The Mallet Switch
Catch that slick ambidextrous mallet switch? A must when this many months of hammering is required. Puffing out panel #4 of the Turtle Screen.
Crafting an Artful Life: Imaginative Musings on Creativity
Hammering My Heart Out
Architectural metalwork by Victoria Lansford incorporates ancient techniques utilized on large scale projects for contemporary spaces 1 of 2 projects for a 69 meter, custom built superyacht – stay tuned for more progress photos
Back into Stardust
From stardust we are fired and scattered, aggregated and evolved, only to spend our limited existence seeking to aggregate, create, and evolve quickly before the light burns away back into stardust. I wrote that one day at my local coffee shop in the middle of writing something else entirely. Apparently, while one part of my…
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It’s been the most intense spring and summer of my career with the completion of 2 commissioned architectural works in metal, followed by 3 weeks in Europe teaching and imbibing in art, music, and drama with my family. Now that I’m back in the studio, I’m working on other big projects, some long promised, some…
Breathing in the Past
Smell is the sense most strongly linked to memory. While I’ve always had a wildly accurate long term memory (I can remember my first birthday and party) my sense of smell has long been diminished by allergies. Maybe it’s my giving up and giving in and stopping all the benadryl and steroid sprays, but for…
Meta Schadenfreude
For Mothers Day today, my son gave me a gift certificate from my favorite garden store, my husband gave me AirPods, and a hacker group in Turkey hijacked my brand new website. (Rest assured! No evidence of hacking anyone’s data on the site but mine.) Instead of enjoying my garden with my AirPods in my…
Shoes and Self Consciousness
Rio Grande has recently released a video on my Eastern Repousse Tool Sets that we filmed when I was there teaching last January. It’s exciting to see it out there on YouTube at long last since this is a topic we’ve wanted to feature for a long time. As with all things Rio, everyone I…