Tag: Metal Art

How to Make Inspirational Word Beads

Want to fashion a piece of jewelry out of metal? Kate Richbourg’s beginner-friendly tutorial for creating inspirational word beads is a great place to start. These beads are the perfect spot to stamp your Word of the Year or artful resolutions, and wearing the beads is bound to help you keep those intentions in mind…

Project: Handmade Metal Jewelry

Before I started making my own handmade metal jewelry, I stalked every art fair, craft festival, and artisan shop, looking for signature pieces that could make an outfit. Then I started working with metal, and realized I could make pretty much anything I wanted—any style, color, shape, design. And no one else would have it!…

Make a Rustic Wire Star Tree Topper

Want to deck your halls with some mixed-media artwork this holiday season? We have just the ticket. In this tutorial from our November/December 2014 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, mixed-media metalsmith Jen Cushman shows you how to make a rustic wire star. Use your star as a tree topper, or leave the tail off…

A cool tip for metal embossing

One reason I have so much respect for our artist contributors is that they continually come up with cool techniques, hacks, tips, and shortcuts that make mixed-media art projects even more fun than they already are. Case in point: The collaged wooden box with metal embellishments featured on the cover of the July/August issue of…

Metals for Mixed Media by a "Fabricationista"

I am an art school graduate, educated as a metalsmith via the “academic track” rather than the “hobbyist track” and have spent countless off-the-clock hours pursuing my passion for making 3D objects. Professionally, I’ve worked in many media, and was formally trained as a visual artist; earning my salary for many years as an award-winning…

Mica, Tintypes, and Torches, Oh My!

Earlier this week, mixed-media artist Jen Cushman shared her tips for making chalk paint and using resin in mixed-media art. Because that post was so popular, I wanted to touch base with Jen again and talk about two of her newest DVDs, which include projects for making a stamped metal and mica pendant and an upcycled silverware hook. In…