Crystal Hartman

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Detail of a new design, a large, high-grade Gaspiite stone with carved wax soon to be cast into sterling silver.

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Lost Wax Carving for a Sculptural Bracelet by Crystal Hartman…

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Sterling Silver Bands now available at Lola Honeydew on Etsy…

with a light heart…

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Portrait of a girl… chalk, charcoal and pencil on canvas 38″ x 40″, 2011

Wind in the Grass

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Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet carved and created in the Lost Wax Process by Crystal Hartman, 2012… Inspired by the movement of wind and grass and water.

in the Lost Wax process

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jewels carved in wax and cast into sterling silver or gold…

Individual carved pieces are waxed together on a tree, an investment mold is poured around the tree and then placed in an oven to burn out the wax and hold at a temperature of 1300 degrees fahrenheit until it is removed and molten silver is poured in… after the mold and fresh metal has cooled a bit, it is slowly submerged in water. The mold breaks apart and metal exposed. Clip, sand, clean up the castings, solder, buff, set the stones, polish and clean and polish and, deliver to new homes!

little houses left behind

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address book, glass, soil, rusty nails, nests, typewriter case, poppies and orchids

sculptural installation and performance piece by Crystal Hartman with The Panoply Project shown here at The Rochester Hotel during I am a Scientist, October 28, 2011.

haiku

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:52:34 +0000

He lowered his trunk,

filled it up like a bucket.

Be water my friend.

C.H.