Radiant Echoes: The Metal Mastery of Victoria Lansford
A comprehensive retrospective exhibition and monograph showcasing the artist’s journey through over three decades of ground-breaking applications of historical metalsmithing techniques.
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With new essays by curators, scholars, and artists including Kate Bonansinga, Cynthia Eid, Rauni Higson, Elyse Zorn Karlin, Victoria Lansford, and Jane Milosch
Step into a world where metal becomes poetry, where each piece tells a story, and where Victoria’s passion resonates with every twist of the wire and strike of her hammer.
Enter the Gallery Rooms of the Exhibition
Art & Alchemy: Lansford’s Prospera Jewelry Collection
by
Kate Bonansinga, Director, School of Art, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati
and
Jane Milosch, Honorary Professor, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Lansford’s endless ability to conjure up so many different-but-related objects invites the wearer and viewer into her captivating and wondrous world.
FROM ART & ALCHEMY: LANSFORD’S PROSPERA JEWELRY COLLECTION
BY KATE BONANSINGA AND JANE MILOSCH
From Spiral Galaxies to Whorls of Wire: A Conversation with Victoria Lansford
by Rauni Higson, MBE, Multi-Award Winning UK Metalsmith
Victoria Lansford’s striking use of filigree to create complex sculptural forms evokes ethereal forces of nature, cosmic storms, and manifestations of the invisible threads holding together the universe…Victoria’s approach feels entirely unique and contemporary.
From the Essay From Spiral Galaxies to Whorls of Wire: A Conversation with Victoria Lansford
by Rauni Higson
Victoria Lansford – Blending Ancient Tradition with Modern Innovation
by Cynthia Eid, Pioneering American Metalsmith and Author
Victoria’s sense of adventure as she creates her uniquely personal art to combine both ancient and contemporary techniques. Whether we call it innovation, exploration, originality, or modernization, Victoria Lansford is propelling the 21st century frontier of the ancient techniques of filigree and repoussé.
From the Essay Blending Ancient Tradition with Modern Innovation
by Cynthia Eid
Early 20th Century Art Jewelry and the Work of Victoria Lansford
by Elyse Zorn Karlin
Jewelry historian, author, lecturer, co-director The Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts
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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