There is a fun and straightforward tutorial over at Objects and Elements the blog of bunch of fantastic art jewelers. It's fun and involves texturing copper using a texturing mallet, but, my mind is lareayd thinking other textures. There is also, for those of us who read the blog, a challenge to make something textured. This sounds such fun I might give it a go. I love the earrings made ...

Jonathon Wahl, Jet Drawing: Facet, 2008. Charcoal on Paper, 32x48”. Photo: Bryan Helm, Courtesy Sienna Gallery This month’s Metalsmith magazine, not yet online, features one of Jonathan Wahl’s drawings (above) in an article called: Objects of Remembrance: Contemporary Mourning Jewelry. Jonathon, a New York Foundation for the Arts grant recipient this year, is the Director of the ...

I'm taking a metalsmithing class, and so I was inspired to add some metal embellishments into one of my paintings. I had some scrap brass already, and I bought a jewelery saw this week, so I cut out these delicate little wings. I didn't think glue, or gloss gel would adhere the wings well enough, so I 'stitched' them on with copper wire... I'm so happy with the results and ...

... teaches at The University of New Mexico, The Taos Institute of Art, Santa Fe School of Metalsmithing, Pueblo 5, The Oo-oon-ah Art Center atTaos Pueblo, The Firehouse Art Center, and ... inspired by nature using metal and stone. She mainly teaches at her studio school, Taos School of Metalsmithing and Lapidary Design. Marilynn's Website SKILL LEVEL: Beginning/Intermediate Levels. Age 17+ WORKSHOP ...

... because I learned so many important lessons! The most essential lessons I Iearned were in my metalsmithing course. It is highly unlikely I would be where I am without that year and a half of jewelry studio classes! What was your ... many customers but it wasn't until I began taking studio classes in metalsmithing and wax casting, that countless designs in my notebooks started coming to life. I ...

... 's unique jewelry, which effortlessly blends her love for portrait painting and metalsmithing. She creates an original, miniature acrylic painting on paper that features symbolic ... of 22-karat gold or sterling silver, with accents of luminous gemstones. With the exception of a few metalsmithing classes she took in 2002, the former chef is self-taught, and she feels this aspect frees up her ...