A Compelling Devotion to Metal
I’m super excited, and quite chuffed, to share that my monograph Radiant Echoes: The Metal Mastery of Victoria Lansford received a fabulous review from Ariana Bishop in the most recent issue of ADORNMENT, THE MAGAZINE OF JEWELRY & RELATED ARTS™.
“Radiant Echoes: The Metal Mastery of Victoria Lansford offers a thoughtful chronicle of an artist who has spent her career at the intersection of tradition and experimentation. Best known for her mastery of ancient techniques like Eastern repoussé, Russian filigree, and granulation, Lansford doesn’t simply replicate history—she reimagines it, coaxing metal into forms that are at once technically rigorous and unmistakably her own.”
ARIANA BISHOP, “RADIANT ECHOES: THE METAL MASTERY OF VICTORIA LANSFORD,” ADORNMENT, THE MAGAZINE OF JEWELRY & RELATED ARTS™, VOLUME 14 NO. 2, AUGUST 2025, PAGE 58
with Modern Innovation” by Cynthia Eid p.162-163
“For practitioners, educators, and students of technique-driven art, Radiant Echoes offers a compelling look at an artist who has built an impressive and multifaceted career around her devotion to metal. It is a reminder of what can happen when historical technique meets personal vision—when ornament becomes narrative, and craft becomes choreography.”
ARIANA BISHOP, “RADIANT ECHOES: THE METAL MASTERY OF VICTORIA LANSFORD,” ADORNMENT, THE MAGAZINE OF JEWELRY & RELATED ARTS™, VOLUME 14 NO. 2, AUGUST 2025, PAGE 58
by Rauni Higson, MBE p.90-91
Both the 3D filigree necklaces Entwine VI and Ensparkled are examples of how much I push the technique of filigree to defy the laws of physics. The process I pioneered to create them is one of the things I most love to teach because, in continually breaking new ground in a centuries-old metalsmithing technique, I’ve opened up whole worlds for my students to expand their own horizons and receive accolades for furthering their journeys.
3D filigree pendant on a Roman chain, 2016; 18k and 22k gold, sterling silver, fine
silver, Koroit opal; 3.75 x 1.875 x 1.375 in, 20 in. chain; Photo by Pat Vasquez-Cunningham
The ability to defy physics in this way requires a firm, working knowledge of how to master spirals and manipulate well constructed Russian filigree. If you want to bend wire structures to your will, you’ll be able to soon! I’ll be opening up my 3D Filigree course in early 2026.
native copper-cuprite-chrysocolla; 4.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 in
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