Double Walled Vessel
Party Barge, 2024. Raised, forged and fabricated sterling silver, 4” x 17” x 7.” Photo by Chris Preis.
Thin metal sheets can be formed and fabricated to create the illusion of thickness: this is the silversmith’s sleight of hand. We will explore this effect by layering volumes and thickening edges. While handheld vessels are anticipated, other outcomes may ensue. Demonstrated techniques will include sinking and raising, lapped seams, specific soldering, casual chasing and repoussé, and forging. Copper or bronze sheet will be used. We will pour silver ingots if time allows. Basic metal experience, such as jewelry-making and torch use, is required.
Myra Mimlitsch-Gray (she/her) explores craft as subject, constructing material fictions conversant with sculpture and domestic ware. As Professor at SUNY New Paltz, she received two Chancellor’s Awards of Excellence from the State University of New York: Scholarship and Teaching. Mimlitsch-Gray’s work is held in significant museum collections and is currently on view in Gone Astray: Objects on the Edge of Reason (Pforzheim Museum, traveling to CODA, NL). She has received fellowships from the United States Artists Foundation and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.