RICHARD MAWDSLEY Metal Artist

Jewelry, Silversmithing Work, and CNC Machining Work

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Welcome!

My Tumblr blog features highlights from my long career as a metal artist. Thank you for checking it out, and be sure to click on the links to my Biography, Exhibitions, and Ancestry to learn more about my incredible journey.

- Richard Mawdsley

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Standing Cup (CNC #3)

Edition of 75, Aluminum, Machined Size – 19 1/2 “ high x 4” x 4” Date – 2010

$2800.00

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“Medusa” Pendant

Sterling Silver, and Lapis Lazuli, Fabricated and Repoussed, Date – 1979-80, Size (pendant) 8 1/2” x 3 3/4” Collection: National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee

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Materials Central To My Creative Life:

Hans Petzolt

Covered cup by Hans Petzolt (1553-1633), Silver Gilt.

Collection Duke of Hamilton

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Silver Soldering Secret:

It's all about the tubes. My ability to solder hundreds of pieces together without something moving or becoming unsoldered has to do with the fact that I use a lot of tubing in my work.

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Flower Vase (Untitled)

Sterling Silver, Fabricated, Date – 2002 Collection: Shirley Clay Scott

#vase #silversmithing #richardmawdsley #metalart #decorativeart

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Materials Central To My Creative Life: Ornamental Turning

My latest CNC machining work is being inspired by ornamental turning, a method of forming and embellishing vessels using an ornamental turning lathe. Historically made of ivory, this technology was widely practiced in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. This art is still being practiced using wood.

#lathe #creativity #creative inspiration #richardmawdsley #decorativeart #ornamentalturning

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Wedding Goblets (Untitled)

Sterling Silver, Fabricated and Raised, Date – 2000 Collection: Mrs. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mawdsley

#goblets #silversmithing #richardmawdsley #metalart #weddinggoblets

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“Garden Wall” Pin

Sterling Silver and Gold Plate, Fabricated, Date - 1991

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When a particularly difficult assembly goes smoothly:

"...just like I knew what I was doing."

When a particularly difficult assembly does not go smoothly:

"...there must be an easier way to be an artist."

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Menorah (Untitled)

Sterling Silver and Gold Plate, Fabricated , Date 1999, Size 7 7/8” high x 11” x wide x 6 3/8” deep,

$8600.00

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Materials Central To My Creative Life:

Brent Kington

Brent Kington inspired me artistically because his toys of the mid-nineteen sixties gave validation to concept of “baroque” as a method of modern expression.

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“Oculi Rectus Superiorus #2” Pin

Sterling Silver, Ivory, and Black Onyx, Fabricated, Date – 1981, Size 4 7/8” high x 3 3/8” wide x 7/8” deep

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“Corsage #4” Pin

Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, and Pearls, Fabricated, Date - 1990, Size 5” high x 2 1/4” wide

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

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My New York Studio

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Note to the future scholar trying to figure out why my "RM" marks are not all made from the same tool:

In grad school, I was given a dozen Rs and Ms in hardened steel type. When I mark my work, I hold one of each with a pair of pliers and strike a mark into the piece. Even though the letters were manufactured and are essentially the same, this method may cause microscopic variations. You're welcome.

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“ Four Faces of Beauty” Hand Mirror with Stand

Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Rhodium Plate, Pearls, Wrought Iron, Rock Crystal, Glass Mirror, and Image on Paper; Fabricated, Cast, and Repoussed, Date – 2001-04, Size 13” high x 7 1/8 wide 7 1/8” deep

"Four Faces of Beauty" Mirror View

"Four Faces of Beauty" Details