Oh, what fun I had today. Today’s workshop was “Concrete: It’s Not Just for Sidewalks Anymore” with Robert Dancik. Here’s what I made (not fully cured in the photo):
It was a delightful class, as expected. Robert is an excellent teacher. I appreciate his enthusiasm for both the techniques he’s teaching and for the act of teaching. He encourages a thoughtful, meaningful and personal approach to the creative process.
This is the second workshop I’ve ever taken with Robert Dancik. My first workshop was a cold connections class at the Brookfield Craft Center in the summer of 2006, and it was a huge turning point in my work. I’ve been looking forward to taking another workshop with him and today did not disappoint.
It was a very full class at 26 students. Fortunately, despite the fact that we were crammed in like sardines, everyone was really great. There was a lot to cover: box construction, texturing and customizing the boxes, preparing the items to be set in concrete, mixing the concrete and filling the box, plus overall finishing. The class was remarkably quiet and focused given the number of people in the room. The result was a fantastic array of cool concrete and copper pendants.
At these large conferences where your workspace is very small and classes can be very full, resources can be spread thin and people can get snippy. There wasn’t any of that kind of tension today, which was quite nice.
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ooooo, concrete in jewelry
gets the mind thinkin…….
thanks for sharing all your B&B posts