[Welcome] New Members for January 22, 2016

Please welcome our newest members…

Igor V Kuznetsov
New Canaan, Connecticut. USA

Jewelry Designer / Goldsmith specializing on Anticlastic Raising
Technique.

Jewelry designs items included earrings, bracelets, rings, pendants,
pins, neckpieces and sculptural wearable objects.

Involved in design and development of free-style prototyping
techniques for experimental jewelry designs employing Anticlastic
Raising/ Forging which is incorporating working with flat stock of
metals such as 22K Yellow Gold, 18K Royal Yellow Gold, Fine Silver,
Sterling Silver, Bronze, Copper, Alum inum and Titanium. Designs is
containing of combination of variety of different gauges of metal
including from gauge 22 to gauge 32.

Technical expertise involved applying a variety of Metalsmithing
Techniques combined with working experience in the field of
Metalsmithing for more than 25 years Education background includes
engineering degree of Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering
with specialization in Industrial Design and Material Science
achieved from Moscow Institute of Microelectronics and Mathematics,
Moscow Russian Federation.

Jenny Kiplinger
Chico, CA. USA

I am a jewelry artist who has 30 yrs experience as a beader. I am a
newby at silversmithing and am eager ro learn all i can. I started
silversmithing by taking a class a little over a year ago and
absolutely love all the processes involved.

Jose Elizondo
San Antonio, TX. USA

I am a lapidary and gemstone carver out of San Antonio, TX here in
the USA and I am about to start doing silver and gold casting for my
jewelry designs and gemstone carvings. You can see some of my work at
antaresvault.com