Showing posts with label art jewellery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art jewellery. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Side turn back into metal clay

Enjoying working in silver clay again! (My previous work can be seen here
on flickr).


This piece is based around wrapped fine silver wire.
As silver clay shrinks during firing, the wire armature method is especially useful for rings made to a set size.


It's the kind of piece you can work on by building up layers
of clay slip, and also torch fire in the kitchen, although I always
kiln fire them too at the later stages.


Here's the latest photo of the ring - in - progress:


...and an earlier shot of the ring, before firing:




Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Vintage Special: Jorma Laine Bronze Belt Buckle
























From Mascara Jones on etsy:


I'm thrilled to have found this! I'm always fascinated to see Finnish bronze pieces
and Jorma Laine is one of my favourite names from this era.
Here's some background information, a great article that I go back to regularly for inspiration,
by Maggie Snell at Modern Silver:


UPDATE: I'm delighted to add that Mascara Jones has very kindly added
a fantastic "Finnish Bronze"set of jewelry photos to her flickr pages!
Here's the link: