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Newsletter & CaleNdar of eveNts Fall 2018

LIZZADRO MUSEUM OF LAPIDARY ART

CaleNdar of eveNts OctOber thrOugh December 2018

Rock and Mineral IdentificationGeologist Sara Kurth presents an introduction to rocks and minerals. Learn to identify minerals through basic hands-on identification including observation skills and hardness tests. Great for rockhounds and scouts, adult supervision is required.Classes: Sat. Oct. 6 & Dec. 8 at 10:30 a.m., Wed. Nov. 21 at 10:30 a.m., 75 minutes - Ages 8 years to AdultFee: $8.00 per person, Museum Members FreeReservations Required: 630-833-1616

Rockin’ Jewelry for KidsChildren can make their own gemstone jewelry to keep. Choose two different types of jewelry to make with stones from the Museum Shop and learn how to work with jeweler’s tools. Completes Girl Scout Jeweler’s badge.Classes: Sat. Oct. 6 & Dec. 8 at 1:30 p.m., Wed. Nov. 21 at 1:30 p.m.,75 minutes - Ages 8 years to 16 yearsFee: $12.00 per person, Museum Members $10.00Reservations Required: 630-833-1616

LIZZADRO MUSEUM OF LAPIDARY ART220 Cottage Hill Ave. Elmhurst, IL 60126 630-833-1616

We would like to hear from you. Please direct questions or comments to: info@lizzadromuseum.org

October 13The World of Agates

Agates are considered by some to be the world's most beautiful and varied gems. At least 1,000 varieties are recognized. Doug Moore, rockhound and program chair for the Heart of Wisconsin Gem and Mineral Society, will explore three topics: Agates in Germany, The Mysterious Thunderegg and Agates Under the Microscope. Lecture - Youth to Adult 2p.m. - 60 minutes$8.00 per person, Museum Members FreeReservations Recommended

October 27The Science of Jurassic Park

This unique presentation by Donald Baumgartner, M.S. examines the science facts and myths behind the movies. For optimum experience, watch the movies before coming and bring your fossils for identification after the show. Real dinosaur fossils will be available for sale.Lecture - Ages 10 years and up (due to content) -2p.m. - 75 minutes$8.00 per person, Museum members freeReservations Recommended

November 3Symbolism in Chinese Carving

Chinese art favors certain motifs and images that communicate hidden messages. What can you learn when you admire Chinese art pieces? Chinese language teacher, Yvonne Wolf will decipher some of these symbols found in the Lizzadro Collection and share a shortcut to reading Chinese symbolism. Lecture - Teen to Adult 2p.m. - 60 minutes$8.00 per person, Museum Members FreeReservations Recommended

November 17Lapidary Day

See demonstrations by artists from the West Suburban Lapidary Club including beading, silversmithing, cabochon cutting, wire wrapping and faceting. Free hands-on activities, Mystery Gem & Rock ID – bring your rock or gem and have it identified. This event is a great way to see the Museum and learn more about lapidary art.Demonstrations & Activities 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.All Ages - Free Admission

December 1The Poetry of Gemstones

Michigan Petoskey stones. Lake Superior agates. Illinois geodes. Jasper quartz. Come out to hear some verse to match these rare natural wonders. Members of Poets and Patrons of Chicago will read poems about gems and minerals, followed by an open mic. If you wish to read, bring your poems about rocks. Open House Performance - Teen to Adult 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.Regular Museum Admission, Museum Members FreeReservations Recommended

December 15“Create A Gem Tree”

Learn how to create a small tree using gemstones and wire. These beautiful trees never need water and make a great gift. All materials are provided.Activity - Ages 9 yrs. to Adult 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.Fee: $25.00 per personMuseum Members: $20.00Reservations Required: 630-833-1616

Modern carvings from the House of Fabergé feature Russian folklore figures of the Kvass Seller,

the Gypsy Fortune Teller and the Vagabond made of Russian

gemstone materials.

Special Exhibitfabergé

figurative CarviNgs October 2, 2018 - January 6, 2019

Doug Moore has been a rockhound for 61 years and Program Chair of the Heart of Wisconsin Gem and Mineral Society since 1983. He created eleven award-winning programs for the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies and later served as Program Competition Chair for the organization. He has collected agates and thundereggs in Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona, South Dakota and the Midwest, along with 31 agate-collecting trips to Germany. His microscope photos of agates have been winners in the Nikon Small World International Photomicrography Competition, including second place in 2016 among 2000 entries from 70 countries. Moore is a retired academic staff and adjunct faculty member from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. He will be presenting on a variety of agates and his time spent collecting and studying them on October 13th at 2 p.m.

The Jurassic Park saga has fascinated, excited, and entertained people around the world since 1993. The movies rekindled people’s interest in dinosaurs, dispelling many of the old myths, but propagating a few new ones. The movies motivated many budding scientists to become paleontologists and fostered museums to support a frenzy of new dinosaur discoveries. On Jurassic Park’s 25th anniversary and five popular movies later, Donald Baumgartner will present a scientific critique of the series. What is true? What is wrong? What action scenes did not make sense? Donald will reveal the science and the movie magic. Following the lecture, he will explore the movies, with quizzes about the cast and crew, scenes, famous quotes, and the dinosaurs. Win fossil prizes! Come prepared by watching all the movies again and join us on October 27th at 2 p.m. for this exciting new presentation!

Poets & Patrons is a group of poets who encourage others to write and appreciate poetry. Founded in 1954, Poets & Patrons is dedicated to supporting poetry development in the Chicago area. It does this through sponsoring and hosting congenial, professional workshops at The Harold Washington Library; running an annual Chicagoland Poetry Contest with modest cash awards for multiple categories; holding an annual Awards Ceremony and facilitating Write! Chicago, featuring free writing workshops at area museums and outdoor venues. Poets & Patrons is an excellent vehicle for defining your work, meeting with other fine poets for unique critiques, and exploring with others the power of well-crafted verse. Poets & Patrons will emcee and host the December 1st open-house performance program from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and invites teenage to adult poets to share their love of rocks & minerals through words.

Taiwan-born, Yvonne Liu Wolf is a native Chinese speaker educated in the US and Europe with a Masters in English Literature and Education. She is a licensed English and Chinese teacher and currently teaches Chinese at a Chicago suburban high school. Before moving from L.A. to Chicago, she was a human resources trainer for 10 years. She was an international exchange student in Denmark, worked in a global Japanese company in Denmark, worked as a global language trainer in Japan, and has experience living abroad as an expat. She has extensive traveling experience having visited over 20 countries, and visited more than 25 states of the US. She speaks English, Mandarin, and Danish, and has studied Japanese, Spanish, and Greek. Yvonne serves as an Intercultural Consultant making Chinese culture understandable through intercultural communication. Yvonne is helping the Museum to further develop programs for high school and high school and college students students studying the Chinese language. She is excited to present a program on symbolism found in the Chinese carvings at the Museum on November 3rd at 2 p.m.

More on Fall Programs

Doug Moore

Yvonne Wolf

Dear Patrons,

Construction on the new Museum in Oak Brook is underway! When the Museum closes in Elmhurst we expect a down period before reopening in Oak Brook. We will continue sending you our e-newsletters and updates as we move along in the process. There will be opportunities for naming rights of new exhibit cases and certain areas in the new building. If you are interested in donating, please contact the Museum for more information on how your contribution can be used in

the new facility. I look forward to keeping in touch with our members and patrons in the coming months. We will be sending our Winter Calendar of programs and events in December. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at dasher@lizzadromuseum.org.

Sincerely,

Dorothy AsherDirector

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Concept for an exhibit called the Jade Carving Wall that better interprets how many of the pieces in the collection were carved.

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Second, open jade

Not yet carved jade material called “Jade Pu”. Its appearance is often wrapped with some loose stones. Open jade, that is, the other stones cut Yupa surface.

In this picture, there are two jade workers, sitting on the stool under the tree, be-tween the two with a wooden frame from a large Yu Pu. They took one end of the “Dafa jigsaw.” You took me for the jigsaw. Saw is mainly used to cut Yu Pu, just a wire.

The wire is not moving jade, so hanging above the number of a teapot, a hole at the bottom of the pot, Liushi Zhuang is the black sand and water. Mixed with black sand sand droplets, drop by drop, drip Jade, increasing the sharpness of the jade saw. This back and forth friction and cutting, to cut the jade peel.

Eight, drilling

This is an important step for some jade carvings that have hollow patterns . Drill-ing tools are mainly curved bow and rod, the bottom of the rod set with diamond. Jade workers sitting at one end of the table, holding the jade with his left hand, arrived at the bottom of the rolling steel commissioned below the drill, the right hand to pull back and forth bend bow, bend bow will lead to rotation of a rolling rod back, You can drill jade out of a round hole.

Jade Warring States to the Western Han Dynasty, they are very good at using the technique of drilling holes, creating a whirling turn of the lines full and fluent ef-fect.

Third, Zha 碢 (Note: “碢 tuó” with the old “碢”.)

Zha, that is, the use of tools to solve jade box or square bar, after the design, paint-ing samples, large pieces of excess jade material to jade rude prototype.

Jade car sitting in front of “spin car”, the tools on the car, the structure is quite complicated. This set of tools for long wooden sticks (also known as wood shaft) end, fitted with a circular steel plate, the steel plate is called “tie pot.” The cir-cumference of the steel plate is very thin, very sharp as a blade. Two wooden rope wrapped around the shaft, the rope at the bottom of the Department of a board. These two boards are called “boarding boards.”

Operation time, jade two casters flow tread board, rely on hemp affect wood shaft rotation. Jade holding the jade with his left hand, against the edge of the rotating steel disc. One end of the table stood a basin filled with water and red sand, Jade workers use the right hand to scoop sand, poured on the jade material. Hard Jiesha sand, coupled with the rotation and sharp edges and corners of the edge, in order to cut the jade material into square or square bar.

Nine, through the flowers

Through flowers, that is, hollow pattern, “search bow” as the main tool. Opera-tion, the first search bow on the wire untied one end, penetrate this hole, and then tied. Jade workers holding the right hand holding a search bow, a pull back and forth, the wire dipped in water of sand, you can follow the lines painted on the jade piece to cut.

Because the general writing ink painting, ink will be washed away, so Jade is pomegranate juice juice to outline the pattern to open carving, and the solution of Jade, with the wire in the jade back and forth sawing , The pattern is still clear will not be washed away.

The Liangzhu culture dating back to 5000 to 4200 years ago has emerged as a jade article that uses flowers through the flowers to develop into thin and thin jade carvings in the Qing Dynasty and reached its culmination.

Fourth, Chong 碢

The use of “Chong 碢” this tool, the square or square pieces of jade material, square hard corner part of the “red” into a circle this step is also completed sitting on the car, with a thick bamboo stick around the outside A thick steel ring (also known as Chong 碢), with the red sand and water, slowly rushed jade block on the square corner. After this step, the work to be carved is largely shaped.

Eleven, clogs map

Clogs are polished 碢, generally made with gourd 碢. Have a good polished jade look carefully polished. The structure of the tool used at this time is that the board is connected with a wooden shaft to drive a circular turntable. The disc used in this step is a thick wooden clog with a relatively low hardness, which is also called “ Soaked in yellow material “, about quartz sand (seven degrees) to finely polished.