My adventure in metal clay continues with this custom order set. You know, dear readers, that I find custom orders to be both exhilarating and stressful. There’s so much pressure to get it right and satisfy both myself and my patron. I’m learning with each project that I’m much more demanding than my customers (so far), and I’m trying to be a bit more gentle and forgiving with myself without lowering my standards.
In the creation of these pieces, I was able to sharpen my skills in layering, attaching bails, setting stones in syringe clay, carving dry clay, and using syringe clay to enhance a texture. I had struggled with setting stones in my introductory class, and I feel so much more comfortable with the technique now, after completing this assignment.
I did a similar piece in my class at Folk School and you can see the original piece here (on the top row near the center). It so happened that two people wanted that piece at the same time, along with matching earrings. I was happy to oblige by creating a second pendant and two pairs of earrings. All of these pieces were inspired by the landscape tutorials in Hadar Jacobson’s awesome book, The Handbook of Metal Clay: Textures and Forms.
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Clients…That is awesome! Your dream is soon to become a reality it appears. Love the metal clay work. You are so gifted. I wore the necklace you made today and everytime I get so many compliments about it, and of course I always talk up the artist that made it!
When you dream….Dream Big!
These are amazing and I love the look of your blog!
OMGOSH!! It’s amazing Wendy!!!!
Thanks, Rick! The BWS brand is starting to come together. I’m much happier now with the new color scheme, compared to the black, white and red thing I had going on before.
You have nothing to stress about on custom orders - these look perfect and I cannot wait to wear them. Thank you so much!
Thanks, Ivette! I hope you enjoy wearing them for many, many years!