05.18.07

Current Sketches

Posted in Sketches at 4:32 pm by Jen

After a couple weeks of being out of school, my muse has finally hit me and I feel like I am ready to get going with my work! I intend to continue with the fossil theme (see my Fossil Series).  I am going to attempt to make the new pieces more practical for actual wear, rather than simply artistic, as well.

First is another Trilobite necklace. I need to explain that ever since my Intro to Metals course in college I have been in love with chain making.  ESPECIALLY byzantine chains.  Tiny byzantine chains.  So I am going to try to merge this with my pieces that I make.  All three of these sketches say “silver byz. chain”, pointing to a vague sketch of what looks more like a neckwire.  This is just so I don’t have to kill myself with trying to draw the chain

Next is another, MUCH simpler, Blastoid necklace and earring set.  I have also fallen in love with the technique called “Marriage of Metals” - where you cut out sections in different types of metals and solder them all together, sort of like a jigsaw puzzle.  I am incorporating that into this piece.

And lastly, a Blastoid necklace.  I will be using a lot of chain for this piece, doing a sort of layered-chain look.

So there is a taste of what I will soon be working on in the studio!!  Be sure to come back and see the in-progress progression!!

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