Crafting an Artful Life: Imaginative Musings on Creativity

Eastern Repousse Video for Download or Streaming by Victoria Lansford
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ME IN YOUR OWN STUDIO WHENEVER YOU WANT

Learn from the Master Who started the revival Although I primarily make my living as a professional artist, teaching is a huge love and a significant part of who I am. Seeing a lightbulb go on for someone else is as satisfying as making artwork myself. I’m also passionate about documenting nearly lost processes for…

Kelly's Necklace, Eastern repousse necklace on a handwoven chain by Victoria Lansford
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All Art Is Experimental (My theory of everything…which is mine…)

What if I came up with a unified theory of physics, that holy grail of all scientific theories that reconciles Newton’s Laws with quantum physics? It’s not really hard to come up with a theory. What’s difficult is coming up with a theory that is wholly plausible, even better that is provable, or at least…

Eastern Repousse video for download/streaming
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METAL TECHNIQUES OF BRONZE AGE MASTERS,ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD VIA VIMEO ON DEMAND.

IT’S LIKE HAVING VICTORIA ON DEMAND IN YOUR OWN STUDIO ALL 3 VIDEOS IN MY SERIES, METAL TECHNIQUES OF BRONZE AGE MASTERS,ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD VIA VIMEO ON DEMAND. You have the option to download the videos and watch anywhere at your leisure or stream them as needed. Each video has been extensively…

Victoria receiving the IPPY Award for Giving Voice
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2019 IPPY Awards: “The Hottest Spot North of Havana…”

When I received notification that Giving Voice, the animated edition on Apple Books had received an ‘IPPY’ award for Best eBook Design, I hadn’t planned to go to the ceremony. It was literally on the heels of the SNAG Conference in Chicago. After a number of people looked at me like I’d lost my mind…

Inside my article, Translating Jewelry Techniques to Larger Scales in Metalsmith Tech magazine
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“Translating Jewelry Techniques to Larger Scales” in the Spring, 2019 Issue of Metalsmith Tech

My article in Metalsmith Tech is about the endless possibilities and inevitable challenges of working large with nonferrous metals. It covers the Turtle Pocket Doors for a large media screen and the Etched double-sided room divider for the main salon of the same superyacht, plus the Eastern repousse, mokume gane artwork I created for the…

Chasing a fish at Rio's booth at SNAG Chicago, photo by Maria L. Lendsey @teamariastudios
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A Bit of Relief at SNAG Chicago

It was standing room only at my Eastern repousse stage demonstration at SNAG Chicago! Thanks to everyone who attended and for asking such great questions. I truly enjoy showing others what this sculptural, game-changing technique can do. I also loved talking with everyone who stopped by my bench at Rio Grande’s booth in the Vendor Room….