Metals 1
Dragon, Castle & Bonfire
Skills Learnt - Sawing intricate designs, polishing, and intro to soldering
Rivets & Gromets
Occult Esoteric Eye Pendant
Skills Learnt - Cold connections through rivets and gromets, patina, and roll mill for texture
Horn-ey Ring
Skills Learnt - Intricate Soldering, ring making (Augers)
Bezel Setting & Tube Setting
Steampunk Gear Ring & Wire Strawberry Quartz Ring
Skills Learnt - Gem Setting, sweat soldering layers of different materials
Chains
Copper Cuban Link
Skills Learnt - interlinking of chains, creating a curb chain, and designing my own type of clasp
Project #1 - Rustic Knight Helm
Throughout my childhood, I had an enduring infatuation with medieval media and history, as well as medieval fantasy, which led me to create this life-sized medieval helmet. Throughout my childhood and teenage years, I lived in NYC, and would often visit the MET, for the sole purpose of the medieval exhibits, where I could experience all the different kinds of Knight armor and helmets, such as Armets, Barbutes, Sallets, and Great helms.
Another factor that interests me is the memories of my brother and me often watching The Lord of the Rings while staying at my Dad’s house. The piece also serves as a homage to fantasy games such as Dark Souls and Skyrim, from which the metals and designs used are inspired by (the Elven helmet from Skyrim, or the Helmet of Favour from Dark Souls). The helmet itself, similar to my memories, is a collage of different pieces of scrap, made up of copper, Nickel, and brass, assembled with both hot and cold connections, to form one unified purpose - the protection of life and its memories.
Another factor that interests me is the memories of my brother and me often watching The Lord of the Rings while staying at my Dad’s house. The piece also serves as a homage to fantasy games such as Dark Souls and Skyrim, from which the metals and designs used are inspired by (the Elven helmet from Skyrim, or the Helmet of Favour from Dark Souls). The helmet itself, similar to my memories, is a collage of different pieces of scrap, made up of copper, Nickel, and brass, assembled with both hot and cold connections, to form one unified purpose - the protection of life and its memories.
Skills Learnt - Creating sheets of metal, from smaller parts, and wire sewing, designing my own helmet, forming/shaping metal
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