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The
President's Lady Laughs!
Former
First Lady Betty Ford, Mrs Gerald R. Ford, shown wearing the sterling
eagle pendant
I created
for her as a gift for her participation in the dedication of Creel
Elementary
School,
1976 in Melbourne, Florida. The work was commissioned by the Brevard
County School Board.
Mrs
Ford sent me the picture below, along with a nice letter from
the White House!
Mrs.
Ford holds eagle pendant.
The
pendant is now in the Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
May
Queen Crown
gold
electroformed with peridot, watermelon tourmalines, crysaprase,
crysacolla, emeralds, and other semi precious stones.
Price
on request
cherring@spacescapes.com
(also
see sculpture)
This
work was selected as art work of the day for Oct. 10, 2007 by Absolutearts.com
Wearaworld
hand
and heat formed clear plexiglass neck sculpture
one
of a kind
sterling
sections and rivet sunk tubes, copper wire, gold electroform,
plexiglass orb
$1100
+ shipping and handling
"Alligator
Shoes"
One
day as I sat day dreaming, I started thinking about strange names
people have given shoes: alligator shoes, pumps, mules, saddle
shoes ...loafers, sneakers.
' Hmm,'
I thought. 'Alligator shoes could be created with my electroforming
medium. What fun that would be!'
I scupted
the models in wax, coated them with silver colloid to make the
wax conductive, attached negative terminal leads and then submerged
them in a 50 gallon sulfuric acid plating bath with large copper
anode bars on the positive terminals. I used a rectifyer for direct
current, set up agitation, filtration and temperature control.They
stayed in the copper bath for several days slowly plating over
the models made conductive. After about 3 days, I had strong copper
forms. During this process, I mounted and plated on agate stones
for eyes. After I had strong enough electroforms I melted out
the wax, electrocleaned and then silver plated them. Later, I
used a light polyurathane foam by inserting a nozzle inside and
ran the liquid 'prefoam'into the cavities. The foam expanded and
hardened making the 'shoes' light but tough.
I dyed
satin and sewed the the linings and tops with little peaks to
match the reptilian prehistoric look for my creations. These shoes
are actually wearable art but I don't think anyone would want
to wear them for long. Gator lovers would love them though.
I no
longer use this medium due to its toxicity. I spent years working
with many dangerous chemicals in my different mediums, paints,
plastics, metals, spray paints, solvents, ketones, acetones, welding
flux, pickling compounds, sprayable vinyl and polishing rouges.
My doctor told me to quit all I was doing. And after a long hospital
stay I sold all my equipment and went back to college to get a
BA.
It's
a miracle I'm still alive!
Price
on request. call studio 386-789-8010 or e-mail.
These
wearable art works are one-of-a-kind originals
"American
Brathic"
private
collector, Miami
24
kt. gold electroformed, jeweled with turqoise, amythyst, garnets
and peridot, flowers, fruit, leaves and little tacks revealing
my true edgy angry nature. Little drawings of a Mayan Man on one
side faces an angry Mayan Woman on the other side. It was lined
with black velvet with a gold chain threaded through the opening
at the top and clasped around the neck. It was truly for wearing.
for wearing! Curved plexiglass display case.
Miami
Herald Tropic Magazine, Dec.1979, cover story on wearable art,
featured my gold bra sculpture, "Anerican Brathic" on
cover worn by a beautiful young model in a tropical sarong. I
will post that Tropic Magazine cover sometime when I get time.
It was kind of cute! The headline read "If you can hang it
you can wear it!"
American
Brathic II (a close approximation of American Brathic I)
©Cecil
Herring 2006
Bra
II is available for purchase.
Mean
Little Darling II is a Russian sable boa with a 24 kt. gold plated
sculptured sable head with jade eyes and an 80 kt. smokey topaz
jewel in its teeth. The head was lined with brown velvet with
the boa sewn inside so it seems to be the head of the fur. It
fits around the body in a normal way. The boa has clips to hold
the sable head onto my shoulder.
I created
the model out of sculpture wax and used the same process I used
as above for the Alligator Shoes except I used 24 kt gold plate
over nickel for this work.
"Mean"
gets a lot of attention when worn to an arty party!
Queen
of the Night Helmet
Celtic
Crown for Queen of the Night ceremony,
Weighs
12 oz.
Electroformed,
silver plated, jeweled with semi precious stones, watermelon tourmalines,
topaz, chrysocolla, chrysaprase, garnets, pink and green tourmalines,
rose quartz, amythyst, lined with black velvet with little loops
to attach pins in the hair. Signed in tiny silver wire inside.
price
on request.
Don't
Let the Cat Out of the Bag
electroformed
24 kt. gold plated cat bag with fake emerald eyes, real ruby tonque.
Purse
has hinged opening on side with lined
interior.
9"
high, 6 deep, 4 wide, cord holder attached to 'collar.'
weight
10 oz.
Price
on request
May
Queen Crown
jeweled
crown, electroformed, 24 kt. gold plated lilies of the valley
and leaves intertrined. Flowers jeweled with peridot, watermelon
tourmalines, crysacolla, jade.very lightweight. Weighs 9 oz. Hair
may be intertwined in imaginative ways.
price
on request
Self
Portrait Neck Pendant
Electroformed with shell with resin embedded self portrait on rice paper, chrysaprase, carnelians, tourmaline,
garnets, amythysts, and jade. I used a styrofoam meat tray as a substrate with
MacDonald's coffee spoons glued on along with the stones. ( these have become relics since
McDonald's discontinued using them years ago. )You can see the little Ms).
I coated the entire surface and around the stones to create the bezels with the silver colloid
and copper plated the surface,
then melted out the styrofoam, electrocleaned, drilled the holes for the beaded hangings,
under plated with bright nickel and then plated the piece with 24 kt gold.
Then I strung and added the hanging bead attachments, gold plated ferules, coral, moon stones,
amythysts, neckcord and gold filled findings.collection of the artist
Claudia
Fan Mask Mirror
Electroformed
fan with jeweled mask of Claudia in front and tiny mirror set
in back,
holes
to see through, jeweled handle, blue ostrich tip feathers
Sold
to a Miami Collector
"Flamingo
Mating Jacket" ©1979
Silk
charmeuse coat.
Hand-dyed
and painted in the Japanese method with proscean dyes.Quilted
and lined with silk.
Clasps
made with tiny electroformed gold plated and opal eyed flamingos.
The
artist wears her Rose Coat
Hand
painted, quilted satin rose coat.
Worn
at OVAL's Benefit Party 2001
Flag
scarf commemmorating 9/11
"God
Bless America"
God
Bless America Double American Flag, scarf, hanging by Cecil Herring©2001
34"
wide by 29.5" on 100% silk habotai for a flag, scarf, to
frame or hang. Printed on 16mm silk on the artist's 36" inkjet
digital printer. Hand hemmed with silk thread. One of a kind.
Hand signed.
Dated
9/ll/2001
Not
for sale
*
"Egypt
Revisted," commemmorating the American showing of the famous
Tutankamen Exhibit, Metropolitan Museum, New York, N.Y., 1979.
"Egypt
Revisited"
©2001
Ceremonial
Collar.
24
kt gold plated electroformed, enameled sections, handcarved turquoise
and lapis lazuli scarab clasp, coral,turquoise and gold filled
tube heshee connections. Lotus pods jeweled with carnelians and
turquoise. Satin, handsewn cord.
Inspired
by the jewels of KingTutankamen
Collection
of the artist.
"Moon
Butterfly Vest"
Hand
painted hand made quilted satin with electroformed relief sculpture
face
of
my daughter Claudia. 24 kt gold plated Jeweled with moonstone,
sewn on.
In
Collection of Claudia.
"Green
Magic"
Neck
jewel.
Green
plexiglass heat formed rod 24 kt gold plated ends with hanging
hooks. Fried Green Marbles on 24 kt gold plated, electroformed
pendant. Fastens with neck torque and hooks at top. Lightweight
electroform.
Collection
the artist.©Cecil Herring
"Tiger
Rag"
Black
velvet jacket with 24 kt gold plated tiger with plexiglass and
onyx eyes sewn on the back with "paw prints" front opening.
Framed.
price
on request
"Time
Frazier" Neck Piece of electroformed gold, plastic, cherry
amber, plumber's parts, sterling silver.
Collection
of the artist.©1976
"Lovers"
Mink
belt or shoulder circlet
24
kt gold electroformed clasp
with
opal eyes
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on request or contact absolutearts.com to make arrangements.
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