Here is the progression of pictures of the pierced cuff bracelet I designed (notice the dwennimmen adrinkra symbol?) and made out of nickel silver for my Jewelry 1 class with the Westchester Art Workshop, affiliated with Westchester Community College. I received one college credit for it, and on the heels of this, have decided to go for my Associates degree in art. I never thought about just doing the two-year thing, and never EVER considered a community college (one previously referred to my me as Wastechester Country Club). I’m getting over my snobbery - FAST.
Mary Beth Rozkewicz was an awesome teacher IMHO, but apparently, not in those of my classmates. It was really more of a refresher course for me; I’d learned all this stuff over 30 years ago with Red, the Silver Shop teacher at Camp Pinecliffe. MB crammed a full semester’s worth of work and teaching into a 5-week course, and the other women suffered. Mightily, it seems. I know that if I wasn’t simply remembering how to do things, I’d be very frustrated and pretty pissed off.
So here’s the progression: preliminary sketches, final sketch, traced sketch glued with rubber cement onto a 6″x6″ piece of nickel (diagonally because I needed a cuff that was 6 3/4″ long), the finished cuff, and a side view. Yes, I sawed all of those spirals. There are sixteen of them (!?!). Plus the nine diamonds. As always, click on the tiny pic to embiggen. Tell me what you think.
penny said,
June 29, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
awesome comes to mind. you *rock* !!
The other Penny said,
June 30, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
I’d totally buy it, and then wear it everywhere!!
linda said,
July 9, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
I’m jealous, that’s all I can say and I mean it! I think I’ll go take a class or two if I can find the time. You did a beautiful work of art here, A+