Sarah Obrecht

I found Sarah Obrecht in Maria Phillips section in the Pendland Book of Jewelry. Very lovely work. I don't know that all of the images here are of electroformed peices, but I picked ones taht might be and that I like either way. The above image is electroformed.

She uses a lot of polymer clay to provide color to her work.

I think the one above mioght be electroforme,d but its not listed as such. The detail shot below makes me think it is.

Electroformed Work

This is a piece by Valerie Mitchell that is electroformed and enameled.
This is a electroformed peice by Shana Kroiz, who teaches over at MICA.

I actually had trouble finding electroformed work from artists oevr than the ones Jan mentioned. But here's a few of the artists taht she mentioned that I really liked.

The next two pieces are June Schwarcz. I can see exactly what Jan was talking about with the nodules, but I think she uses them in a really interesting raw looking way.



This is a piece by Dennis Nahabetian. He creates form out of copper mesh and electroforms it for stability. They're beautiful.

Maria Phillips' electroformed and enameled pieces. So cool.

Thesis Work

This weekend Karen and I pulled out the light box, and with the help of Nick, we took some preliminary photos. The light box is awesome. It was really neat to see how even the light came out and try it out. These pieces weren't quite done, but it's nice to have these progress shots. I'm really happy with these.

Trying out the light box turned out to be good for another reason. The ridiculousness that is this light box continues because one of the light fixtures is in European voltage. It's uh...being handled.

Micheal Glancy

Micheal Glancy was originally trained in glass and then took a metals course where he learned about electroforming. Since then, he's been combining materials and electroforming over top of his galss sculptures. I couldn't find much of a web presence for him, but here's his wikipedia page

Final Second Life

More from Second Life

I still have more to do, but here's my progress.

Doing this has made me think a lot about an actual display. There are some things that I did a certain way in Second Life because it works better that way or because I have limited building knowledge. In actuality, I think I would by cool cake stands that were plain but nice. Possibly alter them depending on what I find. But have those and like bowls and trays basically tiled with pieces. I like the idea of having a bright backdrop and then white and plain display pieces because my work is so colorful.
This weekend I stopped by the Godiva store to check out how they display candy. It's all these little white oblong bowls filled with candy. It's made me think about the kind of bowls I would want to use. They'd need to be interesting but also be enough of a backdrop.
I like the idea of having a bowl of candy to make it smell nice and be candy store like.
Also, has anyone been to Johnny Cupcakes? T-shirts with cupcakes on them. They have some stores that are like bakeries. I know this isn't the fisrt time this idea has been played up so I will really need to make it fit my style.

Second Life!

Here was my display in second life from Tuesday. I'm making a little bakery for my work.
I added a floor today in class which I think helps make in look more finished, not that it's finished at all. Not sure what I should do about a roof yet or if I should have one? On tghe displays, I have a few cakestands and plates. Next I need to color correct and format some photos and upload them. I might make some trays? I'm going to try and go to Godiva or something this weekend and look at their displays.Here's me sitting at my table!