Chris and Jon continue discussing Chris’ month of travel. This episode they discuss Makers Central and the Santa Fe Symposium.
- Birmingham Jewellery Quarter
- Makers Central Chris recently exhibited at Makers Central with his good friend, Rich Loen
- Loen Design
- Vectric Vectric helped make it possible for Rich & Chris to showcase at Makers Central
- CNC Mill Kit The kit that Rich based his new puck carving mill off of
- MAKE Magazine & Maker Faire Shutting Down
- Dale Dougherty Founder of MAKE
- NSNorth A conference Jon attended while Chris was on the other side of the pond
- Ken Kocienda One of the few names on the original iPhone patent, creator of the iOS keyboard, & one of the key individuals behind WebKit, Ken was the keynote speaker at this year’s NSNorth
- Creative Selection Written by Ken Kocienda
- Developing for a Niche Jon’s talk from NSNorth 2016
- May-Li Khoe The keynote speaker at NSNorth the year that Jon was a speaker, like Ken, May-Li was a key contributor to several key Apple technologies
- Leonardo da Vinci – Royal Collection Trust Chris was able to catch a part of the 500th anniversary exhibition of da Vinci’s work, from the Queen’s collection, while in the UK
- Codex Leicester A collection of scientific inquiries, by da Vinci, acquired by Bill Gates in 1994
- Drawing in Silverpoint
- 500 Years of Genius Leonardo da Vinci exhibit at the Museum of Science & Technology in Ottawa
- Staffordshire Hoard Chris also spent some time taking in the Staffordshire Hoard while in Birmingham
- Frank Cooper
- Stoke-on-Trent Museums
- Birmingham City University
- Santa Fe Symposium Chris attended this year’s Sante Fe Symposium, along with Frank Cooper & many other prominent players in the jewellery making world
- Graceland
- Eddie Bell
- Saul Bell Design Award
- Rio Grande
- Santa Fe Symposium Papers Archive
- The Goldsmiths’ Company Jewellery Materials Congress Chris will be speaking at the Goldsmiths’ Congress in the UK this summer
- Grant MacDonald London
- Teresa Frye Founder of TechForm, Teresa will be speaking about platinum at the Goldsmiths’ Congress
- Dr. Ulrich Klotz Head of material testing & precious metals research at FEM, in Germany, Ulrich will also be speaking on platinum at the Goldsmiths’ Congress
- Damiano Zito CEO of Progold, in Italy, Damiano will be giving a presentation on selective laser melting using precious metals at the Goldsmiths’ Congress