RAW52 Week 7 - Lycanthropy

This ring marks Week 7 in the RAW52 2011 Challenge. The thought behind this project, is to make a ring every week for the year of 2011, and to document the progress with photos of each ring. There are so many talented artists that have joined into this group, and you can find out a bit more about by following this link.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ringaweek/

I am

Hungry

Like

The Wolf.

Organic

Animalistic

Coppery

Rusticated

Oxidized

Hand Drawn

Etched

Howl

At

The Moon.



Made to order in your size, and can be found in The Shop today ;o)

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xoxoxxx

RAW52, Week 3 and 5

So I realized that I never blogged about RAW52 week 3....

TaDa.

Recycled scraps from when I was first learning to solder.

Repurposed, Reborn, Relived.

RAW52, Week 5.

Etched brass, oxidized.

Experimenting with some very organic ideas and shapes.

This is officially phase 1.



I am absolutely loving this group and project.  It's a great way to keep me moving forward, even when my studio is so cold that I had to cut the tips of the fingers off of my gloves so that I can work without my hands turning in to icicles!!!

To find out more about RAW52, go HERE.

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xoxoxxx

new beauty...

Custom piece for a lovely lady from Finland using her incredible Ocean Jasper cab ;o)

and the landslide brought me down...

What began as a horrible disaster, has become one of my favorite new pieces!

This piece began with my intentions of soldering a little pyramid of the tiny silver balls, but turned into a horrible mess when my hand shook, and my soldering pick swept the whole pile over right when they were at the perfect temperature to connect properly. It was actually quite beautiful in a way, this little mini landslide of molten red-hot silver balls, cascading off of the perfect pyramid I had painsakingly stacked. After quenching my mess, and taking a second look, it really began to look planned this way, sort of a controlled chaos...so I went with it, and now I plan on trying to repeat it again!

"I took my love and I took it down

I climbed a mountain and I turned around

And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills

Well, the landslide brought me down."

available in The Shop now ;o)

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linner...

my lunch/dinner, half of it fresh from the garden ;o)

in the studio working hard today, watching the much needed rain come down, grateful for the deluge, and the raise it did for my spirits. 

forgot to eat today up until now, so making a combo meal out of it.

cucumber/tomato/wild onion/fresh basil/capers/avacado

splash rice vinegar/evoo/salt/fresh ground pepper

organic and fresh  meal, that envigorates me with it's wholesomness, and makes me smile ;o)