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1	Thank You for a Lovely Time Morrison, Kelley MJ 01 January 2015 (has links) Stemming from my own fixation on trying to understand the actions, decisions and thought processes of those around me my work explores the difference between internal and external lives. I construct “brain spaces”; whether my own or someone else’s I strive to understand the decisions they have made and the stories we are a part of. I combine thoughts, feeling and sentiments which I have collected over my life to make objects that act as intermediaries, allowing others to imagine stepping into a mind other than their own. I attempt to bring the landscape of the mind into the physical plane, and to cross the impassable threshold between what is inside and outside of the psyche. Metalsmithing Process Wallflower Floriography Self Fine Arts
2	Impact Aleto, Salvatore Gaetano, Jr. 01 May 2014 (has links) No description available. Impact Jewelry Metalsmithing Sculpture Woodworking Art Practice
3	Extraction : one woman's epilepsy Davis, Lauren Elizabeth 01 July 2012 (has links) One woman examines her experiences with epilepsy over the past twenty years. art biographical epilepsy metal metalsmithing neurology Art Practice
4	(Self) Preservation Brohman, Stephanie Anne 01 May 2016 (has links) Creatures of the sea, creating wearable adornment to protect the body and unique materials, inspire my artwork. Through research and examination of sea creatures, I look to their defense mechanisms and imagine what it would be like if humans had similar qualities or if we could borrow from these beings and transform the way we physically protect our bodies. Through mixed materials I form adornment that acts as armor and the human being and the sea creature merge. The following pages will give you access to my thought process, accounts of technical experimentation, and my body of work. publicabstract Body Adornment Jewelry Metalsmithing Sculpture Studio Arts Art Practice
5	There is a Silver Lining. Crowell-Hilde, Kaki D. 01 August 2003 (has links) I investigated two unique processes developed throughout this body of work. The first technique is the cracking and lifting of an electroformed layer from a core vessel form. The second process, that I named “crunch-raising”, is used to form vessels. General data is gathered through research of traditional metalsmithing processes. Using an individualized approach, new data is gathered through extensive experimentation to develop a knowledge base because specific reference information does not currently exist. I find that an electroformed layer can be lifted from a core form with extreme torch heat to reveal the underlining vessel. I also find that the “crunch-raising” technique leaves a rippled texture in the surface of a vessel as it is being formed. I conclude that the project is successful. It is quite significant in that it has given me a personal vocabulary to define my current work. Metalsmithing Casting Alloys Etching Electroforming Raising Crunch-raising Patinas Solvent Dyes Art and Design Arts and Humanities
6	Transformation From Wax to Metal: A Symbolic Interactionism Study of Jewelry Casting Class January 2014 (has links) abstract: I conducted this qualitative research including data collection, data analysis and comparison analysis in a Casting and Jewelry Techniques course at Arizona State University for a whole semester. The purpose of this research was to explore the symbolic interactive meaning of metalworking to university students in metal courses, and if they had various learning needs to improve and enhance their metal art making by seeking their responses to the relationship between technical issues and concepts of their own artworks. The study results showed that the meanings of metalworking to students were craftsmanship, and a sense of accomplishment, and it related to their daily lives in career and presentation. Most of them focused on the degree of technical completion and forms of work rather than expressive concepts, and techniques were important in their works. I compared my findings in this study with my pilot study and James's study in a sculpture studio class, and found some similarities in teacher's philosophy and students' metalwork meanings that included career aspirations, some peer interaction, technical concerns rather than concept formation, and process as serious play or the exploration of materials. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Art 2014 Art education Fine arts Art criticism casting interactionism metalsmithing studio art
7	Anthropomorphia Gipson, Lori A. 22 April 2013 (has links) No description available. Fine Arts fine arts craft metalsmithing hollowware installation contemporary art anthropomorphic metaphor for the body interdependency
8	PRACTICE Babic, Morgan T 01 January 2016 (has links) Past training as an athlete has driven me to reach for the unattainable goal of flawlessness. This mentality, which I apply to jewelry making, has led me to recreate the intricate angles of the athletic body and the beauty of its movements. I use gymnastics imagery within my work as a tool to communicate how we learn and understand through practice and repetition. With shifted lines, skewed shapes and geometric wirework, the jewelry tumbles over the architecture of the wearer’s body. The repetitive metal forms come together to simulate movement and enhance the physical language that a body in motion can suggests. Practice Process Repetition Virtuosity Gymnastics Jewelry Metalsmithing Athletic Practice Art Practice Art Practice Fine Arts Sports Sciences
9	Humble alchemy White, Shalena Bethany 09 October 2014 (has links) This master's report addresses the conceptual and material investigations that were explored within my artistic research made at the University of Texas at Austin between 2011 and 2014. These works are a confluence of adornment, sculpture and installation art. These pieces incorporate ancient and contemporary metalworking techniques with raw, organic material. The notion of elegant ornamentation is expanded beyond the body into the adornment of architecture. The potential for transformation and reinvention within found elements is explored within this work. The natural resources I work with have gone through a cycle, which is interrupted when the objects are removed from the earth. I see my process in relationship to alchemical concepts of transmutation. Through manipulation, common matter evolves into precious material. The refined, meticulous craftsmanship conveys a sense of reverence and honor towards the common material. This intervention with the material is an act of preservation and veneration. This work explores my sense of intrigue about the extraordinary potential of mundane materials, and investigates conventional notions of material value. / text Studio art Metals Jewelry Adornment Sculpture Installation Natural materials Found objects Metalsmithing Transformation Preciousness Value Gemstones Geology Alchemy Raw materials Earth Seeds Rocks Fibonacci in art Fibonacci in nature
10	(Ware)withal Camera-Smith, Maria C. 17 June 2021 (has links) No description available. Fine Arts metals metalsmith metalsmithing hammer forming raising functional metal jewelry art jewelry contemporary metals contemporary jewelry hollowware flatware landscape environmental art

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