Did a great Damascus steel workshop at the Bushfire Forge and produced (with help) a piece of twisted layered steel ready to be furthered worked probably into rims; and a disc of 88 layers of steel again ready to be further worked if I can get access to the forges at college. Otherwise a major ebay expedition may be needed.
88 layers of hot welded patterned steel
wrought iron and steel bar
me twisting hot 7 layer bar
All three brooches are finished for assessment. These two pieces are inspired by waves and have movement, but the aim of each is quite different. One is exotic and pretty pretty, the other is more rooted in colder climes (and is shown as a work in progress and complete)
silver, porcelain,crystal and paua shell
oxidised copper, willow
mussel shell, willow, copper brooch (finished)
raised vessel in copper
pecan tree brooch. Japanese ply, copper, pecan
The pecan tree brooch is an assessment piece inspired by conversations with my texan partner.
The raised vessel was started last year, but I learnt how to finish it at the workshop with Lucian Taylor.
I did a weekend workshop at West Dean with Lucian Taylor (and my daughter)
Me raising
sunk and raised bowls
Finnish jeweller who was at gallery Koudis in Amsterdam
pecan tree brooch prototyping
The brooch design for my texas student contact has taken some time, but I have learnt a lot. The initial design was to include a pecan pie recipe, which is just visible on the sublimation print aluminium trial. The green paper is the maquette and the tracing paper shows how the recipe would fit. The laser cutting was a steep learning curve and I engraved the recipe on a trial piece, but decided against in the end.
The final piece will be part of my end of term assessment – so I’ll put up a photo then
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