I have to reiterate that Liz is a phenomenal teacher.  I also have to say that I am a good student, and I am very proud of my exercises from lesson three, creating filigree. I intend to use this artistic process to create light and airy wings for my dragonfly, a monarch butterfly, and a rusty…

My “Prairie Dances” mentor, Liz Bucheit, is a goldsmith, jewelry and body adornment artist, and a teacher with over 30 years of experience creating Scandinavian metal art. AND, Liz is not afraid of fire.  Her first task was to teach me how to light and calibrate my new jeweler’s torch. Next, we discussed the flow…

From the beginning of January through mid-March, I developed twelve concept sketches for my current project, “Prairie Dances”.  My project mentor, Liz Bucheit, reviewed the sketches and recommended that I construct scale models to verify the aesthetics and balance of each design; this was great advice. I built models for the simplest sculptures using cardboard,…