Limited Edition Rings

These are some of my limited edition rings that I created out of acrylic. This was a fun project. If you are interested in buying one they are listed on Etsy.com and I am under Mainebeachcomber, or you can do a search under rings. There are many more that I have created but too many to place on this post.

This is the "Simple Curve Ring" that has been sandblasted to give it a frosted look.

This is "The Kid at Heart" Ring. Just dip your wand and blow.

This is the "Tickler"ring to awaken that hard to wake teen on school mornings.

This is the "Emergency Preparedness" Ring for the frequent hiker/camper.

Advanced Metals Class

Me creating my final project. After casting and trading with my classmates I ended up with half of a Red Hot Pepper hollow, a horny toad, and a slice of loaded pizza. Yeah I know. I am supposed to create a narative with this. NOT! So I did my 6 sketches and the only one that passed the muster was "Hot Wheels". I soldered a piece of brass on top of the hot pepper so you cannot see the inside, then I will solder the frog on top of that piece of brass, put leggo wheels on my hot pepper and solder the hald eaten slice of pizza onto the frogs mouth. What do ya think?

This is my most recent piece called "Breathe" it was created with my daughter in mind. It was selected from over 100 other pieces and displayed in "Dual Meaning" in the Liberal Art Gallery at Boise State University in March. It was most recently selected for the "Student Juried Art Show" and will be displayed in two weeks at the Student Union Gallery. Below is the Artist Statement that goes with it.

The body is a complicated apparatus; the ease at which lungs take in oxygen every second of everyday is taken for granted by many. There is no thought involved in breathing, it happens naturally during sleep, exercise, work and play. Lungs easily expand as air fills them and contract as air is emptied. Try to imagine fifty pounds of weight setting on your chest or a pair of hands squeezing your lungs so tight that you cannot take a deep breath. At this point, breathing is no longer occurring without thought; it has now become a struggle. Your lips and fingernail beds begin to turn blue and your body now has to decide whether to breathe or swallow. This is what an asthmatic experiences every day of their life. An asthmatic relies on daily medications to keep their airways open, allowing air to move in and out freely. Without this medication, death is imminent. This necklace is made out of empty medicine vials; vials, that at one time were filled with the very medicine that has saved my daughter’s life. The medical tubing that the vials hang from is the very tubing that my daughter must inhale her medication through. The blue beads represent the color of her lips and nail beds from lack of oxygen. The necklace hangs over the lungs as a talisman.

Here are some more of the Limited Production Jewelry that will be on sale on May 1st at Java Downtown Boise. Hope to see some people there. These are some fun pieces and we only had two weeks to come up with an idea and produce twenty pieces each.

Boise State University Advanced Metals Sale

Limited production rings made out of thick plexi glass, they include things like strike and match, birthday candles, golf tees, feathers, corks, bubble sticks and a little pink bow and then some plain rings, some frosted some clear, and some different shapes. This has been a fun project, these and my classmates limited production jewlery will go on sale on Saturday May 1st at Java Downtown Boise. I will add some pictures of some of my classmates work, they are not all in, but there a good majority here.

Robot Assemblage

This is one of 13 robots that local children in the community created during their after school art program at the Meridian Library this week. I did a quick power point presentation on the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling and gave the kids a handout about the Environmental Protection Agency and local companies that recycle electronics. I also talked about how millions of computers and other electronic waste finds it way into landfills each year and the harm that this electronic waste can cause to wildlife, humans, Idaho's drinking water and the soil that we grow our food in. The kids were quite excited when they saw the many containers full of computer parts, and when it was time to create, they ran to the containers, grabbed all kinds of interesting parts and created the coolest robots. This was the first class taught in the 3-d method and it was a huge success. We also did some prep work for journals that they will be creating the first Tuesday in February. The front and back covers were created with paper bags, water and elmers glue. Next month we will put them together, stitch them and create art on the covers.