days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in processes on Mar 6th, 2010
Anodization of titanium, tantalum and niobium takes advantage of oxidation to create a surface layer on the metals. The surface oxidation refracts light as different colors. These pics are from a one-day anodizing workshop where we colored titanium, tantalum, and niobium. One way to anodize is electrolytically with a DC rectifier, the same type of [...]
Posted in processes on Jan 25th, 2010
Friends Pat Accorinti, Kathleen Gordon, and I are going to be giving a demo to the local metal clay guild on Feb 21st. The demo will include a hands on session for members to use the new Art Clay World copper clay product. We thought we should try it out first, and here are pics [...]
Posted in processes on Jan 24th, 2010
Chunky is the name I’d started using in my head for the Pileated Woodpecker steel wire sculpture. Looking at Chunky I realized that some quick modifications to the gut could be made with my hands to slim down the sculpture. I bent the connection point between the legs and modified the long line that ran [...]
Posted in Colors and Shapes, processes on Jan 23rd, 2010
During the second day of Thomas Hill’s wire sculpture workshop, we chose a drawing or photo of an animal to use as a reference. Choosing the drawing or photo has a big part to play in the final outcome. If the photo shows the animal at an angle, only shows parts of the animal, or is [...]
Posted in artists, Colors and Shapes, processes on Jan 22nd, 2010
Last Spring I took a weekend wire sculpture workshop from Thomas Hill at Scintillant Studio, and almost completed a wire outline of a piranha skull. I posted a picture of the skull and the work in progress here. A friend of Tom’s had given him a piranha skull they’d found. The skull was one of [...]
My friend Susan Shahinian was kind enough to give an in depth demonstration of electroforming to the local metal clay guild, her second time doing so. When I saw the first demo I didn’t take many pictures; this time I did. And, I took note of the equipment needed to electroform, so this first post [...]
Posted in Galleries, Inspirations, Metal Art Exhibitions, processes on Nov 24th, 2009
Last Sunday I spent a couple of hours as a show docent at the ACCI Gallery in Berkeley, California. My piece “The Earth is Our Ashtray” Ashtray is in the show along with the work of over 40 artists from the Metal Arts Guild based in San Francisco. I was very pleased when a friendly [...]
Posted in New Designs, processes on Nov 19th, 2009
In the five-ish years since I made a certain filigree component, I forgot which gauge wires I used. I also forgot that I’d annealed several times during the process, an oversight which was easily remedied after the small twisted strands broke a few times and I spent a few seconds thinking about it. Turns out [...]
Posted in Colors and Shapes, processes on Oct 27th, 2009
I recently attended a lecture by a photographer who specializes in art jewelry and other art photography. Someone asked him about the graded backgrounds popular in the US. When he pointed out that the dark part of the graded background is always at the top of the picture, I began to wonder if I’d ever [...]
Posted in processes on Oct 23rd, 2009
Combine all ingredients into the pan or dish with foil. Mix until salt and soda dissolve. Place silver jewelry into pan/dish. Wait 2 to 3 minutes. Rinse the jewelry thoroughly in water. Dry the jewelry thoroughly with a soft cloth. Do NOT dry the jewelry with any paper product as this will scratch the silver. [...]
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