Monday, November 24, 2008
For my Metalsmithing class we were assigned the task to create a character ring -- so basically a ring that represents a person/character of our choice. My latest obsession led me to choose Wall-E.

I based the design off of Irish claddagh rings. I wanted it to be Wall-E and Eve holding hands seeing as that's Wall-E's goal in the movie. Cute, yes? I'm really proud of how it turned out. I'd take the class again just to have the chance to make another ring.
(It's made from sterling silver and brass FYI)




My final project - a chain. Not quite finished. I need to solder the pieces together and twist 'em. Also going to sandblast it so I can color on it with Prismacolors.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The beginning of my silhouette project for my Metalsmithing class.
It's cut from a 12" x 6" piece of copper. I broke a ridiculous amount of saw blades doing this project (thankfully they are quite cheap).

Doesn't translate well via pictures unfortunately. I'm holding an iPod if you can't tell.
No, it wasn't originally supposed to be like the iPod commercials. Part of the requirements was to make this somehow contemporary. Since I was in my pointe shoes this was the only way I could think to fulfill that rule.



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