Process.
Every winter I’m big on making paper snowflakes. I cut tons of them. This year I decided to turn them into ornaments as Christmas gifts for friends.
First I cut a few different designs, then I scanned them into the computer and traced them in Illustrator. I printed and rubber cemented the patterns to my sheet metal, cut along the lines with my jeweler’s saw, and refinished each shape with files and sandpaper. Voila!
Snowflake ornaments.
My first post under this alias.
I have a place on Tumblr dedicated to personal ramblings and whatnots, and I have another space dedicated to images of my metalwork and jewelry designs, but I’d like to create a space for the in-between — the place that exists somewhere between my initial inspiration and the finished product. This seems pretty fitting!
Maybe this will be the space where I digress about my progress and ideas. I’ll promote my work as well as other
Some basic factoids:
My name is Erica Sperrazzo. I’m 25.
I’m a metalsmith, jewelry designer, graphic designer, illustrator.
I obtained my BFA from Edinboro University in 2009 in the Applied Media Arts, with a concentration in Graphic Design and a minor in Metalsmithing. Now I work steadily as a bench jeweler at a well-reputed & independently-owned jewelry store in my hometown, and I dedicate the majority of my free time to working on my own jewelry line soon to be found HERE, at my Etsy shop.
