Fridays bring an end-of-the-week summary to studio days.
Spring has swept into my Santa Fe studio, and settled in. I’m immersed in metalworking, new color palettes, and a compulsion to create forms inhabiting a different relationship to gravity. This week I made brooches.
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These are all variations of mokume gane, with the added enticement of other techniques. These will be heading over to my store. Details here. They are all available as of this writing. Email me to purchase, if you rather- victoria@toryhughes.com, by Paypal or a check. Reef 101 1.5″x 1.5″x .5″ silver and polymer |
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Reef Butterfly 1.5″x 2″ x .25″silver and polymer $350 |
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Flare Reef 2.5″x 1.5″x .5″, silver and polymer $220 |
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Reef Bask 3″x .5″ x .25″, silver and polymer $210. |
This next piece is the first in a series of basking rays and sharks, in mokume and silver. I have been wearing this one, and enjoying the comments. The colors in my mind for more pieces in this series are just gorgeous! Looking forward to sharing with you next week!
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Manta Ray 5″x 2.75″x .25″ silver and polymer $450. |






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Congratulations this new series of pins are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love them! The colours are amazing and such wonderful shapes. I don’t think I could pick a favourite!