View Kristin's iconic work as part of an exhibition that examines adornment in New Mexico dating back to 450 CE.

Enamel-on-Copper Pendants & Earrings
2014
(Open Studios)

from left to right:
Cloisonne' Pendant: 2" x 1.38" x .13"
Champleve' Pendant: 2" x 1.5" x.05"
Earrings: 1.25" x .87" x .3" (without ear wires)
copper sheet of various gauges, copper cloisonne' wire to create cloisons, powdered enamels (transparent and opaque), glass threads, commercial earwires

cutting, discing, filing, drilling, hole punch, etching (for champleve'), surface preparation (alundum stone, wire brush, pennybrite), use of klyr fyre and holding agent
kiln-fired enameling techniques: cloisonne', champleve', counter enameling, wet packing, sifting