CMAG Board
Bruce McKay
Daniel Baca
Ken Patton
Barbara Covey
Lyn Simon
Earl Lovejoy
Susan Lovejoy
Wayne Acton
CMAG Board Meetings
Board meetings are generally held prior to the General Meeting at 6 pm in Room 33.
Members are encouraged to
attend and contribute.
How to Reach Us
Website:
www.cmaguild.org
Write:
Creative Metal Arts Guild
P. O. Box 8946
Portland OR 97207
Newsletter
Contributions, comments,
classified ads, display ads
guild@actonjewelry.comWayne Acton email
Membership
Please visit CMAG's website:
www.cmaguild.org
Annual membership dues are
$60; students $30
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Newsletter
The Creative Metal Arts Guild, a non-profit organization, exists to create a community for metalsmiths, jewelers and metal artists, by facilitating communication, providing information and benefits, promoting a positive image of the creative metal artist and increasing public awareness of the artist's contribution to the community. |
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 President's Message
Hail from the Chief and Presidential Musings
We slogged through another Spring Show, and a good time was had by all regardless of what we may have moaned or groaned about at the time.
It is always good that we have a whole year to forget how much work it takes to put this together!
I do not know at this time what our sales total was for the show but it seemed like a normal show with some of us making decent sales and some of us hoping we get some good out of all the business cards we passed out.
We need to thank those who worked so hard to make this show go so smoothly and look so good. We also need to start the work for next year. We will be meeting this month to begin the organizing for next year, and as always we need some of you to set up and help. Help! Be brave and commit some of your time so next year we can have another great show without it being a great burden on the shoulders of too few members.
If you were someone who was frustrated with this aspect or another of how the show was going, you are exactly the person we need to help make it better next year. If this was your first year of doing the show, you have just the kind of fresh blood we would like to drain and donate for the cause. A little edit here: If this was your first year of doing the show, you now have some experience we would love to utilize for next year’s show!
This is our most visible venue for our Guild and we need it to move forward year after year. This year we were visited by members of the Seattle and British Columbian Metalsmithing Guilds, coming down to see our show and helping connect us to our fellow metal craftspeople. They do not have any show like ours and I hope we can inspire them to organize similar events in their areas.
See you at the next meeting, Bruce
[As always the newsletter(s) along with meeting pictures and so forth are available at our archive (which is now also linked to the CMAG Homepage:)
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Report of CMAG General Meeting April 13, 2010
Note: I'm changing these meeting reports to include more of what's going to happen and not so much stuff that happened but that's not so much pertinent anymore. So, not minutes.
Board: Before the General Meeting at 6 pm in room 33. Well attended. discussion of Guild Council membership. Budget review scheduled for regular October Board Meeting. Budget status looking good, there's some money to spend, come help.
Visitors: Packed house! Again. John, mate of Glori Redfern.Saylor, was dragged to the meeting to get some inspiration. He also drove and later on helped a lot at the show. Lyle, from Cali and a friend of Leroy Goertz, does blacksmithing and welding. Iisha Shorey is a new member and I have some vauge note about her MAC association but I don't remember if as instructor or student. Will check.
Newsletter: Deadline for inclusion is the end of the day of the Monday which is a week before the General meeting. Eight days before in other words, usually it's the same month, sometime previous.
Guild Council: Mandy Allen attends and reports. Our membership is $350 per year. We will be deciding whether to renew later this year. The Council is moving toward professional development and advocacy for art and craft. It's involved with MCC and PNWAC and Etsy and co producing workshops. Moving away from local guild coordination for the Spring Show. Eight guilds are currently members. For more see Mandy's article below and visit the websites she suggests and make the contacts she includes. More CMAG members are likely welcome at the Council meetings.
Library: Hobbs Wells solicits suggestions and donations. See her article below. Bruce continues to digitize the tape videos.
Spring Show: Meeting had much ado here, as you might imagine, most all in the past now. There will be a separate debriefing meeting, looks like, May 18 or 19, at Greg Wilbur's house, details hopefully at May General Meeting. I'm not publishing the sales figures here but they're a lot better than last year though still a long way to go to match our best, details hopefully at May General Meeting. The name "gathering of the Guilds" made it into advertising albeit usually as subtitle to "OPA Showcase." Big congratulations to us all on a major effort. I made it through, but got pretty scratchy by the end. Even with a king size bed at my son's fancy hotel. Couldn't resist a 'John & Yoko' picture.
Programs: Mari Pritchard, who's taken over the helm from Linda Apodaca (offering great appreciation to Linda on all behalfs for the years she's programmed) … Mari has printed a schedule of the 2010 programs which is nearly complete, barring misadventure. EVERYBODY PLEASE NOTE that the AUGUST GENERAL MEETING will NOT be held at our usual MAC room but at Daniel Baca's Studio. In August. So Lyn Simon can make a horrible racket and showers of sparks. This is a novel departure for CMAG so PAY ATTENTION and don't be the only one at the wrong address.
Q & A: Shawn Daughton asked about keeping pearls on a post. Mary Wong lead several others in spirited and detailed instruction. Condensing probably centuries of combined experience. The gist seemed to me to be, the post has got to fit the hole exactly right and use the proper adhesive.
Respectfully reported, Wayne
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Spring Show
By Debra Carus
It's a Wrap! the 2010 CMAG show is over but we can't forget to say a huge thank you to everyone for participating, planning, and volunteering hours to make the show happen. In particular, kudos to our committe chairs for the endless hours and problem solving that goes into making a smooth-running show. Next time you see Mary Wong, Joe and Linda Apodaca, Jessica Vasi, Mandy Allen, Suzanne Arkless, Nancy Hoyt, Ken Patton, Heather Schiffke, Tami Dean, Linda Bretana, Barbara Covey, Dan Rosenquist and Dorothy Overman, Wayne Acton, Philip Panepento, Alma Rands, Greg Wilbur and Randy Rasmussen...don't forget to say thanks for their comittee chair work. Everyone who takes part in the show also deserves a round of applause for their volunteer efforts. And a special thanks to our fearless leader, Judy Acton - please don't forget to thank her for all she did to keep this show going!
We will be organizing a show "de-brief" soon and start the planning process all over again for next year. If you have comments, suggestions, constructive critique, tips and/or gifts of chocolate, please pass them along to the proper authorities. As with everything we do in CMAG, we rely on volunteer efforts and ideas to be the best guild we can be. Let us know what we can do to continue to improve. Once the dust settles, show results and news will be shared at an upcoming monthly meeting.
Signing off for the 2010 show, Debra
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For all Randy Rasmussen's show pics, go to his flickr page.
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 CMAG Library
From Hobbs Wells
Got a library message from Hobbs Wells. The book report thing is close to my heart. She sends part of the CMAG Amazon wish list, which I bet you can visit and probably augment and maybe help prioritize and hopefully endow.
Hello Wayne! Hello Bruce! Attached are four jpeg files, which is my wishlist for books for the CMAG library. … Thought I should start some little entry for the newsletter, about books and the library. I'll do a book review of one of my current favorites on jewelry, a jeweler, or something connected with metalsmithing/jewelry books for the next issue. For this one:
"From the CMAG Library Corner - CMAG's library is a wonderful resource for all of its members. Many of you have enjoyed the privilege of checking out books, videos, DVDs, or periodicals from the CMAG library over the years. If you have items that are long overdue, please contact Hobbs to arrange to get them back to the library. If you're unable to make it to a meeting, she will make arrangements to meet you and pick-up the library materials.
CMAG would like to expand the library and we woud like to hear from you about items you think worthy of inclusion in our library. Please email your suggestions to Hobbs Wells: coquinette@q.com
See you at our next meeting!"
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Guild Council
By Mandy Allen
Here is an announcement from MCC about a guild council/ Etsy meeting they are hosting. I will be talking about it at the next general meeting.
Guild and Etsy Artists Community Forum
May 12th, 2010 from 4 to 6pm
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft
724 Northwest Davis Street
Join us for tea and cookies at Museum of Contemporary Craft to discuss the innovative collaborative opportunities between the Guild Council Program and I Heart Art: Portland! Participating Guild and Etsy artists are encouraged to attend and get involved in developing this year’s program of the following initiatives:
- Special Events and Professional Development Workshops
- Social Media and inter-guild communication
- Mentorship program with PNCA college students
- Oral History of the Guilds Project
About the Guild Council Program
The Guild Council Program at Museum of Contemporary Craft supports the dynamic relationship between regional artist-based organizations, the Museum and Pacific Northwest College of Art. It is dedicated to supporting the Museum and College’s missions through participation in selected community events, rotating displays of artwork, and educational initiatives, as well as bringing together and strengthening the craft community. The focus of the Guild Council Program is on education, outreach, advocacy, collaboration and skill. By connecting makers in all arenas, the Guild Council Program provides a unique opportunity to shape future generations through knowledge of craft and craft-based practices.
Current participants:
Art in the Pearl
Columbia FiberArts Guild
Creative Metal Arts Guild
Guild of Oregon Woodworkers
Oregon Glass Guild
Oregon Potters Association
Portland Bead Society
Portland Open Studios
For more information on the Guild Council Program, please email Kat Perez at katmuseumofcontemporarycraftorg or visit museumofcontemporarycraft.org.
About I Heart Art: Portland
I Heart Art: Portland is a pilot project representing the new relationship between Etsy, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Museum of Contemporary Craft, and the Portland Etsy Team. Its mission is to support and advocate for Portland’s vibrant community of makers by fostering dialogue, inspiring activity, and offering access to resources that are otherwise difficult to find. Aspiring to be a catalyst for engagement, we serve artists, artisans, students and guild members through outreach and education, encouraging participation and collaboration with each other and the greater community as a whole. We are fueled by our love for the arts and our desire for public programming, artist success and professional development.
For more information on I Heart Art: Portland, please email Isaac Watson at iheartartpdxgmailcom
or visit iheartartpdx.com.
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Tool Sale
A paid ad from former CMAGger Linda Mather
JEWELRY &
METALSMITHING
TOOLS and EQUIPMENT
FOR SALE
- Hammers
- Gauges
- Mandrels
- Dapping sets
- Belt sander
- Drill press
- Oxy-propane setup
- Little Torch
- Buffer
- Wax tools
- Stonesetting tools
- Packaging
- Silver, copper
- Cording
- Findings
- and more
All only lightly used
Call Linda at
360-844-5031
mather2mather@hotmail.com
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 Metal/Jewelry Class
From Lee Haga
Lee Haga is offering a 4 credit/ non-credit Metalsmithing/ Jewelry class at Mt. Hood CC this summer.
The dates are :
- Tu June 29
- Th June 1
- Fri June 2
- Tu June 6
- Th June 8
- Fri June 9
- M June 12
- Tu June 13
- Th June 15
- Fri June 16
- 10 classes.
All classes go from 9:30AM- 3:30PM.
Open lab hours will be held on Wednesdays.
Topics covered will be basic fabrication and enameling, photo-etching, forming for 1st term students, and enameling, broom, cuttlebone, watercasting for 2nd term. 3rd term to be determined by the instructor.
For further information, please call the Visual Arts Center at (503) 491-7309.
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Welding Workshop
By Lyn Simon
Lyn Simon passes along a recommendation for the following welding class.
Sculptural Welding Workshop using the Oxygen-Acetylene Torch.
May 15th & 16th, Saturday and Sunday, from 10am to 1pm.
This class will cover basic welding, basic armature, sculpture forming, sheet metal fabrication, torch techniques, the cutting torch and lots more. Each class is small (3-4) to allow individual attention and hands on teaching.
Workshops will be held at 3601 SE Division, up the short driveway from the Metalurges Gallery in SE Portland.
Cost is $135. All tools, equipment, supplies and materials are provided.
Classes will be taught by Rick Gregg - RickGreggStudio.com
Contact Rick at rickgregg@centurytel.net 541-905-6046
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Rebecca's workshop will be held July 10 and 11 from 9 AM to 3 PM with a lunch break. The entire workshop will be on anticlastic raising focusing on proper use of tools and various uses for this technique in jewelry. Metal and the raising stake will be provided for the students. Those attending the workshop should bring their own hammers (raising and plannishing and even textured hammers are welcome.) The fee is $50.00 for the two days. Deadline to sign up is May 19th. Last I heard, two spots were left and she will consider scheduling a second if interest warrants.
