Annual Walmart Meeting and Trips to the Art Museum

Celine ended the meeting with a three-song set.
No one sat down during her singing. All the cameras were flashing.

Justin Timerlake wore a hula skirt, imitating the founder, Sam Walton.

Lionel Richie and many others had the audience dancing in the huge Walton stadium,
with 16,000 cheering stockholders packed to the rafters.

Taylor Swift sang her mean song, which she blended perfectly with  smirky close-ups.

Walmart is selling Acts of Valor, an action adventure movie featuring Navy SEALs instead of actors.
The director said, "I am spoiled after working with them."

Many of the associates from all over the world toured the $1.2 billion American art museum,
not far from our woodsy home in Bella Vista.
Admission is free.

And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game

With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening

Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things

Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing.

But all you are is mean

All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life

And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean.

New Ideas, New Classes coming!

July 11-Aug 11   10:00-12:00   RM 1001 – Making Your Own Wire Art

August 22-Sep12   10:00-12:00   RM 1001 – Creative Jewelry Made Simple

October 3-Oct 24    10:00-12:00   RM 1001 – Advanced Wire Art



I have bought a Dremel drill, and I promised Gregg to not set off alarms while I'm practicing.  There are so many new wire projects coming.  Now  I  will use my work to show the future of wire work in a few weeks.
By July there will be a new series in all wire work.  As all of you know I love 20 gauge wire, and I will continue projects with gold, silver and many colors now available.  We will make earrings and necklaces, bracelets and even watches with wire braiding and weaving.  It will be exciting and fun. Blog will continue as I work along getting ready for the next class.

Sassy Sue supervises my work.
She has her own blog:
http://sassyfriends.blogspot.com/

We all enjoyed the last class.  It was inspiring for all of us to work together and the exchange of ideas is so important in class when projects are planned.  Pictures will include my work, and will identify artist is someone else.  Please write comments, ideas and new projects to take on.  This is intended to be a forum as well as information  on what  is happening.

Blessings to you all as you work on your projects this summer.

I plan to do quilting as well as jewelry in the next weeks to change focus, and get more inspiration.

I will write again soon.

Sincerely, Chris

May 23rd Class - NWACC - At the Crossing

Hi everyone!  Our last class for May finished today.  Everyone had lots of work to finish. We all had projects from last week and our work was exceptional.  Carol in blue is a stained glass artist with a studio all her own.  Tamarra works at Generations as a hair dresser.  Carolyn just finished packing for a trip to Phoenix and on to Grand Canyon, via Williams and the railroad.  This trip will be amazing.  We took it with our Grandchildren, and loved every minute.  It was also very inspiring for rock work.M.




Marj bought a hole punch and made some iconic earrings using it on bottle caps.  This instrument will be very useful for lots of projects.

Carol made a beautiful bracelet .  The greens are beautiful.C

Carolyn finished a new necklace to wear on her trip.

Carol is working on felting and beading.  Mixed media to say the least!

Tamarra has a beautiful necklace with wire wrapping and interchangable pendants.  This is a good idea so we can change our minds, and outfits!

May 16th Class at NWACC - At the Crossing

Today's class began with more work on the dremel drill, with new drill bits thanks to Tamarra.  This week we all saw dust as we drilled holes to put in wires to make jewelry.   As a special surprise, the fire alarm interrupted us (not really, there was a fire drill right then).  We do keep our work safe and steady.  I am continually thrilled with the leopard jasper, top left as an amazing example of rocks God gave us to enjoy the animal kingdom while we work with stones.  Most of these are from California, where Tamarra used to live. She started her hobby in her yard, and used stones she found on the beach.  This was a real lesson in how to fashion our own pendants.  The rock in the right foreground has some real gold in it.  The amount is miniscule unless the whole rock is shattered and more falls out.  Still it has some fascinating facets in it.  It is quartz, last weeks drusy source.T

Our drill instructor - Dremel drill.

Tamarra  is now able to give facials as well, at Generations to help us remove the rock dust which may escape to our faces. Just kidding--I'll be getting a facial soon!

These are Tamarra's work from today.

Carol showed us how to make "hangovers" for our glasses.  Below you see one on a glass. They can be used for any occasion.  More uses of wire and jewelry gear!

Marj has been working with earrings and wires.

Marj  is always adding new ideas to class too.

The Dremel Drill, Tamara, and Jewelry Making

Thank you to Tamara, our resident "rock hound", formerly from California, Calavaras County.  Tamara has collected rocks for years, and when she gets enamored with a piece, she unpacks the Dremel drill, with the very smallest drill, and finds a place to drill.

The process produces beautiful unique pieces of focal stone to use in necklaces and other jewelry.

Last week we were treated with a chance to drill ourselves, steady, strong and carefully letting the drill move its way through the rock.  Tamara explained how to find a place to drill that would yield a great stone to use when polished for jewelry.  She spent lots of time on the beach looking for great pieces to add to her collection.  This drilling is painstaking work.  A wrong move can crack a large stone, and make it no longer useful.  She brought leopard jasper, and other pieces to try, and a quartz crystal had a small accumulation of gold if we are correct.

Drusy is quartz crystals that attach to other stones.

There are techniques to get drusy pieces which are smooth enough to use for jewelry.  Recently these have been among the most popular for jewelry of all kinds.  The crystals alone are fascinating.  The rocks come in every size, shape, color and style to use in pieces which will be outstanding in necklaces and earrings.

The next week we will braid wire, make rings, and use hemp rope to make necklaces and earrings, and even belts.   It is a work in progress since stones can be combined on one of the braided strains to make a design to match your new mother's day gifts.

We have been exploring art principles of using odd numbers of stones 3,5,7,9 to make more harmonious pieces.  We try to introduce as many important aspects as possible.  Last week our photographer took a week off.  We will try to introduce those pieces in pictures this week.

This class on Wednesday will be next to last in this series.  We have accomplished a great amount of work with many styles and possibilities.  This week we look forward to exploring even more accomplishments to add to our pieces which can be made to match all of our new summer outfits.

Our next classes will be Wednesday and next Wednesday.  The new unit will begin in June.  We are working on many techniques to use our ingenuity and artistic abilities to combine colors and designs.


I am really looking forward to classes and continue to look for more ways to express ourselves to make our own jewelry, and presents for others.  It is a pleasure to work with you in this adventure.

Sincerely, Chris

Jasper

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