Hi Bill!

I just stumbled across this email from way back, don't know how...
(it was meant to be, huh?) Anyway, thanks for sharing.
You may have inspired me to try workin' some clay!

I've noticed that many good designers have a creative side.
Here are some of mine, mostly dabbling in acrylics:
http://frontdoor.biz/theolsons/Jack/JaxArt/index.htm

again, thanks for sharing that link!

Jack



On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Brooks, William <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Glad to see it happening Mike. :)
>
> You know it's interesting the makeup of PCB designers...
> Pete and I were talking about this once, when I was in Minneapolis
> receiving an award from the IPC for contributions to the Design
> community... It seems that most Designer/Engineer types have a gift for
> creativity... some of us don't realize it, but it makes sense... So many of
> us have a music background someplace in our history and some form of art...
> painting, writing, sculpting... etc.
>
> Well I didn't really realize it, but I have found a new activity that I
> really like. Another EE I know who was at Datron with me, introduced me to
> clay figurative sculpting... He was taking classes in sculpting and invited
> me to Carlsbad to Lynn Forbes Sculpting School to see this portrait bust he
> was doing of his wife. It was so amazing to me that he was doing this... I
> never connected having electronics skill to sculpting before... never
> really tried it beyond messing with 'play-doh' when I was a kid. I thought
> it was so cool I had to try it... so I started taking classes in April of
> last year and I have made about 14 sculptures since then... wish I had
> discovered it sooner! :)
>
>
> I wonder if other designers have found that they have any latent artistic
> talents... ? I know Pete does... :)
>
>
>
> p.s. I have posted most of my art project from class on a facebook page I
> made... don't know if you have access to fb, but if you are curious check
> it out.... :) I'll be looking for your article in the next mag. :)
>
>
> www.facebook.com/BillBrooksSculpture/photos
>
>
>
> William Brooks, CID+
> Senior MTS (Contract)
> 2747 Loker Ave West
> Carlsbad, CA 92010-6603
> 760-930-7212
> Fax:        760.918.8332
> Mobile:    760.216.0170
> E-mail:    [log in to unmask]
>
>
>


______________________________________________________________________
This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.
For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] 
______________________________________________________________________

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0.
To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in
the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil.
To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL)
For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------