Hi there Chasers. I have an interesting development. With the https://nechamkin.com/  phones being  quiet I am suddenly getting a lot of my work done. It looks like I will be ahead of my work load soon; and I found  a fun opportunity has just presented itself.

A woman (we’ll call her Mary) called me, inquiring about purchasing some chasing and repousse tools. Last week, a chasing and repousse class she was in cancelled midway through and left her and her fellow students in a lurch.  I decided to offer a free (virtual) quarantine chasing and repousse class on zoom for her and 3 other classmates.

During this time it is important for us to stay connected to our work, our families, friends and colleagues. It will  help us all to remain positive and ease our collective anxieties.  I look forward to the little free fun quarantine  virtual chasing and repousse class with Mary and her friends. We’ll see where it goes. Maybe I will make that a regular thing. Remember to support your favorite vendors and artists during this difficult time. https://www.ottofrei.com/,https://www.echristopherandsons.com/ and https://metalsmithsociety.com/ are 3 of my favorites. Thanks for reading and please subscribe to my quarterly mailing list

Welcome to my first Blog post. I am a silversmith, a Chaser and a Toolmaker and I have a brand new website for Nechamkin.com

Part of the new website platform is this blog. It will link to NSS Instagram and facebook content as well. The new website will also feature a “subscribe” button so you will be able to stay connected and find out about new classes and new products.* ( The newsletter will be short and sweet and ONLY quarterly.) And best of all, access to my short online instructional videos on chasing and repousse’ will be available for purchase. Those should start showing up in the spring of 2020.

If you are a ‘makes-things-person’ and are anything like me, you love the engineering, problem solving and planning that goes into doing any of these things. My blog will be full of weekly posts that feature what is going on in my shop. NSS is sort of two businesses. Toolmaking and Holloware fixing and making.

We make tools in here so there is machining , hand shaping and polishing tool steel at the workbench. We also make custom hollowware and restore old hollowware; so there is a ton of hollowware polishing, trophy work and metalwork all of the time.

All of the marketing, packaging, inspecting, planning , management, polishing, making and restoration is done right here. I am up to my ears in Tea pots, candelabra, bowls, trophies, chasing tools and teaching. I have a lot to share! Stay tuned.