Thanksgiving Store Closed

Just a reminder to everyone that Pouncing Rain Retail Store is closed Thanksgiving Weekend from Thursday until Sunday. This gives our staff a chance to spend this weekend with their families. Have a wonderful holiday. We will see you Monday December 1st.

Nanci LaHatt Reception

Featured Artist Reception
jewelry gallery & sale

Nanci LaHatt

Join us in celebrating local artwork and creativity. Mingle with friends, enjoy refreshments, purchase beautiful jewelry, talk with the artist herself, and share in this wonderful community!

Saturday, November 13th
4:00pm – 7:00pm

Pouncing Rain Jewelry & Metalworking Center
521 Kentucky Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 715-3005 pouncingrain.com

Featured Artist Nanci LaHatt

Pouncing Rain’s featured artist, Nanci LaHatt, has been a metal artist for more than 20 years and a fiber artist for more than 30 years. Her jewelry making interest started as a child when she would crack marbles in her mother’s oven to make necklaces. From this unconventional beginning one interest lead to another, form knitting, spinning, weaving, and beadwork, to lace making, jewelry designing, wire wrapping, chain making, and metalworking. If you look at her work, you can see how each one of these arts is related and brings its own dimensions to her designs.

A major step in Nanci’s development as an artist, and one of the most enjoyable experiences Nanci recalls, was taking her first metalworking class from Judi Gauthier at Pouncing Rain Jewelry & Metalworking Center. Judi is encouraging, knowledgeable, sharing in her teaching, and inspiring to her students.

When teaching her own workshops Nanci delights in sharing her knowledge with eager students. “It is a joy to see someone get as excited about learning as I do.”

From her ETSY electronic storefront Nanci has customers literally worldwide, from New Zealand to Eastern Europe and Chile to Denmark. Her bracelets and necklaces are now on display at Pouncing Rain Jewelry & Metalworking Center and can be found locally at the following locations.

Living Earth Herbs, 1530 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA

Urban Boutique, Bakerview Square, Bellingham, WA

September Contest Winners!

Announcing the September contest winners:
Janeen Sorensen a follower of the Pouncing Rain Blog http//:pouncingrain.blogspot.com,
Giuliana Ragnone Johnston, a Pouncing Rain “liker” at http://www.facebook.com/?tid=1459581652944&s and
Jazzy_Della a twitter follower. http://twitter.com/PouncingRain.

Congratulations! Your beads are at our front desk with your name on them, ready to be picked up.

Fold Formed Cuff Bracelet Class

Our newest class, fold formed cuff bracelet will be held this coming Sunday October 17, 20010 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. It is $65.00 which includes all the materials to make a personal statement in metal. You will learn basic fold forming techniques as well as how to texture and shape your copper sheet into this very cool cuff bracelet. This cuff is perfect for a man or woman so think about the holidays just around the corner for gift ideas.

New Book! Sculptural Metal Clay Jewelry by Kate McKinnon

Just in! This author is one of our favorites and this book includes a DVD.

Learn the art of metal clay from master teacher and jewelry artist, Kate McKinnon. Known for her signature style featuring sculptural forms, moving parts, and organic designs, she offers her metal-clay jewelry tips, tricks, and techniques in this detailed workshop-in-a-book featuring step-by-step photography, instruction, and a DVD of key techniques.

Sculpture Metal Clay Jewelry, begins with an overview of the properties of metal clay, including safety information and metalsmithing terms. Next, Kate offers detailed techniques for creating a variety of components, settings, findings, attachments, 3-D forms, and textured effects that are the foundation of her jewelry designs. All of the techniques are shown with step-by-step photography. For added instructional assistance, meet the author and see her techniques in action on the enclosed DVD. The technique section is followed by 10 unique projects that combine the foundation techniques with one-of-a kind design elements. Projects include three-dimensional rings, organic chain designs, metal clay, and bead pendants, and more. All the designs have components made from metal clay including the clasps, chain, and settings, moveable and removable pieces, unusual textures and patinas, unique construction and engineering, plus creative ways to incorporate beads. This book offers jewelry artists both the techniques and design inspiration needed to create gallery-level jewelry that is truly art to wear.

This are pictures that one of our awesome students, Ron W. Ron was one of the students in Bill Dawson's "Anticlastic Raising" class. Thanks Ron for sharing these.