Leather Wrap Class at The Bead Shop on Magazine St.

I'm so stoked about this upcoming class that I'm teaching in June. So when I walked into the Bead Shop on Magazine last weekend and saw my examples being displayed I was beside myself. I asked that they unlock the glass so that I could take a picture! That's how excited I was.

Bead Shop on Magazine Leather Wrap Workshop Display
Call (504) 895-6161 to register.

The examples shown is a one wrap and a three wrap bracelet but the class will focus on making the one wrap in order to learn the whole process.

Everyone knows I've been making a lot of leather wrap bracelets these days. I can't have enough and lucky for me I know how to make them. Otherwise they would cost a fortune. They are so much fun to make and I would like to teach everyone how to do it!

I'm teaching the workshop at The Bead Shop on Magazine St. on Thursday June 2, 2011 at 6:00 pm.

Call the Bead Shop at (504) 895-6161 and sign up for the class.

Do it now! Don't mean to be pushy but sometimes it just comes out.

Come and join me... I would love to meet you!

Namaste
Kalaya

Comments

The Arrowmont Experience Pt. 1

I know from previous experience that I had to ask the driver to stop at a grocery store before dropping us off at Arrowmont. I was feeling so good about having all my ducks in order and then this happened! I'm sure I screamed WTH because everyone was looking at me but I wasn't the only one in shock.
I was thinking...great! Now I will have to walk to get my wine. LOL!!!

Arrowmont for 2 entire weeks! Yeah....Bring it on. I can do this...roommate annd all.
I was in Anne Havel's All Fired Up: Who Knew a Torch Could Do All This?
My notebook for ALLLllllll the notes I'm going to take.
OMG! I don't know where to begin. I have so much to share. Let's see...
I fell in love with a cup.
Annnd...then I bought a cup made by Jason B. Burnett. He had me at the hexagons. Just an aside here. I couldn't buy the cup I fell in love with. Arrowmont has an assortment of ceramic cups in the mess hall to use. I could post a cup a day on Insta but my friend did that. …

Mandalas

Mandalas have been on my mind a lot lately. Struggling to find my truth. I find making these in the studio calms me.
Even though I knew that hard solder melts at 1450 degrees I still had to try enameling the copper. In theory the solder should not have run. If I only took it out of the kiln a minute sooner this may not have happened. A total melt down but I love that color! :) My intention for the above mandala was a ring. The challenge was difficult but I managed to make it. I feel myself pivoting once again and feeling the need to create amulets and talismans but in sculpture form.

Each person's life is like a mandala - vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life...everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.

~Pema Chodron

Namaste Kalaya

Everything Is Beautiful From Far Away...Or Is It?

I'm getting all up there with my new Olloclip.
It just clips on to my iPhone 5S. I think that is an adapter for the skinnier version of the phone. I wanted something easier to carry around other then the massive camera to take real close ups.
Here's what I've done so far.

I'm still learning about the clip but for the most part pretty satisfied. It's good for those close ups in the studio. Here's me drawing down wire. This is when I feel like a true metalsmith. HAHAHAHA!!!
The clip is also good for your morning walks to get those beautiful close ups of nature.
You see...not everything is beautiful from far away. Sometimes you have to lean in to see the beauty in the macro world.
Have a great Friday!

Namaste
Kalaya

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