Written March 9, 2013
Recent copper “Spanish Ivy” repousse bracelet.
The initial guiding dots.
The outlining and repoussage forming. Flipping over the piece to “chase”, work it from the front and add in better detail.
The finished piece!
Written January 5, 2013
I have taken a small break from the jewelry making to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s with my family and friends. However I am back in town and will be diving right back into the jewelry bench. Right before I left for the holiays I made a beautiful turquoise bracelet with 6 strands of Nevada mined turquoise with a sterling silver clasp that I recently designed. I will be offering more bracelets with this clasp with various gemstones.
Written November 19, 2012
Small sculpture and paintings by Jackson Hole artist, Alissa Davies, are now in the shop. Stop in and see them, they are awesome! She used a variety of materials: wire, fabric, paper clay, acrylic paint.
She has used a lot of pod forms inspired by her childhood in and a recent visit to Maine’s seaside. Photos, left: mix, center: “Sea Objects #2” , right: closeup of “Breaking Out”
This cool piece, “Installation”, is a grouping of delicate fabric and wire pods and tubes.
This 2-painting series is acrylic paint and pencil on canvas and echos the forms of her sculptures. “Reproduction #1, #2”
Written December 3, 2012
Hand-painted lampshades by Pinedale, WY artist, Carmel Kail. Carmel has recycled old shades and breathed new life into them with petroglyph inspired designs as well as colorful teepees. The petroglyphs are all from actual sites, Sublette County, Wyoming and Utah and Alberta, Canada. They have a beautiful warm glow and really doll up your old lamp, contact me if you are interested in purchasing one, $85-140, here are 5 of 8 that I have in shop.
Written October 10, 2012
I’ve been working on the chasing and repousse technique that I recently learned. Here are a couple of ‘in the works’ photos of a practice copper bracelet that will have ivy leaves on it.
The first photo is the outlines dotted with a punch to guide my work. The second photo is the beginning of the ‘repoussage’, I press out the shapes with various punches and then will flip the piece over for the ‘chasing’ portion where I do final forming and detail work. After that I will form the bracelet into a cuff.
I took a course from Davide Bigazziin California in the springtime to learn this technique. He’s a true master and makes amazing pieces.
