All Blog Posts Tagged 'enamel' (26)

Inspiration of Eye, Ear & Fist

Eye, Ear & Fist is also a political piece but more whimsical with introduction of vibrant colors. This piece is a set of three enameled pins. This project’s theme was “Boundary” and I was inspired by the Japanese parable, "See no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil."…

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Added by Tammy Young Eun Kim on August 22, 2012 at 1:30am — No Comments

Inspiring Crafthaus

Over the last few months, I have been inspired to make specific pieces in response to several "call for entry" postings on Crafthaus. First up, we have Loren Angulo's "Behind the Brooch", an exhibition and book about the way in which makers embellish the back of their brooches and how it relates to the…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on May 30, 2012 at 2:12pm — No Comments

"Year of the Dragon" Bezel setting an enamel cab in a magnetic closure locket

Okay, okay, so I didn't catch up in time. That means the next two weeks I'll be posting two processes in an attempt to make up for last month. My recent blog and 4PAM slacking isn't apathy related, I've just been juggling lots of…

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Added by Wanaree Tanner on April 3, 2012 at 7:49am — No Comments

Enameling on Metal Clay: Using Scratch-foam Textures

I knew absolutely nothing about enameling when I started this process 3 weeks ago. The techniques I applied in this exploration were gleaned from the wonderful book"…

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Added by Wanaree Tanner on March 7, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Acrylic error.

It's funny how one thing going wrong can eclipse everything else which went right!

I've had that happen today. I picked up working on Future Legend again, having given it a break to get on with Fashion:Victim for a while. (Fashion:Victim is at an impasse as I am waiting for a jet carving to be made for it and for some stones to be sourced!)

Future Legend has been nearly completed for some time now, so it should be a matter of…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on October 7, 2011 at 12:33pm — No Comments

Fragments Make The Whole

My current work is created from fragments of observation and perception of my environment. I record images during my daily journeys around the city streets of Oxford. Ornamentation and wealth is combined with alternative encounters in the city: graffiti, road kill, rubbish and road markings.

My jewellery consists of these images, which have been cut from old steel cans and fused together. In turn these whole pieces become fragments of new images, reminiscent of ornamental ironwork or… Continue

Added by Tamsin Leighton-Boyce on September 27, 2009 at 9:55am — No Comments