Crafting an Artful Life: Imaginative Musings on Creativity By Victoria Lansford

Lining the large cluster domes on panel #1 of the Turtle Screen

1 Dec

When things have to be mind numbingly, exhaustingly, painstakingly perfect, my hammer is ready. More to come…

Texture You Want to Touch

29 Nov

These Eastern repousse panels are designed to function as sliding pocket doors to cover a large media screen on board the 69 meter super yacht, Samaya. In the original sample I was commissioned to create in 2016, I translated the client’s and the interior design company’s vision of sea turtles, which were inspired by aboriginal art, into dimensional hammered relief…
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Early Cyber Monday + Giant Turtles

Current Projects

23 Nov

10% off on all orders over $100 on art jewelry and metalsmithing products + Free Priority Mail shipping within the USA or discounted international shipping.* at VictoriaLansford.com Use coupon GIANTTURTLES Sale begins Friday, November 24 at 12:00 AM, EST and ends Monday, November 27, 2017 at 11:59 PM, EST P.S. This is the last sale we’ll be running in 2017, so don’t miss it!!!…
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Thankful for You!

Calligraphy

23 Nov

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the USA. Wherever you are on the planet and whatever you celebrate, I’d like to take this time to let you know that I’m thankful for you. You are my collectors, fans, customers, and friends, and knowing that we are connected through my artwork makes me thankful every day. Please enjoy this calligraphy version of…
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De on Domes

Uncategorized

20 Nov

My studio assistant, Deanna Pastel planishes each individual dome on the Turtle Screens

The Michael Bublé of Teachers

You are the Michael Bublé of teachers. If you’ve never seen him perform, it’s a real treat because he is so connected to his audience. When he’s on stage it’s all about the audience, not about him. His ego is nowhere to be found, and you teach the same way. You love what you do, and it comes through in your teaching. Thank you for that!

Geraldine Brophy, Metalsmith

Fantastic Teacher

I learned repousse' back in the 90's, but haven't done much since then. I took a Zoom class with Victoria and my love of this technique has been reignited! She is a fantastic teacher and her methods make it so much easier to achieve amazing dimension and detail than how I originally learned. It's a really satisfying way to work metal and Victoria's love of the technique really comes through in her teaching. She is very thorough and explains everything in a way that is very easy to understand.

featured image: Rabbit Moon talisman by Susan Urquhart of Lulubug Jewelry - begun in Victoria's class

Susan Urquhart of Lulubug Jewelry

Praise for Giving Voice: “Remarkable Work”

I love Giving Voice. This remarkable, inspiring and unique book is a magical journey unlike any other and is beautifully done. Rich colors and patterns metamorphise into stunnning images created by reknown artist Victoria Lansford. Her words dance and flow across the pages filled with insightful thoughts and expressions. The music is contemplative, sophistocated and lovely. I would highly recommend this book as a gift to others or for one’s self.

RogueJoan via Apple Books

Praise for Giving Voice: “Amazing”

Giving Voice is what ‘multimedia’ is supposed to be! Visual art, music, and spoken word brought together in a complementary manner. Whether you're checking out a few pages to get a quick pick-me-up of pen, ink, and piano, or parking yourself in one spot to lose yourself in the gestalt, or doing something in between, you’ll find something new inside to keep coming back to.

Anonymous via Apple Books

“Victoria is a true artist and shares her gift teaching with patience, passion, good humor, and enthusiasm…”

I just spent the most wonderful week-end with one of the best teachers that I have ever had the pleasure of learning from. Victoria is a true artist and shares her gift teaching with patience, passion, good humor, and enthusiasm...she has an infectious laugh, and you can't help laughing with her while she encourages you to achieve levels of skill that you didn't know you had. 11 other jewelry students and myself came into her workshop on Saturday having never picked up a hammer to do repousse ever before and all learned more from her in this one weekend than we thought possible. She spent time with each of us, pointing out better ways to solve whatever problems that we were having pushing the metal around to make it do our bidding. Victoria, I can't wait until you come back to us!

Patti D'Arbanville
Artist, Actress

“It’s beyond beautiful…”

No painting, song, or sculpture had ever moved me like your art did. It's beyond beautiful, I cannot describe my feelings. Each piece is so organic, they look alive. Each one left me with different feelings, mostly: wonder, amazement, happiness, and curiosity. Some even a soft anger or loss. But each one left me emotionally rolled. You're work is....life changing. I've finally heard the thundering beacon of what I want for my future. And that is to someday be as an amazing of an artist as you.

I thank you so much for what you do.

Alexandria Reyes
Phoenix, AZ

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