WestCoast Chapter Florida Society of Goldsmiths

July 2010 West Coast Chapter Newsletter 

WEB SITE: 

Visit www.wcfsg.org for information on our Chapter, upcoming  workshops, and to view/borrow from our extensive lending library.

WILDACRES:

 Those that attended the 2010 WildAcres Summer Workshop had a great time in the mountains.  The weather was beautiful with warm sunny days and cool evenings.

Participants  had fun learning new skills with Betty Helen Longhi in “Shell Forming” with Jean Stark in “ Loop in Loop Chains”, John Cogswell’s “Tiny Diminutive Teapots”, Juan Carlos Caballero Perez in “Bi Metal” and Zack Noble’s “Blacksmithing on a jewelry scale.  

We had six days filled with good food, refreshments and a wonderful artistic experience we will all treasure for years to come.  Thank you to all the participants and volunteers for making our 2010 Wildacres Summer Workshop such a successful and memorable event.

Next year will be the West Coast Chapter’s  25^th Summer Workshop at Wildacres .  The Wildacres Committee has already started planning a fabulous event.  Visit our web-site www.wcfsg.org  early in 2011 to see more details.

WORKSHOPS:

John Cogswell will be at Art Center Manatee in Bradenton on November 12, 13 and 14 for a workshop on “Clasps and Closures”.

WC METALS STUDIOS:

WC has three metals studios that we actively and economically support .  Art Center Manatee, Morean Art Center and Hyde Park Art Center .  We also have an ongoing relationship with the Florida Craftsman’s  Inc.  All WC members can display their creations for sale at the Florida Craftsman’s Gallery in St Petersburg . WC  supports two high school metal arts programs, Largo High School and Youth Arts Corp of Pinellas at the Morean Art Center .  We also provide assistance to the Pinellas Technical Education Center .

WC LENDING LIBRARY:

Brenda Harrelson maintains our library of books, instructional CD’s and tapes.

She is in the ongoing process of acquiring new technical CD’s to replace the VHS recorded material. Please let Brenda know if there are books or CD’s that we should purchase for the library.

The library material is available to all FSG members. There is a postage and handling charge for

checking  items out of the library. Brenda can be reached at: baubleheaven@yahoo.com