Cool Metal Remnant

Saw this last year in Berlin-remember nothing official about it but I think it is beautiful!

Still one of my favorite photos of "CRUSH" series!

One pink soda can crushed into a tetrahedron - Fun purples and pinks all around!  The beautiful photo was taken by Jen Judge!  New "CRUSH" designs by me are coming soon!

Jewelry as Armour

CRUSHes as confetti

Confetti! The bright colors make me think of happy things: confetti, pinatas, candy!  It would be fun to have a show where the pieces are all displayed like candies or baked goods!  Lots of tiered glass or silver dishes..................dripping jewelry..........................................

'Roadkill Metal' bracelets

A slew of "Roadkill Metal" bracelets made from armature wire, aluminum blanks and aluminum pipe.  Adding bling to some of the bracelets and earrings now which is kind of fun.  Found some new bling colors today so will experiment some more soon.  Having fun squashing different things into the metal!

Coil "Roadkill Metal" Bracelet

Messing around more with the "Roadkill Metal" idea.  One coil, tribalish, Egyptianish bracelet!  Lots of textures mashed into the aluminum..............want to play around with patinas in addition to the black seen here!

basically boggled

well wow, all kinds of ideas for new jewelry designs, working on photos and studio organization, keeping track of listings on sites vs. pieces on the web, looking forward to playing with a 3D printer and a new and groovy eco resin out of California, taxes to do, more pieces with insets, want to go to the Black Hole again, crush cake improvement, lathe work, how to market, pay for a fancier web design or not, advertising or word-of-mouth, you need to be on Facebook-really?, and Twitter-what?  so many little pieces to building the work.  if there were three of me would i just triple the expectation?

spoon usa 2012 bronze

always liked how artifacts are labeled in museums....the use, where it was found/made, the guess at the year and the materials.......................artist most often unknown...........................................no 'titles'.

"Mace-In Decay" is a bronze sculpture from the "Artifact Series".  These works are all small in scale and are made from plastic detritus; toys, utensils, cocktail markers, etc.  This piece plays with the idea of weapons and soldiers where the soldiers become the spikes on the ball and chain.  This is a unique bronze. 'Curiosity' was a recent show at Winterowd Fine Art in Santa Fe.  To see more of this series visit cwarestudio.  The patina work on this was alot of fun; silver nitrate, ferric nitrate and titanium dioxide were used.

Raw and 'in process' material shots! cw

I love these photos of the raw materials used for the jewelry!  She really captured the beauty of the pieces in process.  Photos are by Jen Judge - just wait 'til you see the extraordinary shots on the model!

Crazy "CRUSH"cake rings

Crazy "CRUSH"cake rings may be a little Alice in Wonderland.  But some days that's just what we need to wear!  The third and fourth rings here are 'cakes' and the others are simple "CRUSH"es. The first one has some bling for fun!

ware jewelry - new photo

a fun shot of the new bracelets!
photo by melanie west!  she also did the photography in the slide show below!

Jewelry on People

photos by melanie west

on not making jewelry

today was mostly spent on the patination of a sculpture and on figuring out web design and presence.  so, it was a day spent with actual jewelry making not happening and ideas growing in the back of my mind - all the projects i want to do: aluminum casting from foam with carolingian attributes, new leaf forms as fall is approaching and i love the leaves, a "CRUSH" rainbow.........................

"CRUSH" photo progress

progress on the photo front-have tried black paper and black sand and returned to velvet! i do like the black!

product photography conundrum

This is a method for thinking out loud.........does anyone else care about my product photography? Not per se. However, people do respond to a good photo! I am trying to decide whether to shoot new photos on black, and if so, does velvet really work? Maybe somethng more matte. I like the reflections of the shots done on glass....................it must be time to experiment more.

Daisy Chain Earrings cw

Light weight and fun earrings made from wire and scrap aluminum.

12 Degrees cw

Really? Part of my studio is outside.......................It was 12 degrees this morning, felt like 12 below! Out sanding pieces for an order! Can't wait for Spring! or better yet, Summer!

aluminum earrings cw

"Up-cycled" from mass-produced parts. These remind me a little of pacifiers???!!!

Rings! cw

A shot of some of the new rings!