These are shots from my enameling tonight on the first of the etched pieces, using a technique named Champleve. It's ancient, but the French coined its most common name. I'm not done with this piece yet, but you can see how far I've gotten this evening!
"Having now described all the creations of human ingenuity, reproductions, in fact, of Nature by the agency of art, it cannot but recur to us, with a feeling of admiration, that there is hardly any process which is not perfected through the intervention of fire." - Pliny the Elder
Mostly comes out at night. Mostly. She's also a metalsmith, when she has a forge about, a jewelrymaker in a variety of mediums from hardware to glass enamels to fine gold and silver. Shiny things delight her. She currently resides in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and two cats.
All Images CopyRight Kira Scott 2009
Contact me at: animametals@gmail.com
Kitteh! Fun stuff... wild to see how this all comes together.
ReplyDeleteHe was being so helpful, my cat. Watching out for stray birds that might accidentally fly through my window and land in my enameling.
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