Earlier this week I had the thrill of being able to watch a one of kind piece of jewelry being made...for me...from scratch. Ron Ostlund, Jr. is a local talent that produces cool works of art like clocks, lamps and jewelry from scrap metal. Plus, he's completely self taught...
Check out my pix below from the 3.5 hour session:
the sheet of copper is cut and buffed into shape...
the collar starts to curl and take its shape once the hammering begins...
the final, shining product...
There were tons of little tweaks done to the piece as it started to take shape and it was interesting to see how each small change made a huge impact. Watching a flat sheet of metal transform into a wearable work of art was fascinating.
HUGE thanks to Ron for allowing me to help create my own piece and for letting me sit in on the making of...