Mandalas have been on my mind a lot lately. Struggling to find my truth. I find making these in the studio calms me. Vitreous enamel, steel, and silver. Silver and copper ring Even though I knew that hard solder melts at 1450 degrees I still had to try enameling the copper. In theory the solder should not have run. If I only took it out of the kiln a minute sooner this may not have happened. A total melt down but I love that color! :) Vitreous enamel, copper, and 22k gold leaf My intention for the above mandala was a ring. The challenge was difficult but I managed to make it. Vitreous enamel, copper, 22K gold leaf, and silver I feel myself pivoting once again and feeling the need to create amulets and talismans but in sculpture form. Each person's life is like a mandala - vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life...everything that shows up in your mand
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