Monday, September 29, 2008
Off to Mobilia
Posted by Lynette at 11:39 PM 4 comments
Labels: 14K, art, chain, embroidered, exhibition, gallery, jewelry, metal, metalwork, mobilia gallery, necklace, opening reception, pearl, pendant, scallop, show, silver
Saturday, September 27, 2008
The Cleanest My Bench Has Been In Weeks...
Posted by Lynette at 3:26 PM 2 comments
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Big News! Contemporary Visions in Metal Show at Mobilia Gallery!
Posted by Lynette at 12:20 PM 4 comments
Labels: acid etching, art, art nouveau, boston museum of fine art, embroidery, exhibition, gold, jewelry, lace, metals, metalsmithing, mobilia gallery, pearl, show
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Two New Etsy Shops You HAVE to See!
I bought this bottle above from him the other and can't wait to get it. Isn't it gorgeous?! He has some other really beautiful things (like the jar below) in his shop too, go check it out!
Go check out his shop to see more of his work!
Posted by Lynette at 1:04 AM 2 comments
Labels: arrowmont, ceramics, enamel, etsy, fishing, fishing lures, jason woolery, metal, metalsmith, pottery, recycle, shop, Tedd McDonah
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Stitchalicious: Mindy Sue Meyers
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Weekday Parking: Metered, short-term parking along Forest Avenue and Gammage Parkway; Parking Structure 1 (Apache Boulevard).
Evening Parking:Parking Structure 3 (Myrtle Avenue).
Posted by Lynette at 12:31 PM 3 comments
Labels: art, ASU, exhibition, fiber art, fibers, gallery, harry wood gallery, mindy sue meyers, opening reception, stitchalicious, sweet, thesis exhibition
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Craftsmanship Opening Reception
Posted by Lynette at 6:54 PM 0 comments
Labels: adc, arizona designer craftsmen, art, ASU, becky mcdonah, craftsmanship, erik bogner, gallery, gallery 100, juried, nick deford, opening reception, Tedd McDonah, victoria altepeter
Thursday, September 18, 2008
If only it were this easy...
Posted by Lynette at 12:00 AM 3 comments
Labels: fortune, funny, panda express
Monday, September 15, 2008
1000 Hearts
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Shibuichi
I made two small ingots for wire and a larger one for sheet.
Now that I have it made, I need to decide what to do with it. When I make something with it, I'll be sure to let you know.
Posted by Lynette at 4:45 PM 2 comments
Labels: alloy, metal, metalsmithing, metalwork, rolling mill, shibuichi, technique
Friday, September 12, 2008
Another Point of View
This house reminds me of something that happened when my husband and I were dating. Seeing as we just recently had our 5 year anniversary, it seems fitting to tell the story. I'll give the condensed version.
map from here
Posted by Lynette at 10:10 PM 2 comments
Labels: anniversary, map, upside down, world
Craftsmanship
Posted by Lynette at 8:12 AM 5 comments
Labels: adc, arizona designer craftsmen, craftsmanship, exhibition, gallery, opening reception, show
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Double Take
Posted by Lynette at 9:42 PM 2 comments
Labels: etsy, front page, jewelry, treasury
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Arizona Piece: Completed
I am still working on my photography skills for these larger pieces. I am so used to taking pictures of much smaller work, so these wall pieces that I have been doing lately are giving me a good challenge. Unfortunately the colors of the heat patina aren't really done justice in the photos. I will have to work on that...
Posted by Lynette at 6:51 PM 6 comments
Labels: arizona, copper, embroidery, heat patina, map, metalwork, topographical map, wall panel, wall piece
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Arizona Piece
I collected some cactus needles and other plant materials but still didn't really know what I was going to do. The picture above is a prickly pear cactus, and the picture below is a barrel cacuts.
The little day trip was fun but I decided not to use any of the things I collected.It was a really beautiful drive though, and its always nice to get out of the city. I started to think about really old maps and how they were like works of art. Each map was hand drawn and painted. Here is an example from the 1600's (taken from here). Maps give us direction, tell us where we are going and where we have been. They mark important landmarks and show us the way. I wanted to make a map like this of my own home, or at least where I grew up, in Tucson, AZ. I found this topographical map of the area I grew up (I put a little "x" next to where my parents house is). This land is very familiar to me and is a place that I love. I decided to make a copper wall piece inspired by this landscape that is so special to me. I started out by planishing a flat piece of metal, giving it a hammered texture that starbursted out from where my house would be located on the topographical map. I wanted the marks to subtley draw the eye towards my home.I then glued the map to my metal and drilled holes along all the contour lines so I could embroider them.
Then I removed the map, covered the metal with a resist, drew in the rest of the contour lines and acid etched the lines into the metal. This etching part was kind of scary because I had like 4 gallons of acid in this bath, precariously balancing on two magnetic agitators. Probably wasn't the smartest thing ever and would have been a disaster to clean. Luckily all went well. I should have counted how many holes I drilled. It was a LOT (the panel is 11"x11").
Here are the acid etched contour lines.
Then I had to score the back of the plate so I could fold it into a wall piece that comes 1" off the wall. That is no farmers tan folks, that is just the filth that comes with grinding. The picture doesn't even come close to how dirty I actually got.
Next, I gave the plate a heat patina and started to embroider. Then I embroidered...for days, and days, and days (and am still going...)!
Posted by Lynette at 4:33 PM 9 comments
Labels: acid etching, arizona, copper, embroidery, etching, heat patina, home, map, topographical map, tucson, wall piece