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Thanks for including my pebble rings in progress! Funny that these are mostly from “Bench Mess” as they don’t look like messes at all to me, but rather quite inspiring images.

It’s so interesting to see all of the pieces of a creation before they are combined into the finished product.

What a wonderful post! I love it! Process is one of my favorite subjects and you have posed some great questions. Thanks for including my work and so many interesting process shots from others.

Thanks for including my work! I hadn’t quite thought about it that way before, but I do get excited when I’ve invested the time and gotten quite a few silver pieces ready at the same time, means I have lots of components to play with! Was really interesting seeing others’ work in varied media, in progress.

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Great post Martha! I have always found inspiration in multiples and pattern. The beginning of my three dimmentional chains began with a pile of forms on my bench. Pattern for me is a visiual mantra, meditative and alive. Pattern from multiples moves you through and around the piece of jewelry. Multiples can create a surface and tactile experience as well giving the illusion of scales, feathers, etc. For me multiples enliven a piece with movement and sound as the parts move with the wearer. Back to the bench for mulitple pleasures!

Great post! I love the idea of jewelers being puzzle masters. I think there is a lot of truth to that. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and all the fantastic photos:)

Amazing article and an honour to be here!!! Thank you!! ;-D

I am always thinking of components the little prep stuff you do to be able to create the design , it’s kind of like a puzzle or maybe like the Operation fun game this attaches to this and so forth, and then wow it’s come together just like you imagined in your mind and there is no feeling like that A HA! moment. It’s your creation your magic imagination in the raw . Then it’s on to the next one , I try to keep a notebook everywhere in my home and in the cars, you just never know when something is going to hit you maybe it’s a texture or an idea. My bench is like a big super mess when I am working , all the little components everywhere awaiting connection to its counterpart. It”s funtime playtime .

Your post made me think ot the Museo Guatelli. Check out images on Flicker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/museoguatelli/3224448877/in/photostream/

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Emma