Brooch / pendant
4in (high) x 3.5in (wide) x 0.25 (deep)
Inspiration
This medallion was inspired in a very important person in my life. She was a wonderful mentor (the first person who gave me the opportunity to sell my work) but more than a mentor, she was my friend.
I lost her in 2018 and it was very painful for me. Making this medallion helped me in my grieving. I was inspired in the altars we make for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the dead).
These altars are made in celebration of our love ones that passed away. We celebrate them with respect, joy and happiness.
Kathleen will always have a special place in my life.
Techniques
The center bezel was hand formed.
All the sugar skulls were hand sculpted and carved with micro carving tools. The angel was hand sculpted and all the textures were hand carved.
The butterflies had a texture by using my carving scraps and adding them with water to the surface.
The center painting in the bezel was made with Creative paperclay that was used as a white canvas for the painting using acrylics.
The painting was coated with clear resin.
Materials
Bronze (Bronzclay)
Creative paperclay
Acrylics
Resin
Coral
Pearls
Liver of sulfur
Stainless steel wire
Brass wire
About the Artist – Lorena Angulo, USA
Lorena grew up in Mexico and the time she spent there amongst the beautiful and traditional Mexican Folk Art shows in her amazing body of work that she loves to create. Each of Lorena’s intriguing creations seems to hold an untold secret that keeps you guessing its true meaning with each glance.
Lorena started taking metalsmithing classes at Southwest School of Art in San Antonio; it was there were she was introduced to metal clay by the hand of Claire Holliday. Since that day she felt in love with this new wonderful medium and has been creating most of her work with it. Nowadays Lorena is an adjunct faculty member at Southwest School of Art in the Metals department.
She has become a very active artist in wearable art. Her work has been featured in several books, magazines, and publications and countless on line articles and industry websites. Her work has also been part of gallery exhibitions in the USA and Europe.
Lorena is one of the authors of Metal Clay in Color.
Lorena is the author of a book called Behind the Brooch published in May 2014 by Schiffer Publishing.
Web: lorenaangulo.com
Superbly Sintered: Masterful Designs in Metal Clay celebrated the very best designs from metal clay artists around the world.
22 pieces of exceptional work were chosen by a distinguished jury. The exhibition was shown at the Sinter Conference in Pittsburgh, May 2022
