Some Snapshots

ok, I am bad at blogging. There I said it. But I am obsessed with Instagram and hipstamatic and I will say that even though I went to art school I never took a photo class and know absolutely nothing but I do like to pretend to be a professional photographer when I have my phone... So anywho, I thought I'd share some photos I've taken at my work bench.

I just recently ordered some prong settings to teach myself how to set. It was surprising easy.

My files <3 I think these are one of the few tools that I still use from my metals 1 class.

containers

My tank! My biggest investment

My holy bench pin.

More prong settings, a cute little ring that will have a garnet set into it.

I do have christmas ornaments up in my shop! I only have two right now but am in the process of making more. I'm still trying to think of what my black friday sale will be, whether it will be a % off, free ship OR maybe a free gift...hmmm...

A space to work

So, I graduated. It's strange and exciting and depressing all at once. Definitely the worst part of leaving school was having to say goodbye to my own bench in the metals lab.

I've been working at this bad boy for the past two years and it was absolutely perfect. It was big, plenty of drawers and right next to the microwave! The back room was tiny but the walls were lined with everyone's different inspiration and pictures. I just loved that room.

This is my new work bench. Yes, it is an old set of kitchen cabinets with a bench pin screwed onto it and it's in the garage so I always have a fear of bees attacking me (have I mentioned my intense fear of bees??) and I can't really work on ungodly hot summer days. But hey, it works and it's a free space. Luckily it's comfortable out this week so I'm putting of the dread of finding a job to make new jewelry.
Happy graduation! 

Scissors Brooch

I made this new pin a couple of weeks ago. Since a lot of my 2D works deals with overlapping linear drawings of sewing notions I decided to make jewelry using the same technique. I just traced one of my prints and pierced the design out of brass. I love how this format makes the designs even more abstracted. I'm thinking of making different pieces of jewelry and break out of the circle. I'm super excited!

EDIT: I lost this brooch!! I'm so sad about it but I hope someone found it and loves wearing it.

Back to Basics

Everyone needs a break.

Tomorrow is the start of the last week of classes before spring break. What?!? Since the beginning of the semester I've worked in the studio 15-20 hours every weekend making stuff for my BFA show. I'm at a really good spot right now and I decided to take the weekend off from my BFA show and make some jewelry for "fun". 

 This is actually a piece that I made last semester but I love the simplicity of it. I think I made my point clear that I like spheres. So I made jewelry focused around hemispheres.

 

Well, back to work!

It all starts somewhere.

This was from my second metals class and the first part of the semester we focused on making hollow forms. I remember how incredibly proud I was of myself for making a perfect sphere out of metal. My first metals class was a little rough but after making this I knew I could do it and was so much more interested in the material. Since then I've made several more spheres but I honestly think this is still my best one.