Leupold’s polymer and wire

by Cynthia Tinapple on September 18, 2008 · 6 comments

I’ve discovered the joys of simple metalworking. After getting the magnificent Alexander Calder jewelry book from the library and seeing the delicate polymer clay/wire work of Oregon’s Dede Leupold, I am persuaded that I should try it. Dede has no web site but here’s a page of her recent work.

And I just ran across a promising site, Jewelry Lessons, that seems to have simple wireworking tutorials. The site looks perky and fun. Has anyone tried it?

Oh, there’s so much to learn once I get my power and internet connection back. Maybe today!

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Melanie West September 18, 2008 at 7:51 am

What lovely cane work! I can’t help but wonder why such talented artists such as Dede don’t have web sites… well, ok, that’s a totally selfish question. I just want to see more eye candy! ;)

I haven’t tried any of those tutorials, but there are some really good wire jewelry books out here.

Sending you lots of good electrical thoughts, Cynthia!

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Barbara Forbes-Lyons September 18, 2008 at 9:15 am

Haven’t tried the Jewelrylessons site, but if Eni Oken is involved, it’s probably quite good. Lisa Niven Kelly’s site, http://www.beaducation.com/ is another one to check out.

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Steve Ford September 18, 2008 at 2:48 pm

The Calder book is really great, and there is a large show of 120 Calder jewelry pieces at the Philadelphia Museum of Art until November 2, then it travels to the Met in NYC, and onto Dublin. I found the scale and inventiveness of the jewelry really exciting.

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Dede leupold September 20, 2008 at 6:29 pm

Hi Cynthia,
Thanks for the post. And a great job on the Pingree pics! Feels like a dream. What a great week.
Hope things are getting back to normal for you.
Dede

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victoria angelica August 14, 2009 at 8:58 am

que ”lindura” disculpen no se el ingles……

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