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This is my second week working on this crown piece. Right now I’m working on building the centerpiece that will go over the forehead. I am planning to incorporate three or four more stones into the centerpiece before I attach the centerpiece to the wire that will form the headband. By starting with a […]
I love making art for other people. It feels really special to give someone else a piece of art that has my energy literally wrapped up in it. When the focus of my art is to share it with everyone else, it can be easy to forget that I really am doing this for me. I […]
This week I am starting on a new project. I’ve recently been inspired to start making crowns! I’m excited about this project because I think the crowns will give me more room for wire and stones. I like to think of it as working with a bigger canvas. Pictured above of three stones that will […]
I hear a lot of talk going around lately about the idea of “self love.” People are usually referring to the acceptance of one’s bodies, and therefore their own physical flaws. Though I’ve been slightly perplexed about exactly what that means, I know that it goes deeper than that, and must include forgiveness for mistakes […]
I want to follow up last week’s piece on Sarah Jaylin Mays by featuring Gold Town Burlesque. Sarah is the director and choreographer of this troupe of diverse and talented dancers. The troupe boasts a repertoire of dance techniques ranging from traditional burlesque to belly dance, gogo dance, aerial silk acrobatics, and fire dance. […]
This week I had the pleasure of working on a custom piece for a friend of mine, working with a fluorite spear. Its a special challenge to make a piece of jewelry based off of someone else’s vision. Most of the time, when I am creating I get to call all the shots and have full […]
After my last progress post on this piece, I had a burst of inspiration to add the woven panels on the side. I feel like they really helped to bring the piece together. The final step in the completion of the pendant was to add the bail. I had designed the piece to have […]
Sarah Jaylin Mays is an impressive artistic force. She approaches the circus arts with grace and professionalism. Sarah is a mostly self taught aerial artist. Above, she is pictured striking a pose on the aerial rope. She also performs with the aerial silks and the aerial hoop, otherwise known as a lyra. Climbing and performing […]
This piece is very close to being complete. For those of you that have been keeping up with my posts, you have seen the progression over the weeks as I add more layers of wire and stones. This week I added decorative detail work. My goals were to make the piece as sturdy as […]
I am excited to kick off a new feature on local performance art with a bang. This is a video submission for Nocturnal Sunshine Burning Man Fire Conclave. Every year at Burning Man, there are groups of fire performers surrounding the man as he burns. These performers prepare long in advance in order to be […]
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