILL CIVIC ARTS CENTRE
INSTRUCTOR: MELODY ARMSTRONG
VIDEOGRAPHER: TERRY JOHNSTON

Check out my website to see my finished jewellery: https://www.melodyarmstrong.com
Materials can be purchased from Rio Grande: https://www.riogrande.com/

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Friday, 1 November, 7:00pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/419509375437887/
Address:
3475 Albert St
Regina, SK
S4S 6X6

I am donating this FLORENCE NECKLACE for the 2019 MacKenzie Gala Silent Auction.
Made with enamel on copper, copper and steel.

The 2019 MacKenzie Gala and Live Art Auction will leave everything and nothing to the imagination.

Step into an immersive art environment at the MacKenzie Art Gallery as we welcome you to the MacKenzie Gala 2019 featuring Mitchell Wiebe’s interactive exhibition.
Under black lights, and inside our Galleries, enjoy signature cocktails, special draws, and, as always, our showstopping live auction. This highly anticipated event includes a mix of unique experiences, getaways, gift packages and original art, from some of today’s leading artists. You don’t want to miss it!

Artists include Anne Brochu Lambert, Bill Lobchuk, Brenda Francis Pelkey, David Garneau, David Thauberger, Gabriela Garcia-Luna,
Jan Corcoran, and Mitchell Wiebe.

Visit mackenziegala.ca for more information.

Friday, 1 November
7:00pm
Address:
3475 Albert St
Regina, SK
S4S 6X6

QUANTIC COLLECTION in progress - MELODY ARMSTRONG JEWELLERY

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Samples in copper.
The ancient techniques of chasing - working on the front - surface detailing and texturing and repoussé - punching the sheet metal from the back to create volume, using a variety of tools and a chasing hammer.

This is the best book on the subject.
Chasing and Repousse
Methods Ancient and Modern
Nancy Megan Corwin
Nancy Mēgan Corwin is a jeweler/metalsmith, teacher and writer in the field of art metals. She teaches workshops around the United States, Canada and England including Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine, Arrowmont School of Crafts in Tennesse and at West Dean College in Chichester, England.

In 2009 Mēgan published a book on the techniques of chasing and repoussé, titled “Chasing and Repoussé: Methods Ancient and Modern,” which is in it’s second printing and is currently available for purchase through jewelry suppliers and Amazon.com. The October 2009 issue of Ornament magazine featured Mēgan with her piece “Tiara” on the cover and with a lead article. She has curated two shows in conjunction with the book: “Metal Magic, Chasing and Repoussé” with Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle, WA 2009 and the 2010 exhibition “Chased + Repoussé” at Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco, CA.


Nancy Mēgan Corwin ARTIST STATEMENT:
"The process of organic metalsmithing, in which the material exhibits a sense of movement and shows the hand of the maker, is at the heart of my work. I express this aesthetic by using the ancient techniques of chasing (surface detailing and texturing) and repoussé (to punch sheet metal from the back to create volume). I share with artisans from all ages a process that is one of the most intimate conversations with an inanimate material that exists in metalsmithing. The repetitive hammering used to make these forms and marks in the metal has become my heartbeat and my breath. Every blow, and there are thousands in each piece, is its own mark, regardless of whether the end results show them individually or as contiguous. The forms and surfaces of my work are responses to the plant, rock and marine life materials that I collect and study. It is not their outlines or recognizable aspects that interest me. Rather it is the rhythm and depth of the textures that are my inspiration."

Chased surface textures and planishing on 24g copper.

Homemade chasing tools made from modified centre punches.

Rachel Janze brought in some of her Dad's, Phil Janze, custom made chasing punches.
Phil Janzé

CULTURAL GROUP:
Gitksan

BORN:
January 8, 1950 - June 29, 2016

BIRTHPLACE:
Hazelton, BC

Philip Janze has been producing masterpieces of Northwest Coast Art in the Gitksan tradition of his grandmother, for more than thirty years. His mediums include wood, silkscreen prints, silver and the most alluring of metals – gold.  His many widely exhibited and published works include silkscreen prints, carvings, totem poles, masks, and gold and silver repoussé jewellery.

He began working in metal after he watched Stanley George hammer out and carve silver coins in Bella Bella in 1963. The first pieces that Philip produced were engravings of Seine Boats that were tied up at the Bella Bella docks complete with the boat’s names. Philip was paid ten dollars for each coin he produced in those days.
In the years following his graduation from BCIT in 1970, Philip became serious about exploring his talents for jewelry and sought out the help of experts in the field. Though he never directly apprenticed under anyone, he spent many hours with jewelers who provided him with advice, encouragement, and support.
Philip had already been producing many quality pieces when he was invited to participate in the jewelry program organized by the Haida artist, Bill Reid and coordinated by Peter Page of the Goldsmith’s Hall of London, England. Here Philip, as well as learning specific techniques of gold jewelry from Peter, also interacted with other noted Northwest Coast artists who inspired Philip and in turn were inspired by him. The three-month program was a turning point for Philip. He was now not only able to envisage his delicate and intricate pieces, but he was fully capable of creating them.
The ensuing years have seen Philip recognized by the Canadian Jewelers Challenge on two occasions, 1982 and 1984 for creating one of the six finest jewelry pieces in Canada. He is the only Native artist to have accomplished this to date.  Phil also won top prize in jewellery-making from the Indian Northern Affairs Canada Purchase Show in 1984.  In 1989, he made a 34" round copper Sun mask using the repoussé technique. This was the first large-scale repoussé sculpture to ever be created in contemporary Native art. In 2012, Phil received the British Columbia Creative Achievement Award for his artistic contributions. Philip has been recognized the world over for his elegant and thought provoking works of art. He is represented in public and corporate collections in Canada, the United States of America, Germany, and Japan. His art is in many of the most renowned private collections around the world. He is acknowledged as a master of Northwest Coast Art.

Raven Transforming Into Human Pendant
by Philip Janze
Gitksan Nation22K Yellow Gold, Repousse, Chased, Engraved
Domed

2 x 2"
https://coastalpeoples.com/shop/raven-transforming-into-human1608/

"2019 Saskatchewan Arts Award" Prototype Submission
Melody Armstrong - Artist Statement

"Every Saskatchewan Artist is unique in their creative expression, like a beach stone, no two are exactly alike. Relating art to nature, ideas take time to form, develop, grow and flourish. Let us celebrate these innovative achievements and the Artist’s contribution to Saskatchewan's quality of life and economic growth.
This award represents the unique possibilities that are achievable by creative thinkers. Encouraging artists to reach beyond, pushing their own boundaries to enjoy limitless artistic outcomes. It is as much about the creative process involved, as it is the final form, which then continues to inspire and be appreciated by the community.
This necklace features a beach stone collected at Last Mountain Lake in Saskatchewan. Each pendant has a different Saskatchewan beach stone that reflects the award recipient and their artistic personality. The 2mm gemstone on the backside of the pendant is the Artist’s birthstone adding that personal touch. Each of these Saskatchewan Arts Awards are customized with the award, category and recipient’s name, hand stamped into the layers of metal on the reverse side.
This necklace is most fitting as a Saskatchewan Arts Award because it can be worn close to the heart, where the love of creativity thrives. As a functional art piece, wearing this award will engage conversation and bring awareness of the Artist’s accomplishments. When the recipient isn’t wearing this award, it can be proudly displayed on the custom oak necklace stand that includes an etched copper plaque also stating the award, category and recipient’s name. This 2019 Saskatchewan Arts Award is a perfect wearable work of art to celebrate and cherish for years to come."



Materials:
Pendant: Sterling silver, bronze, cubic zirconia, Saskatchewan beach stone. 
Stand: Oak, copper, brass, steel.
Methods:
Pendant: Sawing, filing, sanding, soldering, stone setting, texturing, oxidizing, polishing, fabricating, riveting, stamping, hammering.
Stand: Sawing, sanding, etching, drilling, fabricating.

First Prototype:
Proposal for the award design for the Saskatchewan Arts Award 2019
"CELEBRATE YOUR CREATIVE EXPRESSION – BE UNIQUE"

In progress, design development and technical notes.

Other pieces in the Saskatchewan Arts Board collection:

THE SKY IS LIMITLESS - sterling silver, 23.5 k gold keum-boo, peridot, walnut base.
https://www.melodyarmstrong.com/blog/the-sky-is-limitless9123397

CITRON NECKPIECE  - Melody Armstrong, 2013, sterling silver, 14k yellow gold, diamonds, enamel on copper, pierced, soldered, enameling, doming, stone setting, texturing, oxidized, 5 x 46 x .8 cm.

PIN BACKS AND RIVETING DEMO - INSTRUCTOR: MELODY ARMSTRONG

PIN BACKS AND RIVETING DEMO
NEIL BALKWILL CIVIC ARTS CENTRE
INSTRUCTOR: MELODY ARMSTRONG
VIDEOGRAPHER:  TERRY JOHNSTON

Check out my website to see my finished jewellery:
https://www.melodyarmstrong.com

Materials can be purchased from Rio Grande:
https://www.riogrande.com/

My ETSY SHOP:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/melodyarmstrong
My FACEBOOK PROFILE:
https://www.facebook.com/melody.armstrong.16
My INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/melodyarmstrongjewellery/
My PINTEREST:
https://www.pinterest.ca/melodyjewellery/

I hope you enjoy this video and use it as a refresher if you have already attended my Level Two Jewellery Class!


Disclaimer
I do not own any of the audio clips used in this video. This video has content that is owned or licensed by LatinAutor, Kobalt Music Publishing, and AMRA.  The legal rights belong to the legal copyright holders of said content. I have used them under the 'fair use' policy and have done so for entertainment and educational purposes only.

I used Wondershare Filmora9 to edit this video.

ART NOW
Art Now is the largest fine art fair of modern and contemporary art in Saskatchewan featuring emerging and nationally and internationally known artists from galleries across all three Canadian prairie provinces.
The fourth annual Art Now takes place
September 19–22 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Don’t miss the Opening Night Reception for the 4th annual Art Now Fine Art Fair. At 7:00pm on Thursday, September 19, at the Soundstage, in Regina, you can be one of the first to see the amazing fine art. Tickets for this premiere event are $45, $25 for self-declared artists, and are available online here, or by contacting SaskGalleries. 
The reception features live music from local Saskatchewan musicians and appetizers, plus a chance to win over $3,000 in door prizes, including gift certificates to the exhibitor galleries and more. 
From Friday September 21 until Sunday September 22 the Art Now Fine Art Fair offers FREE admission and is open to all. Thirteen galleries will come together in one location, with hundreds of pieces of art and they’re all for sale.
This year Art Now features a video installation to lead you in, a Craftsperson in Residence creating a piece during the fair, a TimeraiserYQR preview booth, four education sessions and eleven artist talks, and many cultural vendors. There is something for everyone.
Come and hang out with us for the weekend! Food and beverages will also be available for purchase, and if you need a break, the Creative Corner is available for art lovers of all ages.

SOUNDSTAGE
1831 College Avenue, Regina, SK

These six Rings will be Showcased at the Saskatchewan Craft Council Booth at Art Now 2019.
SMOKY RING - Sterling silver, smoky quartz. Size 7.75  $625
PERPLEX RING - Sterling silver, diamonds. Size 6  $575
TOPAZ WAVE RING - Sterling silver, topaz. Size 6.5  $365
VISCERA RING - Sterling silver, 14k gold, rutilated quartz. Size 8  $975
RUTILE RING - Sterling silver, rutilated quartz.  Size 6.5  $200
ASTRUM RING - Sterling silver, 14k gold, black star sapphire. Size 6  $275

https://www.artnow.ca/
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