Well it has been at six months since I have painted. I laid my brush down, only to journey a path in creating “wearable art.” I began by taking my artprints to a new small dimension, 1x1inch, and inserted them into little trays with glass coverings, then I tried glass tiles with hand made bails-- lovely, unique pendants, but too limiting… I had to move on to something more challenging. I look back with some regrets that I had not taken the jewelry classes at University (80’s) which my sculpture professor was also teaching…At the time, I was intimidated by the “smallness” of it…I wanted to create BIG and impactful art, like the steel metal sculpture horse “chess” piece I forged which stood 7 ft tall…It found its home in my father’s front garden in rural Fairfield, ME (now rusted and, well, not really standing tall anymore…however, I do still have a scar on my left thigh from sanding it.. lol)
….So I “hit the books” (from the library, that is, a wonderful source in much of my “self-taught” art studies since University--being a wife, homemaker, homeschool mom, and secretary in this season of my life). I began investing in lot$a materials and lotsa tool$ and I grew in knowledge and understanding of metal working with copper and sterling silver wire and sheet… The last six months has been a wonderful time of exploring new ideas, methods and materials. I really enjoy creating “small” now…Each piece gets my full attention and though it be meticulous and time consuming, it is ultimately a rewarding process…to cut, anneal (with a torch), bend, hammer, anneal again, pickle, solder, pickle, solder, bend, hammer, and then again pickle, wash, polish and finally…Ta-da ! …It is awesome to be able to wear my art…and others can too ! You may find these at my new ETSY shop, ArtAffectionsJewelry : http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtAffectionsJewelry
What you will find there is just a beginning…Ideas are stirring and my notebook is full of them. I am about to launch into a new line of copper, sterling and mixed metal pieces in which I’ve added another “step” in the creative process to the copper: Patina, in a lovely traditional Tiffany blue/ Green, a Cupric nitrate Blue, and a “Rainbow” rich mottled brown/orange…*Hope to have those pieces available in early November, 2011.
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