Materials: 14K colored golds, mokume gane, sterling,blue diamonds, andalusites.
Dimensions: 2.5" H x .5"W
Assymmetrical Andalusite and colored diamond earrings with colored golds and mokume gane.
Photo credit: John Fullerton
Lynda Adrienne Bahr
Fullerton & Bahr
San Gregorio, CA. USA
I have always been inspired by the beauty of the natural patterns found in nature. This provides a limitless palette for an artist to draw from. The combination of those textures and colors in conjunction with the architectural structure is what I feels makes my work unique.
There are two techniques I use that are the basis for the mosaic patterning. They are mokume gane and roller printing. Mokume gane is the more difficult of the two. It involves forming a multilayered billet of colored golds, silver and shakudo.The billet is fired in an electric kiln till the multiple layers of metal form a diffusion bond. This bond makes the layers atomically function as one piece of metal. The billet is carved and reduced in a rolling mill till the desired patterning is achieved.
I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in 1977 and pursued further studies at Hornsey College of Art in London, England.
Materials: 14K colored golds, mokume gane, sterling,blue diamonds, andalusites.
Dimensions: 2.5" H x .5"W
Assymmetrical Andalusite and colored diamond earrings with colored golds and mokume gane.
Photo credit: John Fullerton
Lynda Adrienne Bahr
Fullerton & Bahr
San Gregorio, CA. USA
I have always been inspired by the beauty of the natural patterns found in nature. This provides a limitless palette for an artist to draw from. The combination of those textures and colors in conjunction with the architectural structure is what I feels makes my work unique.
There are two techniques I use that are the basis for the mosaic patterning. They are mokume gane and roller printing. Mokume gane is the more difficult of the two. It involves forming a multilayered billet of colored golds, silver and shakudo.The billet is fired in an electric kiln till the multiple layers of metal form a diffusion bond. This bond makes the layers atomically function as one piece of metal. The billet is carved and reduced in a rolling mill till the desired patterning is achieved.
I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in 1977 and pursued further studies at Hornsey College of Art in London, England.