Radiant Echoes – 2020-2024
These are the years when nuance and curiosity took priority over volume. I could level up both the dimensionality and the individuality of my work, while still filtering historical techniques through a contemporary lens.
One of the best ‘coronabonuses’ of this time was my permanent pivot to teaching online. I spent countless hours developing an entire library of detailed, 4k demonstration videos on multiple techniques and processes to create my own Online School of Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design, and my explorations have benefited students from around the world. With people learning at a saner pace and in their own spaces, I get to teach more advanced courses in the techniques that I’ve pioneered. The time I didn’t spend traveling and the time I devoted to filming new things allowed me to develop and share ideas that had been on my mental list of things to try for years.
I also had time to play in my studio (finally)!
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Radiant Echoes: The Metal Mastery of Victoria Lansford showcases the artist’s journey through over three decades of ground-breaking applications of historical metalsmithing techniques. This retrospective publication comprehensively not only explores Lansford’s endless ability with complex metalsmithing techniques including filigree, Eastern repoussé, and granulation, but also speaks to how her skill and vision marry in the creation of objects that filters tradition through a contemporary lens. Simultaneously an artist, alchemist, and shaman, Lansford brings together the familiar with the unexpected through creative work that rethinks the millennia-old practice of turning raw materials into precious objects.
The book features over 150 images of art jewelry, art objects, and large-scale metalwork drawn from across Lansford’s career as well as a comprehensive glossary of her techniques used, offering a unique opportunity for readers to explore the evolution of Lansford’s creativity and craftsmanship. Radiant Echoes will make a fantastic addition to the library of anyone who loves jewelry, sculpture, metalsmithing, or simply contemplating beautiful objects.
Radiant Echoes includes new essays by curators, scholars, and artists including Kate Bonansinga, Cynthia Eid, Rauni Higson, Elyse Zorn Karlin, Victoria Lansford, and Jane Milosch, with consulting editor Emily Zilber.
Full color, casebound, 186+ pages
ISBN 978-0-9821833-6-6
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