Cuttlebone Casting Workshop

Learn an ancient casting technique using the soft, carve-able bone of the cuttle fish with NCMAG member Erin House. You might recall this technique illustrated at the beginning of The Lord of the Rings, when the infamous ring was made. Students will learn to cut, carve and cast into the cuttle bone. Everyone will make a ring or pendant that showcases the unique texture of the cuttle bone using bronze that will be provided.

Dates: January 21st and 22nd
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sign up deadline: January 13th


Materials Required for this workshop:
   Splash Safety Goggles
   Waterproof Sandpaper (400 and 600 grit, one sheet each)
   Needle File Set

Student Work from Erin's last cuttle bone workshop (before cleanup):

To sign up for this workshop please visit the Workshop page of the NCMAG blog or drop by the
NCMAG studio in Hunter Plaid Gallery, 90 Sunny Brae Center, Arcata, CA Wed-Sat from 12-5pm. For more information please email us at ncmetalartsguild@gmail.com.

Here's a look at our other upcoming workshops!

14th Annual Art, Crafts, Food and Wine Festival

Saturday, September 24 · 11:00am - 4:00pm

The North Coast Metal Arts Guild will be participating in the 14th Annual Art, Crafts, Food and Wine Festival at the Fieldbrook Valley Winery. This is a fund-raising event that benefits the children of Fieldbrook Elementary School. Come join us for good food, wine, and local arts and crafts. There will be local music and a raffle. This is fun for the whole family. The Guild will be selling member's jewelry and one pair of earrings will be donated to the raffle. We hope to see you there!

Fieldbrook Valley Winery

4241 Fieldbrook Rd

Fieldbrook, CA

Opening Night Fundraiser

A big thank you to everyone who came out to support the Guild and celebrate our new space! We had a great time and were able to raise money that will go toward maintaining the space and purchasing supplies for our first workshop, Cuttle Bone Casting, on September 24th. For those of you who were unable to make it out for the fundraiser, here's a peak at our new studio space !

NCMAG Studio and Silent Auction

Don't worry, the tasty treats by donation in the picture below will be making appearances at Arts Arcata in the future!

Erin Austin and Erin House with some tasty treats

Don't miss out on the Trunk Show happening on September 10th! It's the perfect chance to get some great deals on jewelry from local artists!

NCMAG and Hunter Plaid Gallery

We are very excited to announce that the guild has found a home! We are currently busy moving into Hunter Plaid Gallery and Studios in Arcata, California. Please come join us Friday, August 12th during Arts Arcata (6-9pm) to help us celebrate our new location and raise money so that we can better bring the metal arts to our community. A silent auction will be held from 6-8pm and will feature member work, gift certificates for workshops, as well as some other metalsmithing goodies. There will also be baked goods including brownies, rice krispy treats and cup cakes available by donation. All proceeds will go to buying tools and maintaining the space so that we can offer workshops to the community.  Workshop schedules, sign up sheets, and membership applications will also be available.



Hunter Plaid Gallery and Studios
90 Sunnybrae Center
Arcata, CA 95521

Featured Artists: An Aggregation of Artistic Aptitude

Opening Reception for "An Aggregation of Artistic Aptitude" is tonight during Arts Arcata at Hunter Plaid Gallery in the Sunny Brae Center. Featuring work by NCMAG members:

Erin Austin

Armor Ring

Erin House 

Sundial Ring

and Lia Sharp

as well as work by:

Phyllis Barba
Michael Batty
Tim Clewell
Kristin Clohessy
Kelley Donahue
Eric Furman
Jeff Hunter
Kristen Hunter
Sam Kirby
Tess Keller
Jennifer McKibbin
Ruth Miller
Drew Mohr
Matt Porr
Radar
Jen Towne

John Vitale

What's new this week: Roller printed earrings by Erin House

One of our member's, Erin House,  has some new earrings that we would like to share with you.  Erin has incorporated roller printing in some of her other larger pieces in the past, now she is carrying that over into her production lines.  The process Erin uses to create the "embossed" look on the metal involves etching a 14 to 16 gauge piece of half hard brass using ferric chloride (chemical salt solution) and rolling that through a rolling mill sandwiched with a piece of  sterling or copper.  The pressure of the rolling mill imparts the design onto the metal.  Keep a look out for a tutorial on this process soon!  Also, if you like these earrings, you can get them at Ironside Gallery in Arcata, or Erin House Designs etsy page.

                       

Featured Artist: HSU Alumni Lindsay Behr, Becky Grant and Casey Ganely

Metal artists Lindsay Behr, Casey Ganley  and Becky Grant (with ceramics) are amongst the 28 artists that will have work at the HSU emerging alumni exhibition opening tomorrow night and running through August 7th.  If you are in the Humboldt area make sure to get into First Street Gallery to check it out. The work is always inspiring.

Lindsay Behr

Casey Ganley

Becky Grant 

Elastic opens this weekend (July 2) during Arts Alive at First Street Gallery.