Inspiration Archives

Adapting and Thriving - Metalsmith Magazine - Victoria Lansford

Filigree Workshop + Hang Thursdays + In Print

The thing I said I wouldn’t teach online For a Limited Time Only In this special, online workshop hosted by the Craft Guild of Dallas, Victoria will demystify the technique of Russian filigree (filigrana) from the basics of traditional fabrication to the intricacies of her own ground breaking, sculptural work. Students will create several pieces…

Behind the Scenes / Inspiration

Happy Holidays + Time in the Middle

May your holiday season be joyous and bright Around the time when many countries shifted the clocks back one hour this fall, there were copious articles and news stories decrying what this twice-yearly time change does to our bodies, how it disrupts our sleep patterns, is bad for kids in school, decreases productivity, and is…

Art Jewelry / Behind the Scenes / Inspiration / Sale

Big Sale Ends Sunday + Head/Hand Shaking

Sale ends Sunday, December 12, 2021! 10% off all Art Jewelry, Prints, Tools, and DVDs!
Use coupon code HAPPYHOLIDAYS at checkout. Any qualifying items will show a 10% reduction at checkout once coupon is applied.

Behind the Scenes / Inspiration

Holiday Sale + La Vie en Mold

It was one of those mornings. I sat crunched in the shower floor, attacking the grout lines with Bonamie cleanser and an old toothbrush while singing along to Louis Armstrong’s arrangement of La Vie en Rose, thus proving my firm belief that jazz makes all thing bearable.

Softness, Color, and Light, illumination On velum

Inspiration

Astrono-not-about-ME + Holiday Sale + The Big Workshop Reveal

Astrono-not-about-ME Occasionally I tell someone that I’m hugely interested in astronomy, that so much of my work is inspired by this love. Invariably, unless the person I’m telling is a scientist or of an engineering type brain, the reply I hear is, “That’s cool. When were you born?”“June”“Gemini?”“Yep.”“I can totally see that.”What I often want…

A few of the 800+ books in the studio...to be consumed with tea

Behind the Scenes / Inspiration / Workshops

Fixing to Get Ready

Toward the beginning of my serious calligraphic studies, I took both of Reggie Ezell’s year long workshops. Veteran calligraphers had long dubbed Reggie’s year-longs as trial by fire via dip pen and ink (and dry pigments, watercolor, gouache, gold leaf, gum Arabic, real vellum, etc.). As a total newbie, I kept my head down and…

From my morning journaling on a very different day - Victoria Lansford

Behind the Scenes / Illumination / Inspiration / Painting

Reality Ain’t TV

If you’re not an artist but would like to be, you might believe that the days of full time creatives begin something like this: Awaken with ideas and motivation to begin another day of your dreams. Brush teeth and shower while pondering how to go about these great ideas. Prepare and eat a healthy breakfast…