Champleve Color Choice

So, my original color choice may have been a bit bold (the square on the far right was repeated in the chocolate confectionery wrapper below). I decided to make it a little cooler, and actually took it back to what I'm finding to be my default color scheme. That is red-orange and blue-green complementary.

I took the pattern from Rhinoceros and exported it as an Adobe Illustrator File. Therein, I played with a few different color schemes.

 Too much blue in my opinion. It balances the orange but not the red.

 So to balance the red, I decided to add green. One darker, one lighter

Oddly enough, this reminded me of an abstract landscape, and continues my body of work with the red sun and sapphire sky.

 

Brooch back for my first project, my take on the Hinomaru.

Here are some test tiles that I chose for the colors:

Champleve Project: Quilt Pattern on a Cylinder

This is the section of copper pipe on which I plan to etch the pattern for the champleve

 

 Gotta measure the circumference in order to properly dimension the tiles for printing in vinyl

 

Printing it out

 

 

 Peeling it off. Catharsis

 

 

 

Transfer Tape over it and air bubbles removed with a spatula

 

Rolled onto the pipe. Not evenly though. I need to revisit

Creating a Pattern For Champleve With Rhinoceros

 Revisited a design for a digital imaging assignment. I established a square. Then placed a circle in it. Every other shape is then formed using geometry of intersections and tangents. Much like my thought patterns

 I laid out a 3x3 grid to see what the repeated pattern would be

 Laying it out

 In this and the one below, I took the lines and made shapes from them. This was so that I could have  lines with dimension that I would be able to print it in vinyl. This vinyl provides the resist for etching the copper for the champleve

This is for a cylindrical shape the single row of three will be for the lid/top. The 2x3 is the base/body

The design to be repeated

Formwork

This is the beginning of my "accessory" design. I need to build a form to support my jewelry as I create it. This is it. 

Derby the dog: Running on 3D Printed Prosthetics

"Derby was born with this deformity so he never really knew any
different; he was a happy dog," says Sherry. "However, his new legs have
allowed him to run on concrete, play with other dogs and overall be
more mobile."







https://www.thedodo.com/dog-runs-first-time-3d-print-881600572.html

Enameled Brooch Final Touches

I have the face of the setting in the vice. I was able to bend two edges of it using this. 

I was not able to use the vice for the other two sides. Moreover, since my media of choice are wood and stone, the malleability of metal is not something I readily understand. It will take practice, but should get the hang of hammering form into the material with practice. Probably unorthodox, but this set up got the piece in a presentable state.

 Now on to the back side. This is it after I soldered two pinbacks and clamped the tabs down over the front.

 The front with tabs. Steel wool was used for finishing them.

I etched the face to introduce scale to it, then heat patinated it. After which, I used Clear enamel to make the patina viewable.

 Then I dipped it in liver of sulfur multiple times to blacken the copper

Enameled Brooch Setting Re-Work

 My first attempt at making the frame setting was not successful. It was fretfully flimsy. The form would not hold

 Round One Back

Round Two Front

Since the structure would not support, I went back to the drawing board. I wanted to create a semi-hollow form for the face. Tabs from the back would close over the front.

I plotted the above on vinyl with an adhesive back to form the resist for saltwater etching of the score marks

 Vinyl is on the copper

 Now it is in the saltwater solution for etching

After I removed it from the etch, I burned off the adhesive from the vinyl with the torch. This is what the piece looked like before I set it in the pickle.