Inspiration

Ribbon Lace, Juno's Storms, Glistening Flame, and Majestic by Victoria Lansford
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Beauty, A Force for Good

I’ve been reading Alain de Botton and John Artmstrong’s book Art As Therapy, literally outlining how we could experience art to help us navigate life’s challenges and how we deal with them. Talk about revolutionary…The book’s basic idea is that, instead of museums offering sterile galleries organized as “French Impressionists” or “Italian Landscapes before 1600,”…

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…

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….