[TheForge] Pete's Dads Work

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Jerry Frost wrote:
> Pete: I think Ries is right it does run in the family.
Basically Jerry, i ran from the family.
  Did your Dad leave you the tractor?
LOL..He was a city boy, grew up in NYC. As soon as he could afford to 
stop fixing his own cars..he stopped. Said he had a job one summer 
during the depression at a used car lot..spent a lot of time stuffing 
bananas in transmissions till he quit in disgust.
  Sorry, that is some very nice jewelry your Dad made
Some of the designs he did were great..and are still copied today. He 
designed 2 lines a year..dozens of new pieces each season. There were 
rip-off copies on the market within a month.
Many of them would make fine sculptures wrought large.
any
> secrets you care to pass along?
I learned diddle from him, foolishly.
Being the boss's son at the factory was way more than a very shy kid 
could handle.
  Seems I've recently aquired a small quantity
> of copper that might make some bling.
It's a splendid, warm and forgiving metal..have fun!!!
> 
> Jer
> -------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> It ain't real
> wrought iron is
> The Frostworks
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ries" <ries at riesniemi.com>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Pete's Dads Work
> 
> 
>> Since he appears to be too bashful to post pics-
>> Here is a link to some of Pete's dads jewelry- it is, indeed, very cool.
>>
>> http://www.broadwaterrosejewels.com/Example%20Pages/Example%20Matisse%20Renoir%20Page.htm
>>
>> seems like it runs in the family, ehh?
>>
>> Pete- why is the finish "lost" now?
>> Do you not know how he did it?
>> Does it use some no longer available product, or now frowned upon
>> toxic technique?
>>
>> ries
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>>
>> My father used to manufacture costume jewelry, mostly copper and later
>> enameled copper. ( Renoir and Matisse of California)
>> People were constantly writing in and swearing by the copper bracelets.
>> It embarrassed him terribly to have anything to do with quackery. But he
>> finally came to terms with it saying that, if believing in something
>> untrue made people feel better, who was he to argue? They never
>> mentioned it in their ads.
>> They had a wonderful baked on finish ( now lost) that prevented any
>> possible skin contact with the copper.
>> Many of the surviving pieces are still bright, now, 50 some years later.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> Ries Niemi
>> Industrial Artist
>> http://www.riesniemi.com/
>>
>>
>>
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