Eff you I quit!!

[powerhammer]

Finally after working at this place for 6 years I put in my resignation for July 3rd. 

Here I am on June 16th, without a job.  They walked me out today on good terms.  Kinda frustrating though cause I was hoping to have income till the first week in July to help me move towns for grad school.

I'm relieved to be out of that effin place though.  After 6 years of busting my ass and 5 promotions later, I get walked out....

whatta buncha dicks.

regardless I'm changing my life and following a dream to get an MFA in blacksmithing.  I hope i didn't look to smug when i told them good luck with the business.  (our main customer is Dell and we all know what's happenin there).

here's to two weeks of drinking and workin on the 750 

[NAKID]

So, did they fire you? You put in your resignation, they walked you out telling you that you no longer have a job. So, I would apply for unemployment...

[triangleforge]

Congrats on the big move, and keep hittin' it while it's hot!  I've sold some of my work (mostly ornamental/architectural stuff and some nice knives) and have looked closely enough at trying to make a living in front of the forge to have an inkling of both the tribulations and the rewards that lie ahead! 

I took a look at your portfolio, and you do some stunning work -- Good luck! 

[Sinister]

Blacksmithing...COOL!  I've always wanted a forge, if for no other reason than to play with fire and hit stuff with hammers!  Good luck, bro.

[trenner]

I dig the web site in your sig.  Is that your work?  Multi-talented, to do metal, painting, sketches, and animation.

Especially like the cleaver



...and the table

[somegirl]

Good luck to you with school and your move, sounds like it was the right thing to do.

[ducducgooseme]

great stuff!  Where are you going to go to school?

[factorPlayer]

Feels nice huh? 

make the beast with two backs corporate employment.

[powerhammer]

So, did they fire you? You put in your resignation, they walked you out telling you that you no longer have a job. So, I would apply for unemployment...

Not really, I still get my accrued vacation time paid off in a check and another paycheck in two weeks (we're on the delayed pay schedule).  but the words were "we're gonna go ahead and accept your resignation now".  I was just hopin to get that delayed paycheck and few more accrued vacation hours saved up for later in the month of July.  So much for never missing a day, being reliable, and working a straight 29 hour workday to save the companies ass... 

Congrats on the big move, and keep hittin' it while it's hot!  I've sold some of my work (mostly ornamental/architectural stuff and some nice knives) and have looked closely enough at trying to make a living in front of the forge to have an inkling of both the tribulations and the rewards that lie ahead! 

I took a look at your portfolio, and you do some stunning work -- Good luck! 

Thanks for checking out my work.  I've worked for a couple different shops doing architectural ornamental work and I can say it's not my first choice of careers post grad school.  Then again I was doing someone else's designs which we all agree wouldn't be nearly as gratifying as creating a one of a kind hand rail or stair case of your own design.  Either way though, when you apply the traditional knowledge of metalsmithing to contemporary design the possibilities become endless. 

Here's a couple photos of the most recent piece I'm working on (it's going to be a lamp):

[powerhammer]

I dig the web site in your sig.  Is that your work?  Multi-talented, to do metal, painting, sketches, and animation.

Yes, made the website as well.  Undergrad degree is in Computer Animation.  Took about 2 months out of that program to fall into blacksmithing and here I am 6 years later going to the only school in the states that has this emphasis in an MFA program.  (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)  I didn't get in last year but am one of the 2 that did this year.

I focused a lot of time making tools and studying traditional techniques throughout the last 6 years but now get to spend 3 years making anything I want and I've got a million ideas ready to go.

thanks for the pleasant thoughts    I'll be hanging around here every now and then to keep ya'll updated on projects.

[triangleforge]

Excellent -- I really like your eye for line & movement.

And you clearly have the skills to make it happen; I like to think I've got a good sense of form and proportion, and that it's just my hands that can't always make what my imagination wants. 

[factorPlayer]

(Southern Illinois University Carbondale)

Go Salukis!  how's the scenery?  Didn't Jenny McCarthy go there ?

[Duc L'Smart]

So much for never missing a day, being reliable, and working a straight 29 hour workday to save the companies ass... 

Nice... The "man" wants you to have integrity, but they don't have any at all.
Congrats on your freedom!!!
With you talent I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Enjoy your time

[roy-nexus-6]

Yes, made the website as well.  Undergrad degree is in Computer Animation.  Took about 2 months out of that program to fall into blacksmithing and here I am 6 years later going to the only school in the states that has this emphasis in an MFA program.  (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)  I didn't get in last year but am one of the 2 that did this year.

I focused a lot of time making tools and studying traditional techniques throughout the last 6 years but now get to spend 3 years making anything I want and I've got a million ideas ready to go.

thanks for the pleasant thoughts    I'll be hanging around here every now and then to keep ya'll updated on projects.

With your background in computer animation, you could do some amazing things. Some jewelers are using autocad to explore unusual shapes. Gaudi's building 'St. George and the dragon' is superb - the balconies = skulls, the slate roof = scales, the tower = lance... the tubular halls inside the building are like guts etc - you actually live 'in' the dragon. Have you thought about using your animation skills to 'evolve' organic-like structures, like staircases?

If a tree grew a staircase, what would it look like?  

[printman]

Hope to do this soon, to go back to school. Don't think they will take it well either