i made two pieces for the
radical jewelry makeover exhibition and sale between monday and tuesday. i enjoyed being in the metals studio working alongside the RJM students and loved the challenge of creating new work from old jewelry. i would have liked to spend more time in there and to make more pieces but i just couldn't because i had to tend to my own studio.
last night i helped
susie ganch and
christina miller, the RJM instructors, price all the work. i was impressed with the pieces they made and how many they were able to crank out in less than two weeks. when i left at 11:30 the class was busy installing the show. i am looking forward to the show today and plan to be there early to choose the piece i will take home. i donated some old jewelry so i have a coupon to redeem.
the
exhibition and sale is today from 10am-7:15pm in the printmaking studio at the
penland school of crafts.thanks for reading.
here's the brooch i bought at yesterday's radical jewelry makeover sale. it was made by stephanie voegele, a grad student at the university of georgia at athens. i just love this piece! 
i just got back from the radical jewelry makeover show. it was got busy in there right away and much of the work has sold already! i bought a brooch which i do not have a photo of yet. i'll post an image soon. 
last night i helped susie ganch and christina miller, the RJM instructors, price all the work. i was impressed with the pieces they made and how many they were able to crank out in less than two weeks. when i left at 11:30 the class was busy installing the show. i am looking forward to the show today and plan to be there early to choose the piece i will take home. i donated some old jewelry so i have a coupon to redeem. 
i spent the day in the radical jewelry makeover class yesterday. i started by looking through the many containers of sorted donated jewelry. i didn't take a lot because i did not want to overwhelm myself with choices. i just chose a bunch of stuff that caught my eye at first glance. then i got to work. it took me awhile to get going but i made a delicate necklace from a bunch of broken gold-tone chains and a pair of circle earrings. now i am working on an assemblage necklace using a sparkly brooch, a single clip-on earring, a broken sterling chain, and recycled sterling sheet metal made from some other donated sterling jewelry.
