Starting now and thru this weekend only, take $10 off any RED item in the shop! Put the word Redhot! in the message to seller section as you are checking out, and your item will be $10 off! Please wait for me to send you a revised paypal request before fully checking out. Grab a little something red for your sweetie for Valentines Day!
Perfect for your Valentine! Transparent and opaque enamels on copper. The heart "drawing" is made from inlaying fine silver wires and then filling with blood red transparent enamel, on an opaque white background. The enameled piece is appx. 2 1/2 inches in diameter, and hangs by both sides on a gun metal chain. The necklace is 16 inches long and sits just below the collar bones in a choker style. This is a one of a kind piece created by sifting ground glass in layers and firing in a kiln at 1500 degrees for each color. While durable, this is glass on metal, so please handle with love! In the shop now!
Check out the flattering and informative review of my "I Gave You My Heart" Pendant on Mama Speaks! Hurry! I only have one left! I made 4 and each time I listed them, they were gone that day. Hmmm, maybe I should have made more?
Everybody has a heart, why not celebrate this everyday instead of just V-day? My work bench is calling, my hammer is thumping- thump, thump, thump!
Just in time- I hope! Listed in the shop today. Copper and handmade paper heart pendant.
The paper is held between 2 hand sawed "frames" with gold fill rivets. I texturized for pattern, and I gave them a heat patina. These little hearts hang from a copper chain on an angle. Fun!
Also added another "I Gave you My Heart" pendant. xoxox!
Anatomical hearts have been showing up in my work for quite sometime now. In undergrad, part of my thesis was an artist book made out of red velvet and satin that was in the shape of a heart (anatomically correct of course). The viewer "un-sewed" it to reveal rolled up images on fabric, small books with text, and little trinkets. Even further back in my repertoire is a series of photos where the only light source was a slide of a heart projected on to a model. I just searched to no avail, for digital images of these works, only to find traditional slides- yep they are pretty old. When I began working with metal, the heart re-surfaced. Below is my "Heart Shaped Locket." While not totally anatomically correct, you get the idea. And I like the thought of wearing an actual "heart shaped locket" around ones neck. Yes, the piece has some construction problems- but hey, it was my first attempt at a hollow form, and bending that solid piece of sterling wire for the artery gave me a lot of trouble.
"Home is Where The Heart Is," is the result of a cold connection and patina assignment, and still is one of my most favorite pieces. While not jewelry, I prefer to think of it as a wall piece and it lives in a shadow box.
"I Gave You My Heart," is my latest flirtation with the anatomical heart. Instead of being so ambitious as with "Heart Shaped Locket," this lovely is strictly a pendant. Created from copper and nickle silver, with sterling rivets to hold it together. I made it a couple of weeks ago, but never posted about it. I am thinking of making several more for Valentine's Day- appropriate no?
