June 13 Membership Meeting

Be sure to reserve on your calendar the date of Wednesday, June 13 to join your Guild of Metalsmiths family at the Little Log House show grounds in Hastings.  Potluck starts at 6:30 pm, with business meeting to follow at 7. Many of us have been to the Little Log House many times, but for those who haven’t, check the map link. You’ll be impressed! We’ll meet at the pavillion on the grounds, and we can also enjoy the opportunity to view the stunningly vivid colors in the flower gardens there.

Long-time Guild member Dave Gavin has volunteered to show us how he creates items by using a unique method called “Mokume gane.” Traditionally, Mokume is the joining of two or more precious or semi-precious metals. Dave will be demonstrating “money” Mokume, in which he makes jewelry from U.S. coins in a quarter denomination. Quarters contain silver, copper, and other metals. He will show the process and the tools he uses for the making of the “money” Mokume. He will weld them together, then draw them out, twist, flatten, and possibly make a finished piece.