tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64375937360550434152024-03-05T00:00:52.617-07:00Lynette AndreasenLynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.comBlogger575125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-59016140836989303152014-05-17T09:17:00.000-07:002014-05-17T09:17:00.703-07:00Gender Reveal:)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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22 weeks pregnant in this picture. We had our 20 week ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and found out the gender of our baby. Watch the video or see the pictures below to find out what we are having!</div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-88027992253383741842014-05-01T06:01:00.000-07:002014-05-16T06:03:34.578-07:00Africa Night<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last month we hosted a big dinner at our house for members of the church we belong to here in Doha. The dinner was an "Africa Night" theme, and was cooked by some of the male African members. <br />
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Here are some of the foods they made:</div>
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Egusi Soup- made from Egusi (Melon) seeds, Red Palm Oil, Beef, Dry Fish, Bitter leaf, and seasonings</div>
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African Salad- made from cassava, oil bean, tomatoes, and African chili</div>
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Pepper Soup- made with chicken (they bought a live chicken, de-feathered it and butchered it themselves), plantains, yams and scent leaf</div>
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Everyone had so much fun and people really enjoyed trying the authentic African food. </div>
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While our move to Doha has been challenging in so many ways, we have been lucky enough to make friends quickly here which has made the transition so much easier. There are so many people in Doha who are so kind and generous and we feel so thankful just to have had the opportunity to cross paths with them.</div>
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This night was so fun, here are some more pictures of friends and food:)</div>
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Unsurprisingly, the Arabian Desert is pretty desolate. There is not a whole lot of wildlife to be seen, either flora or fauna. Mostly what we see are pigeons, doves, GIANT flying cockroaches, ants, and (not wild) camels. However, we recently had the lovely experience of finding this creature in our swimming pool (thank goodness it was DEAD at the bottom of my pool and not crawling over my kitchen floor). This is what they call a "Fat Tailed Man Killer". </div>
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Wikipedia tells us that, "<b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Fattail scorpion</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> or </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">fat-tailed scorpion</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> is the common name given to</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Scorpion">scorpions</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" style="background-color: white; 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color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 13.333333015441895px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">They are found throughout the semi-arid and arid regions of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Middle East">Middle East</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Africa">Africa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 13.333333015441895px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">They are a moderate sized scorpion, attaining lengths of 10 cm (just under 4 in).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 13.333333015441895px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Their common name is derived from their distinctly fat metasoma, or tail, while the Latin name originates from Greek and means "man killer".</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; 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So, how awesome is that? Yeah, not so awesome. I'm just hoping this is the only one we ever see. People told us it is very rare to see them here, but we live kind of on the edge of the desert so who knows. All I know is I had nightmares for days after finding this guy.</div>
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Scott wanted to keep it to cast in resin for like a paperweight or something. I freaked out at the suggestion of keeping that THING anywhere in my house. The scorpions fate was to get thrown out in the dumpster. Yuck.</div>
<br />Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-65480128289404247392014-04-14T06:42:00.000-07:002014-05-12T06:44:32.587-07:00I got a job!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the hardest things for me to do when moving to Qatar was quit my jobs. I LOVED working at Mesa Art Center and Central Arizona College. I loved teaching. I loved the regular studio time (hard to come by as a new mom) that came with having a job (outside of my home). I wanted SO badly to be able to find something similar in Qatar. Odds seemed slim, being that Doha is not a very big city and there is really only one place where jewelry classes are offered. That one place is a small campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. They offer 1 jewelry class per semester as an elective in their fashion design department. I had my heart set on getting a job teaching for VCUQ before we moved here, even though I knew chances that they would have an opening were small. But, I got lucky! Someone who had been teaching got another job and had to leave. I was hired at the end of this semester. CRAZY. I finished out the last month of class and had such a good time. </div>
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One thing that has been really strange for me (but is actually really common here) is that I had not yet met any native Qataris since moving to Doha. I actually hadn't even really met any Muslims, which is so strange since I live in a Muslim country! One of the reasons for this is because we live in a stand alone villa as opposed to a compound like most expats. Also, because I didn't have a job, I was staying home with Ellie, I just wasn't exposed to a lot of different types of people. I see Muslims everywhere (here it is very obvious who most of the Muslims are because of the way they dress, and they are the vast majority of the population), but I had yet to actually meet or talk to any. My jewelry class had 8 students, 7 females and 1 male. All but 2 of the students were Qatari and Muslim. The 2 other students were Filipino and Sudanese. Besides helping them finish their jewelry projects, I absolutely LOVED being able to talk with them about their culture. I asked them all my burning questions and we had wonderful conversations about American culture vs. Qatari/Islamic/Arabic culture. It was great:) </div>
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Another great thing about the class is that I am actually team teaching with another jeweler whose experience/knowledge is vastly different from my own. He is from Afghanistan/Tajikistan and owns a jewelry shop here (in the Gold Souq). He makes very high end, gold, blingy, stone encrusted, shiny jewelry. I love that I get to work with him and will hopefully get to learn from him as well. The timing of my hiring is unfortunate in that I only was able to work the last month of this semester, and then I will start next semester but am due to have a baby about a month after school starts. Hopefully I can continue on after I have the baby and experience more of what it is like to teach jewelry in this part of the world. So far, even though it is an American University, the program is much different than I have experienced in Arizona. I loved teaching in Arizona but change is also good and I am so happy to have been given this opportunity at VCUQ. I can't wait to see where it leads. </div>
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I wish I had taken more pictures of the studio and the students, but these are all I have. </div>
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Areial view of campus. <a href="http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/oldsite/about-vcuqatar/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(photo credit)</span></a></div>
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The jewelry studio workroom. There is also a torch/kiln/casting room, office, and polishing room.</div>
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I am seriously SO EXCITED about teaching here, I can't even tell you how happy I am!</div>
Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-54338767142403296702014-04-08T05:32:00.000-07:002014-05-12T05:34:13.465-07:00My brother got married!<div style="text-align: center;">
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My younger brother got married in March, and I was lucky enough to be able to take an insanely short trip (30+ hour flights each way, only staying in the US for 3 days) back home to be there for the occasion. He and his wife were married in a very small courthouse ceremony, and then headed to Bora Bora (just the two of them) for their actual wedding. I'm really excited for my brother and love the girl he married. I finally got the sister I always wanted! I just wish we lived a little closer together so we could see them more often. Who knows what the future holds, maybe we will someday. Anyway, here are a few photos from both ceremonies. </div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-13846921366413554282014-04-06T04:55:00.000-07:002014-05-11T04:57:00.594-07:00Visitors!<div style="text-align: center;">
In March we had our first visitors come to see us in Qatar. My inlaws came and stayed with us for about 2 and a half weeks. We had a great time showing them around Doha, and finally getting out to do some of the touristy things we had been meaning to do since we moved here. Here are some pictures from their visit. </div>
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We visited the Fanar Islamic Cultural Center where we got to learn about Qatari cultural customs, and about the Islamic Religion. </div>
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There is also a mosque in the center, this picture (below) was taken in the prayer room. My mother in law and I were asked to wear abayas and hijab provided by the center, out of respect for the customs here. Normally the men and women do not sit in the mosque together, the men pray downstairs in this area and there is an upper balcony area reserved for women only. I enjoyed the experience of trying the abaya but Ellie was NOT happy about it. She kept telling me, "mommy take it off!"</div>
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We went to Souq Waqif several times for shopping and souvenirs (and camel pictures!)</div>
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Shopping at the souq (marketplace).</div>
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Buying Pashminas.</div>
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Ellie and Grandpa observing the shopping with casual disinterest:)</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> Museum of Islamic Art (AMAZING!). I can't wait to go back, this museum was beautiful. Their permanent collections were gorgeous (lots of metalwork, ceramics, very old books, wood carving, etc.) They also had a really neat exhibition up called "Kings and Pawns: Board Games from India to Spain". I wish I had been allowed to take pictures of that exhibition because it was phenomenal. </span></div>
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Even the architecture of the museum is beautiful. This is inside looking up at the top most dome and a chandelier. </div>
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The museum also had great views of the bay.</div>
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Scott took his parents and Ellie on a boat ride of West Bay. I was too sick (pregnancy nausea) to get on the boat but they had a lot of fun and I look forward to being able to go when I feel better. </div>
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You will only understand how cool this is if you are a jeweler, but the beach was littered with cuttlebones! I collected a ton and brought them home. I couldn't believe that these things are like 10 dollars a piece back home and here they are just laying on the beach like pebbles. Crazy.</div>
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Other fun things we did were to just drive around and show them the city and residential areas. These pictures are of a Qatari villa where the family is celebrating a wedding. They string the villa with lights for about a month to celebrate a marriage (or at least thats what someone told us the lights were for). We are always seeing houses like this around town but the lights only ever stay up for about a month.</div>
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We had so much fun with Scotts family and felt so lucky to have visitors come such a distance to see us. We hope to have more visitors in the future (seriously, let us know if you want to come, we have plenty of room for you to stay!)</div>
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Just wanted to let you all know that we are expecting another baby (our 2nd) at the end of September! Ellie is very excited about being a big sister and very much wants mommy to have a "girl baby". We'll see:)</div>
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One of the things we like most about living in Qatar is that we are exposed to so much more of the world than we ever were back home. We get to meet people from every country imaginable. Its a very eye opening experience being here and we love it.<br />
A couple of weeks ago we went to the Moroccan handicraft festival at <a href="http://www.katara.net/english/">Katara</a>. Katara is a large organization that maintains/celebrates/and teaches about the culture here in Qatar. From their website, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Katara was born out of a long held vision to position Qatar as an international cultural lighthouse, radiating in the Middle East through Theater, Literature, Art, Music, Conventions and Exhibitions." </span></div>
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The festival had over 55 artisans in ceramics, handmade traditional clothing, handwoven rugs, metalwork, jewelry, carpentry, etc. I wanted to take every single thing I saw there home with me! It was all so beautiful. I would love to travel to Morocco some day. </div>
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I was especially interested in the booths that featured metalwork. There was a jewelry booth with Tuareg jewelry, and I also found a man who did Damascene, although he told me that in Morocco they call it Damasquini. His shop was amazing. </div>
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Damascene is the process of inlaying fine silver (or other soft metals) into steel. His process was very similar to the way I learned to do it, but the tools he used were slightly different. I posted about my experience learning the technique of Damascene <a href="http://lynetteandreasen.blogspot.com/2012/06/nunome-zogan-damascene.html">here</a>. If you are interested in looking at more of his work, his website is www.palaisdamasquini.com . Theres a really good video on the website <a href="http://www.palaisdamasquini.com/actualites.html">here</a>.</div>
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In this photo (above) you can see the texture that is cut into the surface of the steel (looks like cross-hatching) in order for the silver to be inlaid.</div>
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And, Ellie got her first henna tattoo! </div>
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They put glitter on it...which only ended up making a huge mess. But Ellie thought she was a princess!</div>
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We ended the night with a nice little stroll along the shoreline.</div>
Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-32130391210700795562014-01-20T11:13:00.000-07:002014-01-20T11:13:32.111-07:00Still Here...<div style="text-align: center;">
Since I last blogged, we have celebrated Christmas and New Years. We have moved into our permanent housing, and settled (somewhat) into a normal groove. I've gotten really behind and know I need to update this more. My computer totally crashed and had to have major surgery, and I'd like to think I would have blogged sooner, but lets be honest, I've never been very good at this. Anyway, suffice it to say that a lot has happened. We celebrated our first Christmas ever away from home and family, which was hard, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Thank goodness for skype, it made it possible for us to open Christmas presents with grandma and grandpa and almost (but not quite) made it feel like they were right there with us. New Years was uneventful...we didn't stay up or watch a countdown or anything. The bad thing about working in this country is that they don't have the same holidays (days off work) as we do in America. So Scott didn't get Christmas or New Years day off. That was a little strange. We will have to get used to having other holidays off like Ramadan and Eid:) Despite not celebrating New Years, I couldn't help but feel like this is going to be a special year for us. This year we will be living in Qatar. I will gain a new sister in law (my brother is getting married!!). I will watch my baby turn 3, and I will officially pass from my 20's to my 30's (yikes). I have no idea what else this year will bring but I know it will be full of change. I'm looking forward to it. </div>
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Anyway, back to the update. We moved into a "villa" at the beginning of November. Villa is the term they use here for houses. Ours is a stand alone villa on the outskirts of Doha. Most of the people we know here live in compounds but we chose not to. We like the solitude and quiet out where we are, but its also a little isolated. We don't have the same community of expats that goes along with living in a compound. Our villa came unfurnished, which in the states means that it doesn't come with furniture. Here it means it doesn't come with furniture or appliances (like fridge, washer/dryer, stove, etc). So that was interesting (and expensive). Also, when you make a move in the states, you take a lot of your stuff with you. When you move overseas like this (at least for us), it meant we left a lot behind. We sold almost everything and put some things into storage. We pretty much didn't bring any furniture except our beds and my jewelers bench. So, we live in this 5 bedroom/4 bathroom mansion that is almost completely empty. Its funny. Its also hard because we feel like we are completely starting over. I feel like I'm 18 years old and moving out of my parents house again. I'm sure over time we will accumulate things but I know we will never fill this gigantic house. Not that we need to, its way too big for our little family of 3. They like to live very large here. Almost all the homes have at least as many bathrooms as they do bedrooms. And our house is small compared to how the locals live. They also have lots of servants. At some point Ill take some photos of the villas around our neighborhood that are owned by Qataris. They all look like palaces. Ellie calls them princess castles. Despite how empty our villa is, its starting to feel like home. Slowly. </div>
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Other than that, we are pretty much just trying to acclimate to every day life in this part of the world. Life changed drastically for me when we moved here (for MANY reasons) but one huge struggle is that I haven't really driven at all since we got here. I got an international drivers license before we came, only to find out that its not really very legal here. So I drove once, thought better of it, and haven't driven since. I got here October 1st...which means I haven't driven in over 3 months. Losing the freedom that comes with transportation is really hard. I can use personal drivers, which I do sometimes, but its expensive and not super convenient. I have been incredibly lucky to make fast friends here with some ladies that attend the same church as us, and they have very generously given me rides to playgroups, cooking classes, and book clubs. I think that's the only thing that has kept me sane, is these amazing people just scooping me up into their lives and making us feel so welcome here. I've never been quick to make friends so it shocked me and has been a huge blessing that I really never would have expected. Another major change is that I went from working 2 jobs that I loved, to being a full time stay at home mom. It's been a little rough, just because I really loved teaching, but its also been really nice to be able to spend all my time with my little girl, and to be able to have nothing more on my plate than to just watch her grow. She amazes me and I know she makes me a better person. I am still looking for work here in Doha, but if the right job doesn't come along I will be content to be home with Ellie and just enjoy the time I have with her. I also brought my bench and some tools so I can make jewelry at home and possibly teach private lessons. </div>
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I think that's all for now...I will try to update more often:) Thanks for hanging in there with me:)</div>
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We celebrated Halloween last week...which was strange to me, because I wasn't really expecting to celebrate Halloween in Qatar. Apparently there are lots of people here who do, so we joined in:) Our shipment won't arrive until mid November, so all of my holiday decorations are still on a boat at sea. We improvised and made our own Halloween decorations!</div>
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Skull and crossbones snowflake,</div>
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spider snowflake, </div>
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spider and bat snowflake, and </div>
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bat and jack o lantern snowflake!</div>
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Ellie loved her mermaid costume and was excited to trick or treat for the first time (in Qatar of all places!!)</div>
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She collected lots of candy because everyone thought she was so cute:)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I took Ellie to the playground and there was a family there with 3 kids, probably ranging from about 4 years old to 7 or 8. Ellie wanted to play but the kids kept running away from her. At first they were just avoiding her but they quickly became more and more aggressive in their certainty that she not play with them. They pushed her off some playground equipment, blocked her way to the slide, hid their toys, called her a baby, and continued to devise ways to get her away from them. I simply observed and didn't get involved for a few reasons. One, Ellie is so young and innocent she didn't even know what was going on and she wasn't upset, two, i kept waiting for the adult with them to step in (never happened, I think she was a nanny and not a parent), and three, i honestly didn't even know what to do. I was also a little shocked. I know kids can be mean, but experiencing it yourself and then watching your (two year old) child go through it are two entirely different things. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">As a parent you want to protect your children from such hurt. But you cant...and even if you could you shouldn't because only by experience can they know what it feels like. And that, that is the best way for them to learn never to treat others this way. I know I am making a big deal from a small thing, but it really upset me. It broke my heart to watch Ellie try so hard to make new friends and for her to be so thoroughly rejected. It broke my heart because i know this is only the first in a lifetime of similar hurts, and there will be much greater sorrow in her life too. It broke my heart because the children mistreating her were so young themselves. It broke my heart because I know exactly how it feels to be the one excluded.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I hope more than anything that I can teach Ellie to never, ever treat anyone this way. I hope to teach her love, compassion, mercy, humility, kindness, and generosity. I hope she can grow up to be the type of person who, when she sees things like this happen, she steps in and makes the singled out person feel welcome. I hope she seeks out the excluded, the isolated, and the secluded. I hope she can be a true friend.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I know this experience probably affected me more today because I am alone in a foreign country without family or friends and am feeling lonely (although to be fair we have already met some fantastic and very welcoming people, but friendships take time). I know I cant protect her from everything (and that i shouldn't). I know i really have no control...but that doesn't make it any easier. Being a parent is hard. I always knew it would be, and I know this experience was nothing compared to others we will have, but again, that doesn't make it any easier. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">So...we didn't bring a Halloween costume for Ellie...because we are in Qatar and we figured they probably don't celebrate Halloween here right? Wrong. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Apparently there are enough Americans that Halloween and trick or treating here exist. So, we found this picture (above) of a mermaid costume online and took it to a local tailor at the souq. We also went fabric shopping at the souq for the material for the costume. We asked for a couple of small changes like sleeves but otherwise kinda left what they did up to them (as long as it looked like a mermaid). They measured Ellie up, took our picture and fabric, and told us to come back in</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> a week.</span></div>
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Checking out the final product with the tailor.</div>
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So cute!!! We love how it turned out and can't wait to take Ellie out for her first trick or treating experience (in Qatar of all places)!!</div>
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Just in case you are wondering, this whole costume cost us less than $30 for the fabric and tailoring...which I thought was pretty dang awesome. I'm going to have a hard time keeping myself in check because how cool would it be to go and have a bunch of dress up clothes made??!!</div>
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Well, its been about 3 weeks since we arrived in Doha, and honestly I love it so far. Its foreign and overwhelming and crazy, but there are things I really like about it too. I think I will save that for its own post though. </div>
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The first few days I was here we stayed in Scott's company apartment in downtown westbay. The view of the city was incredible, and our apartment was also right by the beach.</div>
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I love how just outside the huge skyscrapers of the city, you can see the sprawling residential areas. </div>
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But, we didn't stay in the company housing for long because it was very expensive and we needed to save some money to get into our own place. So, we moved in with some very generous family friends. We will probably be here about a month and half in total. You can see the compound they live in below. </div>
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And, this is the house we are staying in (below), until we can move into our own place. We found something but have to wait for the current renters to vacate in about a month. Most of the expats live in homes like this, called "villas". A lot of them are in compounds but some are stand alone. The benefit of a compound is that it is often an instant community of people from the US, they have amenities like pools and playgrounds, and they also offer a small level of security (although it is very safe here). They have the feel of a duplex or townhouse, or even apartments...except for the fact that ALL the houses/apartments here are HUGE. I mean really huge. We looked at tons of villas to rent and almost all of them were WAY more space than we needed. They all have as many or more bathrooms than bedrooms! Its crazy! They don't do anything on a small scale here. Anything. And the cost of living is crazy. The lowest prices for apartments is around $2200/month. Most are upwards of $3800/month! Most expats have their living expenses paid for by their employers, but its still just crazy how expensive living here is. Anyway, when we move into our new place I will post more on that topic.</div>
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Last week was a Muslim holiday here in Qatar, Eid Mubarak. The holiday is to celebrate Abrahams sacrifice of Ishmael. For us, it meant that Scott got a few days off work. It was nice because we got to do some touristy stuff like visit the singing sand dunes.</div>
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This is my favorite thing we have done so far. Out in the desert there are these HUGE sand
dunes. And when the wind hits them, or
when you climb up or down them (anything causing the sand to move) they make
this crazy humming sound. It’s a natural
phenomenon that only happens in about 35 places worldwide. Certain conditions have to be met in order
for the sand to “sing”, such as the sand grains have to be round and between
0.1 and 0.5 mm in diameter, the sand has to contain silica, and the sand needs
to be at a certain humidity. People also
say the dunes make a louder noise when it’s hotter outside. It was pretty amazing to experience. It sounded like a very loud, very low pitched
humming. And you could feel the
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<span style="text-align: center;">It was very hard to climb to the top of the dunes, the climb was really steep and as you climbed sand was just sliding down faster than you could make progress.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">But getting to the top was worth the hike, the view was incredible.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">I will remember that sight all my life.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">We went with some new friends and had a bonfire and bbq at the bottom of the dunes.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">It was really fun.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">Ellie loved the sand and just rolled in it the whole time.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">She didn’t want to leave.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">We gave her a bath when we got home and I swear a half a cup of sand came out of her hair and off her body.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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Another thing we did while Scott was off was go to the State
Mosque (Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque). The mosque is one of the largest religious structures
in Qatar with an area of approximately 20,000m² (across three levels), a
capacity for 12,000 worshippers and a land area of 175,000m². The main prayer
hall has 28 large domes with a single minaret which is 65m in height. It was beautiful. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">We saw online that they would be giving guided tours, so we arrived at the Mosque and asked about the tour.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">The security guard looked confused but told us that sure, we could go inside.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">Hmmm.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">Once inside, another guard said that I had to enter through the womens entrance.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">So we walked all the way around (it was a long walk, that place was huge!) to the womens entrance.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">At which they told me that I could not enter the prayer room with Ellie (no kids under 7 allowed).</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">So that was a bummer.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> But we did get to walk around the hallways and main courtyard, which was amazing. </span><span style="text-align: center;">I would love to go back again sometime.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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One of the craziest things to me about Qatar is how many american chains are here. Its unbelievable. I mean, its the middle east!! I guess Im just really surprised by how many american restraunts are here. Mcdonalds, burger king, arbys, carls jr, dairy queen, chilis, macaroni grill, applebees, dunkin donuts, shake shack, krispy cremes, they are all here. Ellie's happy about it...but I'm not, haha!</div>
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But I am happy to have found some of this! Although I'm going to have to quit because soda costs like $1/can here and thats a habit I can't afford:)</div>
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And Ellie is happy to have found chocolate milk. This girl is wanting for nothing...chicken nuggets, chocolate milk, and the world's biggest sandbox...what more could she ask for? :)</div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-13271367489793905382013-08-10T06:00:00.000-07:002013-10-12T06:01:55.889-07:00Big News<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmarbajora/5122771659/" title="Downtown Doha, Qatar by Elmar Bajora, on Flickr"><img alt="Downtown Doha, Qatar" height="360" src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1346/5122771659_d881ed8e20_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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Major Announcement!! After several months of decision making/negotiations/waiting/researching, my husband and I have decided to move our family to Doha, Qatar. My husband will be working as a civil engineer and GIS specialist there. We aren't sure how long we plan to stay but are excited for our new adventure! We should head to Doha sometime in late August/early September. I'm sure we will have lots of adventures to share once we get settled!</div>
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In early August I had the opportunity to travel to Layton, New Jersey to teach a week long filigree workshop at Peters Valley Craft Center. I had SO MUCH fun! The students were awesome...so enthusiastic and productive. We had a really great time. Here are some photos from my week there.</div>
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The campus is actually in a state park, so all of the buildings and structures are historic buildings, most are more than 100 years old.</div>
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I got to give my slide lecture in this old church (below). It was hands down the coolest place I have ever given a talk on my work!</div>
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I made these earrings during the class and donated them for the weekly auction at Peters Valley.</div>
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And here is just one example of student work from the class...all the students left with several finished pieces and lots of things in progress. They were a very productive bunch!</div>
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I had such a great time and hope to be invited back in the future!</div>
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This summer I am teaching a filigree workshop at<a href="http://www.petersvalley.org/"> Peters Valley Craft Center</a> in Layton, NJ. I made this piece for the faculty exhibition. For more info on the workshop, <a href="http://www.petersvalley.org/html/workshops_and_classes.cfm">click here</a>. </div>
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I recently had the opportunity to make a piece for Bob Ebendorf's exhibition, "Keep It In The Can" at Equinox Gallery in San Antonio Texas. 75 artists were invited to make pins in honor of and influenced by Bob Ebendorf and his work. Here are a few photos from the exhibition courtesy of <a href="http://www.lorenaangulo.com/">Lorena Angulo</a>. </div>
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Here is Bob in front of the pin display.</div>
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And here you can see some of Bob's work (above and below)</div>
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<br />Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-16553667050004565482013-03-08T04:57:00.000-07:002013-10-10T05:05:53.594-07:00Marriage of Metals Workshop at The Ranch in Snohomish, Washington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past weekend I had the opportunity to teach a workshop at The Ranch Center for Arts and Crafts, in Snohomish, WA. I had a great time teaching marriage of metals techniques to an awesome group of students. Here are some photos from the class.</div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-63258987119203392472013-02-03T21:34:00.001-07:002013-02-03T21:40:40.099-07:00Custom Wedding Cake Server and Topper, and Bridesmaids Jewelry!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few months back I got the opportunity to make a custom wedding cake server and topper for my niece. </div>
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I fabricated the pieces from 16 gauge brass. </div>
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Spent LOTS of time sanding, filing, finishing, and polishing.</div>
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Then I had them silver plated.</div>
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I didn't get the best photos so hopefully I can borrow the pieces back at some point to get better shots!</div>
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And, here they are on her cute cake!</div>
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It was a really fun project and not something I normally get to do. I really hope to be able to do more of these in the future!</div>
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I also got to make the jewelry for her bridesmaids. Her colors were gray, navy and yellow, and the dresses were gray and navy so she wanted the jewelry to be yellow.</div>
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<br />Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-15984054066424376352012-12-02T21:03:00.002-07:002012-12-02T21:04:07.468-07:00Mesa Arts Festival<div style="text-align: center;">
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Come stop by my booth at the Mesa Arts Center Holiday Arts Fesitval! I will have lots of new jewelry for sale, and hopefully some Christmas ornaments too (depends on how much work time my little girl allows me this week:). Which reminds me, its been a while since I posted a picture of her on here. We recently moved, and she now has a backyard to play in...which she loves:)</div>
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Kick off the holidays at Mesa Arts Center and experience this fun and exciting community event!</div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-51548141551952784052012-10-05T07:07:00.000-07:002012-10-05T07:07:00.251-07:00Earrings Workshop and Public Lecture in Tucson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Next weekend I am teaching a workshop on Earrings down in Tucson. We will spend two full days <span style="font-size: small;">exploring the ins and outs of all different types of earring findings from traditional fishhooks to hinged loops.
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several variations of traditional fishhooks, kidney wires, posts, hinged
hoops, forged hoops, swing hoops, extended earwires, and more. I am really excited about this workshop because there really is SO MUCH you can do just with simple earrings!! And its in my hometown, which is great. I love having excuses to go home (and Eegees!!) :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately, the workshop sold out pretty quickly so there are no open spots left, but... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I will also be presenting a <u><b>"FREE and Open to the Public" lecture entitled "Invented Heirlooms"</b></u>. The lecture will be held on<u><b> Friday, October 12th from 7:00-8:30pm</b></u> at the <span id="eventDetailsMain_viewLocation">Randolph Center Photo Lecture Room, Bldg #2, 200 S Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711. </span></span></div>
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The weeks and days are rushing by so fast...faster than EVER. I am so busy teaching this semester I have yet to find balance. My little girl grows bigger and more beautiful every day, while all I can do is watch and hope that each and every day she knows that she is loved. My baby is gone and a child has taken her place.</div>
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Like I said, this semester is a little crazy with how much I am teaching. But its good. I love my job. Truly I feel so blessed to be able to do what I love. I know how lucky I am. </div>
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That's all for now, just wanted to let you all know that I am still here:)</div>
Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-48010020445476995022012-09-13T14:58:00.001-07:002012-09-13T14:58:54.655-07:00Metals and Jewelry Invitational at West Kentucky Community and Technical College: Paducah School of Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am participating in the upcoming "Metals and Jewelry Invitational" at West Kentucky Community and Technical College: Paducah School of Art. The Show opens September 21st and is a way for the school to boost interest in their new Metals and Jewelry program. See more info in the news article (Paducah Sun) below. I am honored to be a part of this exhibition and have several friends participating as well whose work I really admire. I wish I could see the show in person but unfortunately will not be making the trip to Kentucky. If you are in the area, be sure to check it out!</div>
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<br />Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025086110336725390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437593736055043415.post-56736353695053016832012-08-31T11:59:00.000-07:002012-08-31T11:59:00.133-07:00Shibuichi: Make it yourself<div style="text-align: center;">
A few years ago I did <a href="http://lynetteandreasen.blogspot.com/2008/09/shibuichi.html">a little post</a> about when I made shibuichi for the first time. My friend <a href="http://www.victoriaaltepeter.blogspot.com/">Victoria Altepeter</a> taught me how to make it. I get tons of hits on this post and tons of people are directed to my blog when they do a google keyword search for "shibuichi". I have google analytics, which is how I know how people find my blog. Its a cool and creepy thing.</div>
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Anyway, I thought since I get so much traffic to my blog from people looking to learn how to make shibuichi, that I should do a more detailed post on the matter. So, here we go.</div>
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How to make your own shibiuichi!</div>
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Shibuichi is a Japanese alloy of silver and copper. It can range anywhere between 5% silver to 50% silver with the rest being copper. Shibuichi is a beautiful pinkish white metal that can take a wide range of patinas to change to many colors from blues and greens to deep reds and oranges. It works wonderfully, reticulates to amazing textures, and casts well. Oh, and because of its high copper content, its cheaper than sterling! I prefer a 70-80% copper and 20-30% silver alloy.</div>
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First you need to decide what precentage you want your alloy to be. Once you have determined that, cut your scrap metal into small pieces and weigh it out (separately by metal). Keep in mind that if you are using sterling instead of fine silver you have to account for the fact that sterling already is 7.5% copper. </div>
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Your next step is to decide what kind of ingot you are going to pour (sheet or wire). Then make sure you carbon coat the ingot so your metal will not stick to it. Do this by lighting just the gas on your oxy/acetylene torch and running the flame over your ingot mold. The smoke that comes off the gas only flame is dark dirty and will totally coat your mold in carbon. </div>
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See how black it is?</div>
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Then its time to preheat your crucible. Make sure your crucible is large enough to hold the amount of metal you are going to pour. You should have a crucible designated just for shibuichi (although depending on your alloy, it may be ok to use your sterling crucible). This is so you do not cross contaminate your metals. Light your torch and heat up your crucible until it is slightly glowing with heat. Also make sure to give it a coating of flux (borax). Make sure you always wear protective eyewear when working with the torch, and other appropriate safety gear.</div>
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Now you are ready to start melting metal. This is where it gets fun! I always start with my higher melting temperature metal first (so in this case, copper). Put your CLEAN copper scraps into the crucible and heat with the torch until they are completely molten to a liquid state. Then add your silver and heat until it is melted. Add a little more borax and scrape any junk off the surface of your liquid metal. Make sure to stir with a carbon rod so you know the metal is completely molten. </div>
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When all your metal is liquified, you are ready to pour into your ingot. This takes coordination and practice. I am not coordinated and almost always spill some out. Luckily any spills are recoverable!</div>
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Try to pour continuously and quickly. If you go to slow or have breaks, you may not end up with one solid piece when it cools. </div>
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Wait until the metal is no longer red hot before opening the ingot mold, or taking your metal out (depending on which type of mold you are using). Then you can open it up, take the metal out, quench in water and then pickle.</div>
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After pickling I take my ingot to the belt sander and grind off any sharp edges or flashing. When rolling your metal down in the rolling mill these sharp edges can cause cracks. If you do see any cracks when rolling out your metal, make sure to grind them completely away right away, otherwise they will just get bigger and bigger each time you feed your metal through the rolling mill.</div>
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As you can see from the picture below, I poured too slowly and got a separation of the metal in my ingot. This part needs to be cut off or it will just crack. </div>
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Once you feel more resistance, its time to anneal. I usually only roll my ingot through the mill 4-5 times before annealing. Just keep annealing and running it through the mill until you get the thickness that you want!</div>
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Viola, you now have your very own hand made shibuichi! For more direction on making shibuichi, check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-DPKoOyLTU">this video of my friend, Andy Cooperman.</a></div>
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And here is a picture of the shibuichi I rolled out and then reticulated.</div>
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Now you can see how easy it is to make your own shibuichi. Have fun!</div>
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Another recent custom order for one of the owners of<a href="http://oolamoola.com/"> this </a>company. Oola keychains!</div>
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I guess I forgot to take a picture of the back, but the back side of the keychain reads, "My Oola Is..."</div>
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They are brass, copper, and sterling silver.</div>
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The Oola logo is a series of concentric circles, which was the basis for the design. There are also 7 "F's" of oola, which is why there are 7 copper rivets.</div>
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I love helping clients turn their ideas into tangible objects!</div>
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