Barnacle Shots

Update/Peer Crit

I made a hollow form ring! maybe another today. I originally intended it to be in silver, but my sheet was going to cost $80...brass/copper it is. Also, I'm stone setting-nuts now.

ProjectTWO Crit:

Narrative Pendant Peer Review

Kelsey Hampton

Recover

materials: copper, brass, silver 20 g wire, rubber

techniques: liver of sulfur patina, hammer texture, rivets, flanges, chasing & repousse, balled wire

Barnacles thrive on motionless objects. I chose this imagery to address complacency in my life in terms of recovering from an eating disorder. Both the barnacles and the squid are images that resonate with me personally.

I am fairly pleased with the pendant, but feel I could do much better with a second attempt. Also, I'm still not sold on the chain.

I feel the flanges work well in terms of the overall organic nature of the piece.

Chain could be improved, squid-etch could be deeper. The patina did not bring it out as well as I had hoped.

Its sturdy, wearable, and smooth-edged, so yes, I'll wear this piece.

Megan's Crit:

Megan pretty much feels the same way I do - she liked the patinas/textures/metal interplay, but felt the squid could be improved. The fact that the concept is not made explicit did not bother her, and she noted that both that and the hidden locket mechanism create an overall secretive feel.

ProjectTHREE

ProjectTHREE

So, i haven't really shown any progress on the pendant, but i promise its almost done (due wed).It wasnt what i expected, but all in all, i think im going to be happy with it (if i can stop sawing my fingers off).

So project three is all about hollow forming! Ive chosen the modernist period, because, like anna, its the only stuff i really want to wear. Im pretty set on creating a pill-holder ring, and have looked and looked and not been able to find anything other than these things:

gross.

im considering a hinged top, organic tapered formed and want to include some sort of setting on the hinge lid. ideally, sterling silver, but i hope it doesnt cost a fortune.

UNProjects (Or Who Spends Their Free Time In the Studio?)

A: Me, Anna, and Megan

Maybe this is why I'm always in there:

this is for Cindy Soon-to-be-Atwell

this is now green/blue ammonia patina

I had extra jump rings

rivet practice on some scrap metal earrings

this is going to be a riveted barnacle locket, I think. Anna, Megan, and I decided it would be fun to repousse stuff unrelated to class till one in the morning.

ProjectTWO Update

So, three layers so far. The bottom piece is nasty because i was trying to solder little silver stems to poke through the barnacles. Wire solder was a bad idea in this case.

ProjectTWO: Inspiration

Barnacles!

Barnacles grow on ships due to inactivity. I am considering using them for my pendant as a way of visually representing the progress I have made/the person I no longer am.