[TheForge] something I hope better than what was the theft of metal public

Tue Apr 21 14:20:31 EDT 2015

Yeah, it just kinda became possible a few weeks ago, it will be fun to meet you in person.
and its a great group of demonstrators.
Also, there is an Argentine Smith who will be there, I know him from Argentina, he works in really primitive circumstances- all hand tools, cant make noise at night cause the neighbors might complain, in the shed in his back yard, and he does really great work, including lots of historical restoration.
He is on a field trip, visiting california blacksmiths, he is in heaven. In Argentina, there are knifemakers, and welders who make window bars, but very very few art blacksmiths, so he is really happy to be meeting all the cali crew.

ries

On Apr 21, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:

> Be an honor to meet you Reis!
> Hollister is looking better and better.
> 
> On Apr 21, 2015, at 7:13 AM, Ries Niemi <ries at riesniemi.com> wrote:
> 
> Pete, I will see you in Hollister- I am flying down early thursday morning.
> 
> ries
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 20, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> 
>> You, Mr Frost are a steel molesting wag! Church key indeed!
>> Wish you could make it to the Western States conference in Hollister on Thursday.
>> Most of the ABANA conferences seem to be back east with a few mostly still to distant to be practical.
>> This one is only 3 hours away and i’m stoked! Gotta be much worse for you Jerry.
>> The ABANA conference in San Louis Obispo years ago, changed my life,
>> and i’m ever so grateful. I was entirely self taught for 15 years and WOW!!!
>> Finished polishing my little bronze forgings and laid on the varnish this evening.
>> Gotta cover them up once the varnish has dried,  so the shop bats don’t add to the patina.
>> 
>> On Apr 20, 2015, at 4:42 PM, dantull dantull <dantull at numail.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Jer,
>> Melting(slumping) glass into steel cavities was done by Ivan Bailey(ABANA
>> founder) many years ago. It certainly does work . Even for me.
>> 
>> It's not firewood, it's a vaasse.
>> Dan Tull
>> Georgia
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 4:47 PM, jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> A tarp with weighted edges and flesh eating  beetles. A few days and bones
>>> are all that's left.
>>> 
>>> Good grief I can't believe I actually contributed to this thread. Is anyone
>>> actually doing something constructive we can talk about?
>>> 
>>> I don't want to be a lurker who just gripes and never contributes so I'll
>>> put this up. I'd post a pic or two of what I've been experimenting with but
>>> Shutterfly requires me to subscribe and I get too much spam already. Text
>>> it
>>> is then. I'll shoot you pics on the side if you like.
>>> 
>>> Recently I've been making Fredrich's crosses, they're good beginner's
>>> projects and any kind of twisting wows the new folk so they're good demo
>>> products. Recently our Pastor retired so I thought I'd make him ad the new
>>> Pastor a nice key forb, zipper pull, etc. but wanted a little something
>>> extra and thought filling the negative space with red glass was a natural
>>> if
>>> kind of heavy handed symbolism.
>>> 
>>> That's what I've been doing. One of the guys in the club is a champ at
>>> slumping marbles but what I'm trying is more like Plique a jure only much
>>> thicker and in a steel frame. This is proving a little problematical but is
>>> progressing. Seriously, what fun is experimentation if it's easy?
>>> 
>>> I spent a very profitable 45 minutes or so sponging everything I could from
>>> the owner and instructor at an art glass studio in Anchorage. I learned a
>>> bunch of good stuff. funny, his first comment after I described what I'm
>>> trying was. "It won't work." Then I showed him the latest successful piece
>>> and he said, "maybe it will." It wasn't what I'm ultimately shooting for
>>> but
>>> it's not bad, even marketable if I can't get better.
>>> 
>>> Oh, the last feature of the crucifixes for the Pastors. They aren't going
>>> to
>>> be key fobs or zipper pulls I'm making the bottom of  the post a bottle
>>> opener. I had to change from 3/8" sq. stock to 1/2" sq. but it's a small
>>> sacrifice. I mean really what Pastor shouldn't have a nice custom made,
>>> hand
>>> forged church key?
>>> 
>>> Jer
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
>>> Andrew
>>> Vida
>>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 11:55 AM
>>> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] the theft of metal public
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 4/19/15, 7:26 AM, Larry Brown wrote:
>>>> Actually I believe in that case it is fixed. Corpses tend not to do
>>>> many more stupid things ;-)
>>> They do, however, make a nasty mess for the rest of us to clean. :(
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> TheForge mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
>>> 
>>> TheForge mail list group photo site is
>>> http://www.shutterfly.com
>>> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
>>> Password: anvil
>>> 
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> TheForge mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
>>> 
>>> TheForge mail list group photo site is
>>> http://www.shutterfly.com
>>> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
>>> Password: anvil
>>> 
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>> 
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> TheForge mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
>> 
>> TheForge mail list group photo site is
>> http://www.shutterfly.com
>> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
>> Password: anvil
>> 
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>> 
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> TheForge mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
>> 
>> TheForge mail list group photo site is
>> http://www.shutterfly.com
>> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
>> Password: anvil
>> 
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> 
> Ries Niemi
> Industrial Artist
> WWW.RiesNiemi.com
> 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> TheForge mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
> 
> TheForge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.shutterfly.com
> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> Password: anvil
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> TheForge mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
> 
> TheForge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.shutterfly.com
> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> Password: anvil
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

Ries Niemi
Industrial Artist
WWW.RiesNiemi.com