Here is Lucy wearing the completed Ai-Apaec headband. The cephalopod fits over the sub, and the tentacles follow the pattern in the “porthole” agates.

The Decapitator Ai-Apaec, traveling the underworld, encounters a submarine. Filigreed silver, Brazilian agate.  

The Submersible Vessel Ai-Apaec Encounters its Namesake in His Underworld Aspect. (Wearable alice band in the form of a submarine) Etched copper, Brazilian agates.                                                               […]

Cast silver, reticulated shibuichi, cast copper, sheet copper, grossular garnet, aquamarine, peridot. A gift for my beloved.                                                      

I made these for my awesome sister-in-law. Heads cast in bronze from dolls, headdresses formed in wax and cast in silver, set with lapiz, coral, and turquoise. Necks finished with carnelian.                              

Advanced Metals and Mechanisms is about making things that do things.   This face spins on an axis and the horns rotate, so you can get four different configurations. The body opens to reveal a heart, (heart cast by Matt Mosher in 2014) and the arms swivel at the shoulder. A bottom piece and a […]

Form Emphasis in Metals is a class that focuses on forming techniques such as raising, fold forming, and the creation of spiculum and other forms in metal. I made two salt cellars and matching spoons, which altogether comprised my 3 required projects. There was considerable overlap with the material being covered in my other classes. […]

Last fall I took three studio metals courses simultaneously. I took Intro to Metals (to fulfill the pre-reqs for the other two classes I was also taking–it made sense at the time, honest), Form Emphasis In Metals, and Advanced Metals and Mechanisms. Here are the three official projects I produced in my Intro class. Since […]