SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Author: sherryc

  • Ocean In the Desert

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    While in the desert area around Tucson Arizona I went to an ocean. Granted, it was a small one with an automatically induced wave every five minutes. And, it was inside this structure – Biosphere 2. The rainforest biodome in Biosphere 2 was so humid that all camera lenses fogged up.

  • Overheating

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    Now that’s what a processor fan is supposed to look like! That is not what the thermal grease between the processor fan and the CPU are supposed to look like And, eeewww, that’s what the processor fan did look like before cleaning Maybe now the case on the computer can be closed without the unit…

  • Copper from Clay

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    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…

  • Wire Sculptures, Part 3: Chunky had some work done

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    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…

  • Wire Figures, Part 2: Pileated Woodpecker

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    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…

  • Wire Figures, Part 1: Piranha Skull

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    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…

  • Chi ha paura…? and droog

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    “Chi ha paura…?“ means “Who’s afraid…?” in Italian, and is a message about the fear artists have of creating non-traditional contemporary jewelry. If you have a chance to hear Gijs Bakker speak, you’ll enjoy it. He discusses his start in design, the beginnings of droog and Chi ha paura…? and shows pictures from his early…

  • Electroforming – Part 1

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    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…

  • Sea Glass at the Beach, Part 2

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    At the beach in all these photos, the sea glass is protected and it’s illegal to collect any. The beach is amazing, sea glass has replaced the sand normally seen on beaches. The tinkling sound of the glass being tumbled is wonderful to hear. The beach is such a treasure that it’s been designated an…

  • Sea Glass at the Beach, Part 1

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    In this Mexican harbor I found so many pieces of broken bottle glass that my pockets were full. Notice the high percentage of jagged glass; that means the harbor workers are throwing bottles into the ocean. I’d like to go back in a few years and see how much tumbled sea glass is there and…