my faves from HIGH SCHOOL, time of the Wolverines (part #2)

Ceramics in high school! I litterly think this little guy took me a few weeks of class time to make which is ridiculous... I even made the tie and hat band out of textured brass, and the top hat I sewed together out of black felt.


Here is a random ceramic's piece from highschool, I love this triangular container though !


CASTING (lost wax & cuttlebone)... some of my favorite techniques

ALL of the below pieces were carved out of wax then cast into silver (except for the cuttlebone casting)

The mask on this piece was carved out of wax, then cast and soldered onto the square wire below it.


These two pieces I also soldered on prongs and set stones in them. *BLINGIN*
The ring below has a gold prong setting.


This necklace has a sterling prong setting.


These two pieces I inlay-ed stones in them. I had to drill holes into them and bend the surrounding metal over the edges of the stone to secure them in place. This is insanely difficult...at least for me.



This is a cuttlebone casting, I carved the design into a cuttlebone and then poured melted sterling into it and cleaned it up.