We are excited to announce our next conference, which will be held at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, June 17-21.

Here is the great graphic, designed by member Sandra Spannan and her crew at see.gold, and Tip publisher Micki Cavanah.

Sign up for the Society of Gilders Conference 2019

 June 17-21, 2019  Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Download the SOG 2019 Conference Catalog

Offerings include professional and some introductory level classes: verre églomisé, toning of the gilded wooden surface, sgraffito, granito, pastiglia, gold tooling on leather, book edge gilding, and more, as well as lectures, social events, and a community project.

Early-registration is now open!

Discounts for SOG members!

 

The Society of Gilders was once again invited to have a table at the West Coast Art & Frame Show (WCAF), in Las Vegas.  This was their 20th anniversary, and many long-time framers and gilders were there.  We did some gilding demos and gained some new members, and saw some old friends. 

My apartment is in an old mill complex, and we have a community room.  I gave a quilling class to some residents and their friends.

Here is the table, set up neatly with practice materials and kits, and ready for the students.

And here we are, after about 2 hours of work!

 And, finally, the successful students, with their cards:

Once again, I will be exhibiting at the excellent Creative Hands Art Show on Nov 4, 2018.

I will have several new pieces, among them 3 etrog boxes, the result of a collaboration with local woodworker, Merle Krueger.  Any remaining after the show will then be posted in the “current work” page, and available for sale.  Or contact me.

Here is one such box, a sukkah design, in a cherry box.  I also made a carrying bag for it.  The design is quilled, and the word “Simachtem (You shall rejoice)” is raised gilding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope to see you there!

At the beginning of October I attended the ArtFusion conference at the Estes Park YMCA.  While it is a YMCA, with kids camps and all sorts of recreational facilities, it is much more – a huge, sprawling resort, with many types of accommodations and dining areas.  This was “Eco week”, so it was filled with grade schoolers, as well as numerous adult conferences and reunions.  It was very well run. 

The conference was primarily for decorative artists, but I was invited to set up a table for the Society of Gilders.  I also took a verre églomisé class from SOG member Mary Beth Ting, who helped me at the table and took this picture.  On the day I left, there was a beautiful rainbow.