{"id":740,"date":"2011-12-08T18:32:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T01:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.us\/blog\/?p=740"},"modified":"2011-12-08T18:32:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T01:32:58","slug":"metals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/art\/metals\/","title":{"rendered":"Metals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to working on my thesis, I also took a Metals elective this semester and was finally able to make a ring I first sketched in Australia, 2006.  I have a lot more respect for jewelers now.  At first I thought the size was the only difference between small metals and sculpture, but the materials are much harder to work with, too, particularly soldering.  And it is more like woodworking in that you can&#8217;t really add and subject material, it&#8217;s mostly all subtractive.  Here are some photos of my work from the class:<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-740 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MTAG.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MTAG-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-744\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-744'>\n\t\t\t\tM@ Keychain: Etched Copper\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/BENSTREARRING.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/BENSTREARRING-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-741\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-741'>\n\t\t\t\tBen Strear: Cast Bronze\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ISSBUCKLE.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ISSBUCKLE-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"International Space Station Belt Buckle: Brass and Copper\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-742\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-742'>\n\t\t\t\tInternational Space Station Belt Buckle: Brass and Copper\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/woodring.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/woodring-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-751\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-751'>\n\t\t\t\tWood Ring: Cast Silver and Rosewood\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ZIPRING.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ZIPRING-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-745\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-745'>\n\t\t\t\tZip Tie Ring: Cast Silver\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KRING.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KRING-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-743\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-743'>\n\t\t\t\tAverted Eyes: Silver and Blue Zircon\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to working on my thesis, I also took a Metals elective this semester and was finally able to make a ring I first sketched in Australia,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-projects"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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