Metalsmith Heather Reilly Hiemstra opens her notes to herself at the jeweler's bench about the lifechain project, walking us through the organization of the links, what each link represents and ultimately, the orders of her life as artist, wife and mother so far.
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San Diego metalsmith Heather Reilly Hiemstra discusses the contents of her "life box" and the collection of gemstones and storied materials that that will embellish the finished lifechain.
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With a little help from 3 year old Hunter in "the work zone", San Diego metalsmith Heather Reilly Hiemstra forges out links of the lifechain and discusses the "negative" elements of her life she addresses in the chain, and how that might work out when forging a lifechain for someone else.
San Diego metalsmith and custom jeweler Heather Reilly Hiemstra in the studio discussing annealing gold and the wonders of the rolling mill, not only for the lifechain project but her custom jewelry work as well.
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Heather Reilly Hiemstra, metalsmith, discusses the rare pleasures of being a "lazy jeweller" as she melts down collected leftover gold scrap into one of the ingots she'll handforge into a link of her own lifechain. Heather conceived the lifechain in response to the "Little and Large" show opening in multiple galleries throughout San Diego this summer in honor of the Alexander Calder jewelry retrospective coming to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park.
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Heather Reilly Hiemstra, metalsmith, talks about the link in her hand forged lifechain that will represent her experience with colon cancer.
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Jeweler and metalsmith Heather Reilly Hiemstra discusses her lifechain project while working in the jewelry studio. Heather conceived the lifechain in response to the "Little and Large" show opening in multiple galleries throughout San Diego this summer in honor of the Alexander Calder jewelry retrospective coming to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. First of a series.
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