Behind the Scenes

Eccentric Ellipses + Summer Workshops

Behind the Scenes· Current Projects· drawing· Illumination· Inspiration· Painting· Teaching· Workshops

As spring gently glides into summer, I’m thrillled to report that for once in over a decade, spring has actually…
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Boogie Woogie Is Hard and Easy

Art & Critical Theory· Behind the Scenes· Inspiration· Processes· Videos

I was three or four years old, and the climb up on the piano bench seemed like Everest but worth…
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The Art of Play

Behind the Scenes· Current Projects· Inspiration· Russian Filigree· Teaching

For decades I’ve advocated the importance of playing in other media or learning new things in a different field from…
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Spring Beauty…March Sadness

Behind the Scenes· Calligraphy· Current Projects· Inspiration· Painting· Workshops

Spring is here in Atlanta with the trees in my backyard budding, the few flowers that have survived our dogs…
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The Harsh Light of Reality + Surprise Relief

Behind the Scenes· Calligraphy· Current Projects· drawing· Illumination· Inspiration· Painting· Processes

This week, the big, final, studio puzzle piece arrived: a custom built flat file drawer cabinet that looks like an…
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Save While Voicing Your Help

Art Jewelry· Behind the Scenes· Illumination· Inspiration· Russian Filigree· Sale· Tools & Supplies

Save when you get or give my multi-award winning art book Giving Voice and feel good about helping those in…
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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

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