Design and Plan
Surface Decisions
Texturing
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Etching
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Enameling
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Prepare Parts
Prepare Metal
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Cutting/Drill
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Forming
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Filing
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Enamel
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Arrange and Attach
Cold Connections
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Loop Wiring
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Findings
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Gallery of Artists Using Domed Parts
In the natural world, the vibrant exuberance of enticing and often forbidding forms, all with an endless array of textures, clashing colors, and underlying geometry, excites me even as I struggle to accept its impermanence.- Wendy McAlilster
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I work in a wooded lakeside studio in Maine. It’s the perfect place to become immersed in creative exploration. In the incredible beauty of my surroundings, I find myself powerfully drawn to the landscape. In 2016 I began a series of drawings at a micro scale. Closely examining and recording with drawings and photographs the tiny colorful lichen and fungus that abound in the forest and field. These drawings have been used in my enamel work, in my textile design work and in a further series of drawings that incorporate natural elements and sometimes humanoid characters.- Suzanne Anderson
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The process of making my jewelry is one of experimentation and play. I often begin not with finished designs, but with a collection of metal parts that will become designs. I spend days (sometimes months or even years) forming, fabricating, or enameling seemingly random parts before arranging these elements into three-dimensional drawings. Fascinated by duality and the juxtaposition of contrasting qualities, my compositions are often arrangements of disparate elements. They are relationships of light to dark, flat to full, finely sanded to aggressively folded, vibrant glass to soft, matte wool. Felicia Szorad
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