Saturday, November 21, 2009

Shopping and Inspiration

Wanted to pass on some sites to check out for tools, books, and inspiration. Enjoy!

TOOLS:

Small parts
Thunderbird supply
Metalliferrous
Rio Grande
Cool Tools Love the liver of sulfur patina gel

Some basics that I used in the demo last night were a 4 inch jewelers saw frame, Powermax full flush cutters, chasing hammer, brass head mallet,bench anvil, dapping set, and a tubing cutter jig.

Books:

1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse by Garth Johnson(Barnes&Noble on the Plaza purchased extra copies, so definitely available there)
Making Connections by Susan Lenart Kazmer
Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects by Martha LeVan *we will be in a book by Martha LeVan that releases next June called 30 Minute earrings, you can see it listed on the Lark books website(our piece made it on the cover, top right corner)


Inspiration:

Cold Connection group on Flickr
Etsy Metal
Objects and Elements (Susan Lenart Kazmers blog)
Extreme Craft (Garth Johnsons blog)

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