Special gift for a special friend, hand raised copper vessel, with cloissone enamel base
The following pieces represent the use of cold hand forging, raising and enameling techniques such as cloissone.
The pieces may have been for a commission, undergraduate body of work or a private gift.
raising the vessel
base pre-enamel, hammer raised
base with cloissone enamel
side view of vessel
detail of base, cloissone enamel, fabrication
early construction, chasing, and building cells for cloissone enameling
nearly finnished shield
detail, fabrication, enamel, cloissone enamel
detail, cloissone enamel, chasing, fabrication
finnished shield for the 2007 Tripp Lake Camp summer session
Hammer raising, chasing and repousse, cloissone enamel, fabrication , cold connections
hammer forming/ raising in copper
early stages of construction, chased animals/ symbols, raised hammer form in copper
Tripp lake Camp shield commission summer 2008, forming, raising, cloissone enamel, fabrication, chasing and repousse, fabrication
detail, chasing and repousse, cloisone enamel, forming
detail chasing and repousse, cloissone enamel, fabrication, forming
detail, cloissone enamel, chasing and repouse, fabrication
