EVENTS
DEMO DAYS Are Coming!
By Julia Lowther
In May of next year, the Seattle Metals Guild will be offering DEMO DAYS, an opportunity to attend a delicious series of demonstrations in the days before the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) 2011 Conference in Seattle. The theme for DEMO DAYS is “Alternatives.” There will be 8 demonstrations, 1.5 hours each, and participants will attend 4 presentations on each of 2 days.
- Location: Pratt Fine Arts Center
- Dates & Times: May 24-25, 2011, 9:30am-5:30pm
- Cost: $185/person (includes box lunches)
The venue can accommodate a maximum of 80 attendees, so buy your ticket early! Ticket purchase has been simplified and streamlined through Brown Paper Tickets, so please go to brownpapertickets.com and search for ‘Seattle Metals Guild’ to select your lunches and buy your tickets.
Demonstrators:
- Jim Binnion - Next on the Technical Horizon...
- Joe Churchman - Alternative Structures from Alternative Materials
- Megan Corwin - Alternatives to Using Pitch in Chasing & Repoussé
- Cynthia Eid & Betty Helen Longhi - Shell Forming: Beyond the Basics
- Genne Laakso - Modifying Jewelry
- Bill Seeley - Reactive Metals: Niobium & Titanium
- Susan Zeiss - Mitsuro-Hikime: A Casting Wax Technique.