Ottawa Lapsmith & Mineral Club
190-1C Colonnade road K2E7J5 Ottawa, ON, Canada

The invitation for this silversmithing themed auction has been e-mailed to club members. Please also check your spam/junk folder in case it is not in your inbox. Good luck to all of the bidders.

OLMC May Auction - Silversmithing Our May online auction starts on May 15. The theme will be Silversmithing supplies, faceting and tumbling. All OLMC members can submit up to 5 items for consignment to the auction. Unmounted gemstones, cabochons, freeforms, rock saws and equipment are all welcome. No raw rocks or finished jewellery, please. The workshop is currently closed due to lockdown orders, so you may deliver your items to the club mailbox (narrow slot) or contact ...Kerry Day ("[email protected]", and CC "[email protected]") for receipt at the workshop. - All emails, questions, info about consignment items must be sent or forwarded to "[email protected]", the auction administrator. Please keep him in the loop. - If you wish to put items in the auction for consignment, you must complete the process on or before May 10. After May 10, your items will not be accepted, because the auction administrator will not have enough time. - You are responsible to take your own pictures and fill in the attached consignment form (one per lot), and e-mail it all to "[email protected]". If you cannot use the attached form, then please provide all of the required information from the form in an e-mail. - Any forms and photos received after midnight on May 10th will not be accepted., and the lots will not be put in the auction. - Any items that are not at the club before the day of the auction start on May 15, will not be included in the auction. - There are no exceptions for the format of consignment forms or the deadlines. See more

Another auction is planned for May, but no firm dates yet. It will use the same rules and procedures as the last auction. The May theme is silversmithing tools and components. It will not include finished jewellery.

Many artists find inspiration from children's crafts. Here are some examples from one artist who takes doodles and drawings from her clients' children, and turns them into metallic "wearables", usually for gifts to those same children. https://mymodernmet.com/tasarim-takarim-kid-drawings-into/

Geoheritage Day, Saturday Oct. 24 Carleton University Earth Sciences and the Ottawa-Gatineau Geoheritage Project are pleased to present the 12th Annual Geoheritage Day. This event will be virtual, with the option of visiting sites on your own, with adherence to local and provincial protocols and guidelines regarding COVID-19 mitigation. Geoheritage Day 2020 webpage: https://earthsci.carleton.ca/outrea/explore-geoheritage-day Event google site map: https://www.google.com/ma...ps/d/edit Please reach out if you have any questions. Best Regards Beth McLarty Halfkenny Curator and Outreach Coordinator Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University [email protected] https://earthsci.carleton.ca/

Rock Splitting videos! There are many videos showing how to split large and heavy stones, just as there are many videos on how to move them around. Maybe this is an alternative to the diamond blade saws at the studio. Ancient Greek method (demo ends at 4:30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi2nC4wgT6c Rock splitting at home on This Old House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV4Cd8rEDlE Using EcoBust (and a drill, results at four minute mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0uFoZ7das0 Could this be you, if you only have a hammer,? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VuJO_tjBko

Drew Evans makes sculptures with bicycle chains and gears. https://mymodernmet.com/bike-chain-metal-sculptures/

Sea otters use rocks to crack open clams, crabs and other shellfish on their tummies. ... Many otters have a favorite rock that they store in one of their underarm pockets, carrying it with them wherever they go.