Collaborative Works

Untitled Brooch (Collaboration with Taekyeom Lee). Brooch. 3-D printed clay, 3-D printed PMC (copper), sterling silver, enamel, stainless steel pin wire 2 x 2 x 1 in. Photo by Sara Brown. 2016
Untitled Rings (Collaboration with Taekyeom Lee). Rings. 3-D printed PMC (Copper). Varying Sizes. Photo by Sara Brown. 2016
Untitled Rings (Collaboration with Taekyeom Lee). Rings. 3-D printed PMC (Copper). Varying Sizes. Photo by Sara Brown. 2016

My recent research has been a collaborative project with graphic designer, Taekyeom Lee, that explores the alteration of a 3-D printer to print different materials including Precious Metal Clay and then altering these prints with traditional fabrication and innovative enameling techniques to make wearable pieces of art. Click on the links below to see videos of the printing and firing processes.

Video 1

Video 2

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She secretly wondered if he would send the missing piece.
She secretly wondered if he would send the missing piece. 

Recently I have had the opportunity to work with Leslie Lepere to create a collaborative piece. This is the first of a series that we plan on making in the near future. I was honored to work on this project with one of my heroes and a source of inspiration for my style of enameling. The brooch uses champlevé enamel as well as an enamel decal.

 

The drawing that Les chose.
Frame choices for Les to choose from.
Les’s original drawing
Everything is etched and ready for construction and enameling.
The enamel colors have been picked out. Time for firing.
Enameling!
Enameling the section that will have the decal.
Firing the decal
The champlevé has been completed. Next printing the decal for to add Les’s work to the piece.
All the enameling is complete- now time for assembly and finishing touches.
We finally met in person as we installed the piece in an exhibition dedicated to the Pencil Brothers at the 2016 ECU Material Topics Symposium.

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Ode to the Pencil Brothers

This piece is a collaboration with Zachery Lechtenberg. It was inspired by the collaboration between Ken Cory and Les Lepere, who were known as the Pencil Brothers. They were well known for graphic champlevé designs and the incorporation of other illustration into their work. The belt buckle that Zach and I made has champlevé with a background of stickers that have been coated in a layer of resin.

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She was lost to her dreams as flowers cascaded down upon her.

This is a collaborative piece that I made with Michael Dale Bernard. I completed the champlevé section in the center and then sent it to MDB where he was going to set it. He ended up completing the entire piece. It most recently traveled with the Cooperation Garnish Exhibition.