This summer the local community college offered a Jewelry class. I took the six week condensed class to learn about working with metal. Techniques in cutting, filing, drilling, riveting, stone setting, metal painting, polishing and soldering were taught by a gem of a teacher.
I was also able to make custom embellishments for a current fiber piece. Combining different elements into fiber is always rewarding; especially when you have total control of the designs desired.
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| Horse made of brass |
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| Fire Painted Horse attached to fiber |
The fiber piece, "
Dead Horse Canyon - Mesa Verde", uses layered background piecing, hand and machine stitching, photo transfer, and Dewitt Inktense water color pencils. Here is a sneak peak of the almost finished project.
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| Painted with Skeleton Motifs | |
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| Layered Background |
The custom made metal pieces added an other dimension. Below you'll see examples of the pieces constructed in class. Brass and copper were the predominate metals used to fabricate the images. I totally enjoyed working with metal and plan to do more in the future.
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| Copper Stairway to Ruins |
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| Brass Circle represents Kiva |
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| Copper Circles, Heat Painted |
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| Brass Horse, Polished then Heat Painted |
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| Brass Circles attached with thread |
