Featured Blog on Crafthaus: Angelina & Tammy

Tammy's blog was featured on Crafthaus' along with her CSULB alumni Angelina (AKA Aficionado) who works with Michael Schmidt studio. Angelina's daytime job is very exciting, she has made work for many celebrities including one of my favorite K-pop stars 2NE1. Keep up the good work Angelina! We shall radiate our shine with love of CSULB metals crew, go team!

Personal Map

The first two semesters of grad school was filled with feeling of displacement that derived from homesickness. It lingered through out the entire year, it's not that I missed Torrance & Long Beach by moving out to San Diego, but it was a mixture of a decade-worth nostalgia of my home town. Thus, I began to trace back to my childhood memories and places that I missed so I began to investigate map of Torrance, CA. I highlighted places that contained fond memories, such as favorite restaurants, schools that I attended, houses that I lived and other personal locations.

Personal Map neckpiece is collapsible, it can match up with the map laid down flat.

Personal Map 2011

Form, Forge & Fabricate

BUBBLE WRAPS & PEANUTS!

Send away for upcoming exhibition "Form, Forge & Fabricate" @ Illinois

Hierarchy

Drum roll please... because you are about to see brand new work from graduate school. From last month I've been uploading posts of my undergraduate work hoping to catch up I can finally release the recent work. 

I came to San Diego State University last year, the first two semesters have been very challenging. The battle of grad school was pretty tough. From adjusting in the new environment to trying to wrap my head around what I am going to do... Many times I felt disoriented in every angle and felt very depressed but I think I pushed through! I felt the change since I arrived here, from my work to personality... I have challenged myself to experiment and do things that were out of my zone/uncomfortable. 

From today fresh work photos will be posted, sorry it took so long but it's been a rough year!

I'm pleased to say that this semester of fall 2012 will be different. I feel much better about it, am very (VERY) excited for all the classes that I am taking, I just feel the difference! I haven't felt this for more than a year, this exhilarating feeling is finally back!

This piece was created last year of Fall 2011 under Seth Papac's class. This piece still shows tight construction like my undergrad's work. 

Hierarchy 2011

Set of Tension-Set Rings

These tension set rings were from casting class with MDB. Carving wax was pretty fun, I choose minimal design to create pairs. Stone setting was a technique that I was always interested in and I wanted to try tension setting. 

Carved wax models

Getting sprued up!

Casting came out pretty well

Laying out a stone before tension setting

Untitled (Set of tension-set rings) 2009

Skin Regiment

 

 

 

 

Forming each bowls on the mushroom stake

Creating divot on the wood stand so each bowls can stand right up

Skin Regiment 2010

Ladle

Ladle project was super fun. Started with very thick gauged copper sheet, raised and planished to the finished product!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ladle 2010

Refining the smooth surface was the most exciting and satisfying of all time! Polishing wheel with 3M pad, o I love thee!