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    Default Who is your major insperation?

    I have to hold my hand up and admit that my partner Nik is NOT my major inspiration in the world of silver (please forgive me honey )!

    The man I most admire is Luis F. Moreno and looking at his work on Youtube and Genoskin has really pushed me forward in the silversmithing and artistry of the work we do here at The Bijou Dragon... in fact if it wasn't for Luis I doubt we would have decided to buy all the equipment we did when our money (incapacity benefit) finally came through.

    So the question I ask is this... who is YOUR major inspiration?

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    I am afraid i really dont know enough about the subject yet. i aspire to be like many on here, but big names go right over my head. i go one small step at a time, the work i see on here is stunning enough, and if i ever get as good then i will be on cloud 9
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    Josiah Williams and George Maudsley (should have written that other way round - Maudsley was deffo the leading light).

    I am politically incorrect and don't like George Jensen's work
    Di x

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    Hmmm the person who I bought some cheap shoddy earrings off of on e-Bay was my inspiration to start making jewellery!

    But yes Moreno is what really made me bust out of making bendy wire and beads and move onto the soldering etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moon Cottage View Post
    I am politically incorrect and don't like George Jensen's work
    I look at some of his work and think 'that's really nice' and then some of his other stuff makes me want to cry it's so awful to my eyes, I guess that is what personal opinion does for you.
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    In the Antiques world George Jensen silver is amazingly sought after, I've heard the name over and over when my folks were in the Antiques trade!

    I have to agree though some of his stuff is amazing and some stuff just screams to be melted down again, almost looks like there's more than one person working on his stuff, very strange!

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    Yep Chris is a nice fella
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    very nice too, love the "woodstock" bird on the inside of the ring, i used to collect Snoopy books lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonJohn View Post
    I stumbled upon this guy on flickr and have to say that his work to me is utterly amazing, clean lines, very minimalist, perfectly finished with amazing flush setting skills.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris-parry/

    If I ever got to his stage of the game I would be more than proud of myself.

    (Maybe in 10 years)
    Nice work - along the lines of the stuff Nic does, n'est pa?
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    Crumbs - you lot put me to shame! I have to admit that I have not really done much research jewellery wise for years. Most of my recent stuff has been for ceramicists and sculptors (for my HND 3D Design)...Then I remembered we had to do a research project to compare a modern and old jeweller for my CENTRA Silversmithing way back in 1995!! I did Rene Lalique for the 'old' and William Harper for the 'modern'. We then had to design and produce a piece of jewellery that had been informed by our research...

    These are links to examples of work by the 2 gentlemen... I have always loved Lalique and Art Nouveau generally...and now I have looked at Harper's more recent stuff - I still find him amazing!!

    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/...och-by-Lalique

    http://www.wexlergallery.com/artists...per/index1.php

    And this was my response to their work....I haven't looked at these piccies for ages...I didn't do half bad all things considered. The finished piece was an enamelled copper dome set in a sterling silver design with a hanging 'baroque' pearl...(well freshwater really!) and a twisted square wire pin The brass one was an experimental piece.

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    While looking out that photo I came across this one - which was a pendant I made at the end of the first year 1994 - I was surprised to see the twisted chain as I don't remember doing that!! Funny how it has re emerged and become a feature of my current chains!!

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