My arting continued. (23-27)

         Well seeing as this week being at total nightmare with scheduling testing and making up two classes each day and then rotating to the opposite day, I have been able to "art" only two days this week and even then time has been limited time. BUT I have almost finished chamfering and texturing my pieces, experimenting with solder and wire effects to be used in my piece.  Next week when time is a little less crazy and schedule goes back to normal I will being accenting my cuff with either silver domed balls and solder to my piece or try other techniques to make it more sophisticated. I will also being annealing my pieces and bending them to the curvature that I want and then either rivet or solder my cuff together. Once I have done that all that is left is a quick polish and to show it off to the world.

         Im also starting thinking of what my second project will be my first thought was clay but now I see with the late arriving metal and testing schedule for the end of the year that might be problematic. So Im thinking of either doing a charcoal or prismacolor portrait of some kind that ties into my concentration of the different aspects of native american culture. Ceremonial dressing or war painted faces are somethings Im an considering. Well then that's it until next week. -Jenn.

What I've done this week. (April 16-20)

What I've done this week. (April 16-20)

Well since we have finally received our shipment of metal I have started construction on my cuff bracelet. I plan to make it entirely out of copper using chasing tools and etching to texture my metal and add my designs. For my center capturing I'm going to use a oval piece of copper and enamel it sometime next week. I think I want to do either a blue or purple enamel so it will contrast nicely with the copper but I will play around with that and figure out exactly what I want on this coming monday. This week I have finished sawing out my copper pieces and filing them down smooth and to the exact size I need. Yesterday I started using the copper chasing tools to stamp into the copper my designs. The designs are those found in jewelry, pottery, and costumes of the Native American culture I've combined some and added my own personal additions to the patterns. So without further ado here are my picture of my bracelet in progress and some up close of the designs that are coming along nicely. :) -jenn.