Along with my fascination with texture goes an infinity of spirals which I've used in a great number of the pieces I've made. I suppose I'm infatuated with them. The piece on the left is silver and copper with a black onyx. The copper inlaid pieces are sheet metal that I have roller printed to get the texture using a sheet of nickel silver that I stamped a design on. I've made about 20 or 30 of these design sheets and always have several in the works since they take time to make. I think I'm working on three currently. Carlie uses these plates also in her work. This piece is one of a kind at this point. The piece on the right is part of a series, number three at this point. Each one a little different as I like to make them. Sometimes the series will go on for years, but I only make one at a time. Unlike most of my current work this piece is all silver although the ball shapes are argentium silver, an alloy that I like to use for making balls because they come out perfect and smooth with no pits as sometimes happens when you melt sterling silver. Argentium is the best metal I have found for fusing also, one has a lot of control in the process.
Along with my fascination with texture goes an infinity of spirals which I've used in a great number of the pieces I've made. I suppose I'm infatuated with them. The piece on the left is silver and copper with a black onyx. The copper inlaid pieces are sheet metal that I have roller printed to get the texture using a sheet of nickel silver that I stamped a design on. I've made about 20 or 30 of these design sheets and always have several in the works since they take time to make. I think I'm working on three currently. Carlie uses these plates also in her work. This piece is one of a kind at this point. The piece on the right is part of a series, number three at this point. Each one a little different as I like to make them. Sometimes the series will go on for years, but I only make one at a time. Unlike most of my current work this piece is all silver although the ball shapes are argentium silver, an alloy that I like to use for making balls because they come out perfect and smooth with no pits as sometimes happens when you melt sterling silver. Argentium is the best metal I have found for fusing also, one has a lot of control in the process.
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