Plenty and Satiety - Pleasure and Ease - Liberty and Power

I'm an undergrad at UW-Milwaukee working on my BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing.

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My box series - artist statement explaining it coming soon

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My vessel series

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week 15: all three coral pieces together

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Week 12 - some of my final casts of the semester

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Week 14: making stands for my vessels with micro blacksmithing and micro welding... Micro everything

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Week 14 - project three in my coral inspired body of work

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week 13-The third piece in my series has finally been decided - a broach. It incorporates all the elements as the others but also incorporates a broom cast element.

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My Wife’s Lovers, 1891, Carl Kahler

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God I hope I am immortalised by my husband for having 40 cats

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Fun facts:

It cost $5,000 in 1888 to have this painting made, which is more than $120,000 in today’s money.

I say 1888 because it took three years for Kahler to complete, reportedly because he spent most of the time studying and sketching each cat to get a feel for their personality.

It was painted for Kate Johnson, the title was her husband’s idea though, proving him the most patient and good-humored husband in the history of crazy cat ladies.

Speaking of cat ladies, the picture actually contains 42 cats. Or more specifically, Mrs. Johnson’s 42 most favorite cats. She had 350 in total.

It sold at auction via Sotheby’s a few days ago for over $800,000 dollars, vastly more than its $200,000-$300,000 estimate.

The buyer is a private collector in California.

Probably someone who really, really likes cats.

I mean, really likes cats.

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Calling all metal artist!!! We are doing a wearable art show this December at the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center and we are doing our very first art call!! If you know someone or are a metal artist yourself, contact me for more information at [email protected] or look on the Cafac Facebook page!! entries are due by November 20th!!!

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Boosting for those in Chicago. And yes, I do think it’s legit… 

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Week 12: production work finally came together! Better pictures to come. If any of these pieces interest you or you are looking to purchase shoot me a message!

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Week 12: project 2 complete! I definitely feel the spirit of the sea speaking through this piece. I'm so in love with it!

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Metals lab in a nut shell

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Week 11 : project two is officially done!

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All finally assembled!

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Hey metalsmiths! UNT Metals Club is trying to raise money to go to SNAG 2017. And our wonderful professor/grammar nerd Ana Lopez made this. $18 for Tshirt, more if you want a longer sleeve or hoodie. 

Support your fellow smiths’ aspirations. Educate others. Ban the word “casted” from your vocabulary.

Thanks <3 

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Is there anyway to still order one of these?

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Aw, unfortunately not at this time. However, this is just one in a campaign that will be lasting till 2017. I’ll be blogging more as we get more fundraiser Tshirts and stuff. Thanks for the interest though! :) 

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Please do so I can share them with all the metals students at uw-Milwaukee