Painting away...day 13

Students are totally focused on finishing their necklaces.  Here I've posted a few photos of work in progress.  One is a 2nd year student's work in textured, domed metal.

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Progressing Quite Well...day 12

Narrowing in on finishing up some painting of necklace pieces.  Here are a few students in action.

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More painting action today...day 11

Almost all the students are finished with painting their pieces with the Gesso ground.  Some were fanning their paint dry today so they could begin drawing their designs on them, as in the video.  I'm pleased with the enthusiasm they are showing for this first project.

Today I demonstrated the process they will use to connect the pieces into the necklace.  They will make an "eye" at the end of a copper wire around a round nose pliers.  They they will determine exactly where the loop will be placed and spot it with a pen.  They will then place their piece into a vise and drill the hole for the wire.  They will glue the wire loop into the side of the pieces and connect them with jump rings.  I may mount the drill bit into a piece of dowel rod so they can be more careful in the drilling.

Here are a couple of photos taken today along with a brief video.

That next step...day 10

T few students have reached the point in the process where they start drawing the designs and painting them.  A couple photos and a brief video.

The work keeps on...day 9

Some photos of a few way. s students are proceeding with their designs.

And a brief video 

Design ideas...day 7

Using the same student's work asthesee last post,  I ran these through a drawimg program to show students what some possibilities might be .  I couldn't get some of them to post correctly so they are sideways.

They can choose to either repeat the same design on each piece or lay them out and have the design flow .

Students in the process...day 8

Video of students working on necklaces.

The work continues...day 6

When I laid out this students pieces for the necklace a potential design opportunity presented itself.  By re-arranging the pieces choices became evident in the way one could paint them and connect them.  As more works get to this point I will post some more.

Involved in the process..day 5

Today most students have developed their designs, rduced the size in four stages, re-drawm on mat board, and begun to cut out the shapes.  I have posted some pics of students' works in progress.

Some students have already begun gluing their pieces together.  The next post will highlight some of thise.