ACC San Francisco Show, 8-10 August

We’re happy to announce that we will be showing once again at the American Craft Council’s San Francisco show, 8-10 August in the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason. Please come see us in booth 530.

We will be showing only our larger work – vases, candlesticks, menorahs, chess sets, tables, wallpieces, and sculpture – including David’s new masks. creature mask - two creased lines - distressed black - lg

ACC San Francisco is one of the best and most enjoyable fine craft shows in the country, and it should be well worth the trip.

mask progress – 6

mask progress - 6 by dmbstudio
mask progress – 6, a photo by dmbstudio on Flickr.

sixth hammering state – 38 minutes

mask progress – 5

mask progress - 5 by dmbstudio
mask progress – 5, a photo by dmbstudio on Flickr.

after 5 passes and about a half hour of hammering total the face looks like this

mask progress – 4

mask progress - 4 by dmbstudio
mask progress – 4, a photo by dmbstudio on Flickr.

after the fourth round of hammering and annealing the copper, the face looks like this

Mask hammers

Mask Hammers by dmbstudio
Mask Hammers, a photo by dmbstudio on Flickr.

these are the hammers and the punch and the leather sandbag that I’m using for the repousse work at this stage of the process

mask progress – 3

mask progress - 3 by dmbstudio
mask progress – 3, a photo by dmbstudio on Flickr.

this is what it looks like after the third pass at hammering

mask progress – 2

mask progress - 2 by dmbstudio
mask progress – 2, a photo by dmbstudio on Flickr.

here’s the result of the second pass of hammering

mask progress – 1

mask progress - 1 by dmbstudio
mask progress – 1, a photo by dmbstudio on Flickr.

this shows the result of the first hammering pass towards a mask on a piece of copper