welcome

welcome

Welcome! Thank you for your interest in my work. As a multi-disciplined artist I have more than one category of work for your consideration.

My wearable art reflects my work as a silversmith and metal artist over the last twenty years.

My painted works, Impressions, and Dancing in Thin Places, are recent ongoing collections that reflect two different styles of work in acrylic and oils.

The digital work is a category that displays the work I do in a more commercial vein using digital photography and Photoshop.

wearable art

wearable art

Creations forged in gemstones and precious metal, each piece is a unique one-of-a-kind work. Pendants are creations that often express a theme using symbolic shapes. These may be hung in a frame, or worn. Other wearable art include Blair's signature "swirly" earrings made from sterling silver. 

If you are interested in consigning a collection of my work for your gallery please feel free to contact me via email.

If you are interested in the craft of silversmithing contact me for information about private local instruction. 

silversmithing classes

classes

Beginning Silversmithing
Students will handcraft their own silver jewelry while learning basic silver fabrication techniques. Skills learned include the use of an acetylene torch, soldering, sawing, forging and fusion as well as stone setting. This workshop makes you eligible for open studio time. Addt'l materials fee based on individual projects. Age Range: 13 and up

Discover Silversmithing I
Students will handcraft their own silver jewelry while learning basic silver fabrication techniques. Skills learned include the use of an acetylene torch, soldering, sawing, forging and fusion. Students will create 3 pieces of finished silver jewelry. This workshop makes you eligible for open studio time. Materials fee of $25. Age Range: 13 and up

Discover Silversmithing II
More creative freedom in this follow up to Discover I, learn more advanced techniques in silver surface texturing and bezel setting gemstones. Good jewelry composition will be explored. Must have completed Discover Silversmithing or a Silver Saturday. This workshop makes you eligible for open studio time. Materials fee of $25. Age Range: 13 and up

Silver Saturdays
A one day workshop given once a month on a Saturday from 10:30 am- 4:30 pm. Register here for classes.

 

 

my paintings

dancing in thin places

Dancing in Thin Places began as a reaction to a personal emotional state. The early Celts believed that there were actual locations where the substance of the world as we know it became so thin that if one stood in that place they could get a sense of the supernatural. In my paintings I record not the “places” as much as moments experienced where I have felt this “thinning”. Where I take this concept considers these times in our lives where, if we are paying attention, we may experience something that transcends our normal sensibility, something divine. The whole collection reflect an evolution in my spirital as well as artistic journey.

click here to see the "Dancing in Thin Places" collection

my digital works

digital works


These are surreal compositions created using original photography from around the world. Ideas from dream states are brought to life by using contemporary collage methods. Some are representational, some are metaphorical, but they all communicate a deep concept that normal illustration could not attempt.

click here to see a few digital works

current show details

pendantJourney's Past & Forward

A collection of pendants depicting the many journeys of life.

Dec 12, 2009 thru Feb 6, 2010

presented by:

SilverWorks Studio and Gallery

Glen Echo Park

7300 MacArthur Boulevard

Glen Echo, MD 20812

2nd Floor Yellow Barn across from the Chataqua Tower (inside the big stone building) 

All proceeds from the sales of this show will go

toward the development of the artist retreat, Exnihilo.

 
Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2009 13:58