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My first bracelet! This felt really good it was daunting at first and it came together pretty well all in all. I’m very grateful for my teacher Jenny I would not have been able to complete this piece without her guidance and experience. completing this piece his been huge for my confidence I’ve seen every step through and can complete a bracelet.
I haven’t carved a whole lot of copper I do have an affinity towards the material. Copper is more traditional and it has healing and protective properties. It is also tricky to carve. The copper isn’t consistent in nature there are hard spots and soft spots you have to be ready when there is a hard spot you could slip out then your tool can slice right into a soft spot for an unwanted gash. With this in mind I had to change my approach and took a pause when I ran into a tricky spot in the copper.
I’m grateful for the use of this design it is an AIA design of an emerging frog out of hibernation. It really helps seeing how the designs are laid out using a certain ratio of forms throughout. There are lots of 3’s in formline and you see it in bracelets. The design and be split up into 3’s and you see it with the main head and then the legs and a Raven head at the ends. You can also say the design is split like if you split the back of a design and split it so it was Facing forward you can take something that is 3D in nature and put it on something 2D and still get all of the design features or body parts on a piece. Something that was thought up a long time ago and is very clever.
This type of artistry has a very high standard and is fine art. Also when you put it on fine jewelry you need to take the steps to make it good. I’m grateful for this opportunity with my mentor I hope to reach this high standard and can recognize good work and I can appreciate the steps it takes to get there.