So where was I? I had met and greeted, I enameled… Ooh the leaf charm swap… must take pictures of my treasures… The Trunk show was fun, sold a few ceramic components. My thanks to all my fellow Art Bliss-ers who stoped by! But it was a late night, and I wanted to be ready to roll on Sunday morning… (pun intended)
Forest Floor locket: in theory we were rolling textures onto copper via the rolling mill, shaping them into puffed rounded forms with a hydraulic press and using cold connections to create a locket.
As usual Melissa was a treasure trove of ideas and inspiration. I fell in love with the rounded sculptural form of the metal after it was formed in the press. And since I don’t have nor do I foresee getting a press – I made extra pieces. Each piece I formed, sparked a new idea. Windows cut away to hint at treasures inside, reversed forms filled with resin… So I have a few in progress:
These two will have copper backs, and open in some fashion like lockets. I am thinking collage + resin inside…
These pieces are awaiting inspiration. It is just nice to look at them and ponder the possibilities, at times. Let me show you the details; I am in love with patinad (sp?) copper now!
The leaf detail if truly incredible!
So overall – Art Bliss was ….blissful. I know, you saw that one coming. But it was! Great location: the hotel had nothing nearby, so we were uninterrupted in our creative bubble all weekend. Food was brought in; coffee was brewed 24/7. It was just the focus on creating, networking, sharing…very much fun all around. I cant wait til next year!
My only complaint: The crash. I rode my personal wave of euphoria and inspiration and excitement home and into Monday. Tuesday was all about reality and chores, and time NOT spent in the studio. Geez – if thats the only negative…. I have pretties to look at, and take me back when I do get into the studio… And my new tiny steel letter stamps have arrived. Later!
…or maybe you will be getting a hydraulic press (manual lever, buy hey – it may work for clay and metal…).
Can’t wait to catch up and see some of your goodies in person! Next year is a must!
~Marsha
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I had never thought of the tile press working on metal. Yowzah!
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Hi Jenny
I’m so glad you drove up from DE. And WOW…you used to work at the infampous Sherpherdess! Who needs to attend a big retreat when you worked there and are able to go back and forth! 🙂 It was really fun seeing your beautiful ceramic pieces in person – and to meet YOU!
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Oh mysterious one. One thing I want to change about my blog – I dont know who you are!
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This does look like fun.
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D- is you are ever back East with free time I owe you a day in the metals studio. Soon I will be set up to torch fire enamel on copper as well.
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