Necklaces + Cardboard Models...

Today's highlight was making charms for necklaces. We were shown the hammering process and how to create forms from metal by using just a hammer and rounded steel base. The entire procedure was very simple, so decided to make three. Here's one of them [see left].


We started moving forward today in Glass. After several weeks of forming clay, we finally got to cast our designs in plaster this morning. Next week we will dig out the clay, left with just the plaster mold. Then we can finally melt glass inside the cavity. I can't wait to see how they all turn out!

Tonight, we had our first mandarin class, from now on will be 4 days a week. It will be a good help trying to decipher the language barrier.

Afterwards, I met with my group and began working on our fullscale model. We got some done, but will be spending quite a bit of time tomorrow completing it.

I need a day off, maybe one entire day committed to sleep.

Ps. Happy Birthday, John!!


Here are the other two necklaces I made today...