Wednesday, April 04, 2007

samples...

i'm working on a different type of project than i'm used to... it's for my 'secret' project.

basically, i'm making this for the sake of style, not technical perfection... and it is very difficult for me to let go like this. i like making pieces that are clean lined and somewhat architectural. to attempt to keep this piece of woven wire in the same family, i took an architectural element as the model... a chain link fence.

now, to create this pattern, i had to build a jig to help weave it in.

first, i had to figure out the size of the final piece, and lay it out on a board...


...next, i had to drill out for the pegs to weave around (this is just showing a very tiny area for making a small sample)...


...and more and more weaving for the small sample...


... and finally, i had my sample piece...


well... it actually came out pretty sweet... but it's not symmetrical like a chain like fence would be. it is very very difficult to try to get everything even. between the fact that this is base nickel wire AND i'm not a machine... it's difficult! let's just call it an 'organic' fence... hehehe.

but i actually bent this piece around my wrist... and i gotta say... it looks good, really really good. and when it's a HUGE collar necklace... it will be this pretty damn cool.


so... the moral of the story is... experiments are good... and sometimes happy mistakes even better ;)

2 comments:

Sal Darji said...

this looks great! it looks very organic...

kelmurphy said...

SO EXCITED! It's fun to experiment now and then, though, right?

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