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Kerry

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About Me

Custom jeweler and blacksmith/swordmaker. I am a student of Valentin Yotkov and study chasing, repousse and raising. Great interest in how things work, the more complex - the more facinating. I love finely made things, craft over art for me. I dont care how good the art's content is, if the artist can't render it with a degree of skill ITS CRAP. I love the look of repeated design and symmetry. Realism over impressionism, give me Dutch Masters and light studies. Diamonds and fine sapphires, well what can I say... once youve seen really great stones your hooked for life. High compression engines, the whine of a supercharger, the roar of straight exhaust at high revs, all intoxicating to me.

My Interests

Vintage car racing mostly 1950's. 50's and 60' jaguars. Complex engraving / jewelry making tools.

I'd like to meet:

Filippo Negroli - a master craftsmen equal to or beyond all others,Niccolo Machiavelli - surely you know who this was!!!,Alexander Raiev - My teacher's teacher...

Music:

Mel Torme' Frank!! Nat King Cole Scorps 80's hair bands metal but no garbled screaming plz CRACK THE SKY funk modern hiphop and some rap opening to anything BUT BOTH KINDS OF MUSIC... country/western music makes me wana kill myself.. Rockabilly in small quanity pretty diverse / strange mix for sure my 60 disk player is on random most all day, its rarely quiet did i say FRANK?!?!

Movies:

vintage and modern Vampire movies. Film noir. 50's swashbucklers. Pirate movies new and old (they are very good for business!). Bringing Up Baby, Arsenic and Old Lace is my ..1 to watch, Casablanca ..2

Television:

House..... He is a sarcastic ass, I kinda like that. How its made but it makes me feel stupid sometimes

Books:

The Prince. The Divine Comedy. Huge collection of reference stuff for old cars, jewelry, art and metal work. Steven Brust, Michael Moorcock, C.S. Lewis. My shelves are double deep where they can be and there are piles everywhere.... Just bought the church next to my house....the library can now increase!!!!!

Heroes:

people who stand up for their friends, even when it hurts

My Blog

Im reaching my 8th or 9th year in my 5 year plan.....

Maybe its more like my 10th or 12th!  Its really time to slowly phase out the high production stuff and focus on finer work.  Not easy to ignore the $$$ beating on the door but both Matt an...
Posted by Kerry on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:13:00 PST

Its coming up fast!

Just a couple more weeks to the hammer-in we are hosting.  So much to do its like a logjam in my brain about to bust loose.  Just go reminded about an order for a friend I'm hugely behind o...
Posted by Kerry on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:24:00 PST

time to redirect myself yet again.....

Real eye opener weekend.  I've slipped into blah blah blah production work yet again and need to break the circle. Maybe I'll touch base with a jewelry school downtown in baltimore.  I think...
Posted by Kerry on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:09:00 PST

Smashing hot metal!

Well very soon... Started building on a new section to the shop to house all the big bashers and smashers.  I had intended to do it at somepoint , but with the addidtion of the new air hammer it...
Posted by Kerry on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:23:00 PST

As time goes by....

Seems its impossible its been a year! Church is really great , the library area is basicly done.  Now If I can just get the casting/kitchen are working we can really get somewhere. The website fo...
Posted by Kerry on Fri, 11 May 2007 09:02:00 PST

done deal!

we actually settled on friday, but I'm to dam busy to do anything on the building!  maybe later this week i can start working cleaning.  cant wait to move some of the stuff over from my exis...
Posted by Kerry on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:49:00 PST

today?

This COULD be the day......I have the deed in hand missing only 2 signatures.  Both of the sellers that are left to signoff are local and I dont see any issues....they sign, we give over a big as...
Posted by Kerry on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:47:00 PST

fingers crossed!

the lawyers have said the deed would be signed by most of the sellers by monday on the church.  Looks like the deal will happen.  It will be good for everyone involved , plus the building wi...
Posted by Kerry on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:00:00 PST

snow tomorrow...

last monday it was 84f outside, now we are looking at a high of 32f and snow for tomorrow.  Good news is several of the signatures required for the church deed are signed and only local people a...
Posted by Kerry on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:25:00 PST

just plugging along...

I'm in the wierd time each year. We shipped a pile of stuff and everyone owes us a little $$$.  Sales in florida are slow again, been like that for 3-4 years.  West Coast is slowly getting s...
Posted by Kerry on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:30:00 PST