Finally!

Made a few new texture samples and started my actual bracelet.


One of my faves so far. A paper cut out with some hammering.

And here is my first piece. I have yet to file and patina, but it's looking pretty good. It's kind of daunting because you have to figure everything out before you do it and I'm not used to planning so damn much!


I spent about an hour (& 6 saws!!) sawing this out.

Textures

Here are a few textures I worked on for my jewelry class. These are just experiments with hammering/stamping, roller mills, and patinas. I have yet to try out the sandblaster, but you bet your ass I will come Thursday.

I haven't fallen in love with any textures yet, which means I've got a lot to work on.


My first. It was hammered on, then sent through the roller mill with a piece of lace over it. This is my favorite so far.



Hammered with stamps and texture hammers.



I like this picture just cause it shows the effects of the roller mill on the metal and on the texturizer sent through. I placed two pieces of wire mesh in a criss cross fashion over the metal. This is another fave.



The strip at the bottom was hammered and patina'd


I'll be collecting interesting textures to send through the roller mill (I think it's my favorite texurizer thus far!).

Oh and on another note, I'm starting a weekly craft date with my niece. She's 5 years old and I think an art project would be fun for her. Tomorrow we start our "Art Wednesdays!" dates. She gets out of school early and I'll pick her up and we'll make art. Our first project: Papier mache!

Actively sitting....

I don't just sit. I actively sit.

I had just written something here, a stream of conscious writing.....then I deleted it. It didn't save my words, unfortunately. I still felt compelled to post something, so here I am.

I worked on textures on Saturday for Jewelry. Pictures will be posted in a day or two.

My weekend was an artsy, fun-filled, disaster of a good time. It makes me happy to have silly mishaps and laugh, laugh, laugh.

Silhouettes

I'm taking a jewelry making/metalsmithing class this semester. We have just begun working on our first project, a silhouette bracelet. It is made of one image that is repeated and layered three or more times. They can be different sizes, metals, or textures. It was a process finding the right silhouette, as a lot of images lose their complexity/interesting quality once the details are blacked out.

I ended up with a sparrow on a branch, but I'm not all together happy with it. It doesn't seem original enough or dynamic enough. It is a first project though, and maybe with enough textures and contrasting metals it will look more interesting.

Anywho, here's a picture of the template I'm using:




More updates to come when I have actual progress.