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Mens Jewelry |
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| About The Artist |
| I have been designing and making jewelry since 1977. I am a
self-taught jeweler and lapidary, with a background in sculpture, painting and other 2 dimensional arts. In 1984 I started
doing business as Metamorphosis, first selling my work through artist co-op type galleries, and then, in 1985 doing a variety
of art and craft shows throughout the year. I currently do about 15 shows a year and sell through some select galleries in my
area.
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| About The Work |
| All of my jewelry is in either 14k or 18k yellow gold, unless
otherwise noted, and all of my stones are natural, not synthetic or man made. I do all of the design work, casting, finishing,
stone setting and lapidary work {excluding faceted stones} myself. I specialize in innovative, contemporary designs utilizing
unusual combinations of stones and stone shapes.
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| The Process Used |
| Most of my pieces are done using lost wax casting, though some
combine elements of fabrication. In lost wax casting the original design is carved out of wax, a mold is made of the wax using a
special type of high-temperature plaster, and the wax is burned out of the plaster mold in a kiln. The gold is then cast into the
plaster mold using centrifugal force in a centrifugal casting machine. After the casting is broken out of the mold, the metal is
filed, sanded, buffed and polished. One of the last steps is setting any stones or doing any inlay work. While the casting mold
is destroyed, I do make silicon molds of some of my designs so I can reproduce them. Some designs are consistently the same each
time they are duplicated, such as the bands and inlaid pieces, while most of the designs with faceted stones vary to a greater
or lesser extent depending on the size and shapes of the stones used each time they are reproduced.
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