Jim Kelso
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Hi Guys(and Gals!),
I'll be giving a presentation at the Colorado Metalsmiths conference in Salida, CO, July 11, 12, 13. More info
http://www.coloradometalsmiths.org/events.html
Other presenters include, Michael Boyd, Tom Herman, David Huang and Carol Webb.
The title of my slide talk is:
The Flowering Chisel: An Homage to the Ecstatic Naturalism of Japanese Traditional Metal Arts.
This talk will primarily be an appreciation of the superb metal artists of the late Edo and early Meiji periods who were imbued with a love for nature which naturally spilled forth in their work. I'll have lots of slides of artists work such as Kano Natsuo, Unno Shomin and Shoami Katsuyoshi. These works include sword fittings, boxes, vases and other sculptural works.
During the slide lecture I'll also include a tech sequence on some aspect of my own technique.(to be announced)
I'll also give a workshop demo of the Japanese irotsuke or niage process, the traditional technique used to patinate copper, shibuichi, shakudo and the other copper-alloys as described in my tutorial here:
http://www.jimkelso.com/japanpatina.html/tutorial.htm
You can also see some pics of work that I'll talk about here:
http://www.jimkelso.com/Galleries/coma_slides.gallery/index.html
Hope to see some of you there!
Jim
I'll be giving a presentation at the Colorado Metalsmiths conference in Salida, CO, July 11, 12, 13. More info
http://www.coloradometalsmiths.org/events.html
Other presenters include, Michael Boyd, Tom Herman, David Huang and Carol Webb.
The title of my slide talk is:
The Flowering Chisel: An Homage to the Ecstatic Naturalism of Japanese Traditional Metal Arts.
This talk will primarily be an appreciation of the superb metal artists of the late Edo and early Meiji periods who were imbued with a love for nature which naturally spilled forth in their work. I'll have lots of slides of artists work such as Kano Natsuo, Unno Shomin and Shoami Katsuyoshi. These works include sword fittings, boxes, vases and other sculptural works.
During the slide lecture I'll also include a tech sequence on some aspect of my own technique.(to be announced)
I'll also give a workshop demo of the Japanese irotsuke or niage process, the traditional technique used to patinate copper, shibuichi, shakudo and the other copper-alloys as described in my tutorial here:
http://www.jimkelso.com/japanpatina.html/tutorial.htm
You can also see some pics of work that I'll talk about here:
http://www.jimkelso.com/Galleries/coma_slides.gallery/index.html
Hope to see some of you there!
Jim
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