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Metalsmithing
~*~Below are a thumbnail list of the images, beneath thumbnails are listings of medium and motivation.
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Dragon Necklace
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Copper Teapot
Copper Cup
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Silver Crane
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Dragon Ring
Jester Plate
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Three Crosses
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Kristi's Cross
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Berry's Cross
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Profile of a Woman
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Dragon Necklace
Four sheets of 20 gauge copper soldered in layers to create depth, then enameled at 1500 degrees F, cloissoned with translucents on silver foil. Brass chain (soon to be a silver chain).
"Suppose We Change the Subject"
Truly, what I feel to be my first real art piece in metalsmithing. This teapot, inspired by mad annual tea parties with my friend, thus inspired by "Alice in Wonderland". On the inside of the lid it reads, "What happens when you come to the beginning again" which is what Alice asks concerning clean dishes at the table. I meant it as a question of death and rebirth. But the title is the Hatter's reply to this question.
Copper Cup
The assignment was to raise a bowl (something I never would have imagined is as hard as it is.) The process is taking a flat sheet of metal and hitting it in coencentric circles from the bottom outward over a stake until (about 20 hours later) you have a bowl. Mine is very titled, but has character. I riveted on a handle for extra points.
Fabricated in sterling silver, etched with PNP in nitric acid to give the illusion of origami paper. The wings unclasp from the body and hinge at the base in a three tube pin, revealing a single shelf on the interior. The box stands 2 and a half inches tall at the wing tip.
Dragon Ring.
My first project. Made from sheet copper, sawed by hand, soldered, textured with hammers, and petina of vinegar.
Jester Plate
A brass plate, hand-sawed to form the shillouette of a jester. Buffed to a high polish.
Three Crosses
In reaction to an assignment titled, "rituals." The three crosses represent different people and how they celebrate Christianity. The star, my father, the celtic cross, my sister, and the box-quilted cross, my god-parents.
Kristi's Cross
In the collection of Kristiana Kay Gerdes. Cut out of one piece of 20 gauge copper, forged, then petina'd with amonia.
Berry's Cross
Cut from brass, drilled, buffed, and set with an intricate crazy-quilted piecing with gold thread.
Profile of a Woman
Created for my mother, Carol Elliott, as a warning to all who see her as she wears this pin. "Her thorns are sharp." Copper and brass, cut, forged, linked, hammered, soldered, and petina'd with vinegar.
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