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Health & Fitness

Atomic Holiday Bazaar - Metal Heads!

Atomic Holiday Bazaar, coming soon!  
Sat. 12/14 & Sun. 12/15
Noon - 5PM
$5 Adults/ 12 & under free
At the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Atomic Holiday Bazaar Metal Heads! This summer I took a metal smith class and I have an even larger appreciation for anyone who pounds it out in the fields of metal. 

I was unable to complete my course due to some really freaking weird symptoms of arm/limb numbness. It sucked, could have been a bug bite, could be bad genes, could be environmental. I'm still on the quest to figure out WTF was going on. 

HOWEVER, I digress. My point of sharing this year's health report is that Metal Smithing is PHYSICAL work. Working with metals takes extreme patience and forethought. I mean, there is room to play but it's an expensive venture to just begin to hack and pound away, metal ain't cheap! 

This board features just a small sample of the metal smiths who will be at the upcoming Atomic shows. I have a thing for bracelets but these artisans make other beautiful metal accessories, so fear not if the Wonder Woman cuff style ain't your thing. They all make something for everyone.

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