Rachel Suzanne Smith

Acadia Ruff

WATERJET CUT STEEL, POWDER COAT. 2022.

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New work 🌸🌸@jenramirezart gave me a much needed push to take some risks and I am very excited for what feels like a new set of possibilities for my work. Instead of designing a single sheet of collaged + joined flower vectors, I cut a bunch of flowers individually and tig welded them together. I left my welds a bit big, since they brought strength and gave the work a bit more of a wild growth look. I may change it up in the future but I think I have room to explore aluminum welding and making it more decorative moving forward 🌸🌸 #newwork #chicory #studioart #artjewelry #snagmember #aluminum #waterjetcutting #powdercoat #ohiocraft #sculpturetowear 🌸🌸 Here is how my newest piece came together! Waterjet cut aluminum, ink, and powder coating. So excited to see where this leads. 🌸🌸 #chicory #wildflower #artjewelry #cwruthinkbox #artjewelry #wearart #wearablesculpture #ohiocraft #snagmember #rachelsuzannemetals #rachelsuzannesmith Cute little bow tie primrose color study necklace 🎀🌼 I will have more bow necklaces and pins soon because I am having a lot of experimental fun forming, modifying, and powdercoating them! 😁 I do not think I’ve ever riveted a small scale piece with multiple layers before applying powder coating. I wanted to see what would happen and challenge myself. 🌼 I am really enjoying exploring color, texture, and technique as I also practice having a more consistent studio day… or even few hours each week. 🌼 It is exciting to have new work to share, and it is fulfilling to be playing, making, and experiencing flow in the studio 🌼 #artjewelry #studiopractice #wearart #sculpturetowear #powdercoat #waterjetcutting #digitalfabrication #snagmember #ohiocraft #ohiodesignercraftsmen #rachelsuzannemetals #rachelsuzannesmith Powder coating on top of rusted steel, mounted on a CNC carved and flocked plywood panel. 🍃 I was not totally sure how the rust and metal would respond to the powder coating, but I am thrilled with the outcome. I’m not sure what that does to the work from an archival standpoint, but that is OK since I’m also trying to capture moments in time, with colors reflective of seasons and daylight conditions that are even more fleeting. This work is created from photographs and time spent at Acadia. I created another piece earlier, that can be found at the park’s visitor center. That one has more vibrant new spring greens. This piece is trying to capture the time just before 💚 #sculpture #wearablesculpture #acadia #earlyspring #waterjetcut #powdercoating #snagmember #artjewelry #rachelsuzannemetals New work!! Using CAD has allowed me to iterate and contemplate and push my boundaries in form and color and scope over the years. It has also given me more time with designs and flowers that hold a special place in my heart, like this evening primrose. I took some risks with color in the moment, and could never recreate this perfectly, but I love how the pendant came together 🌼🌼🌼#vectorartwork #vectordrawing #cad #waterjet #powdercoating #powdercoat #coloronmetal #pendant #necklace #contemporaryjewelrydesign #artjewelry #contemporartartjewelry #artjewellery #metalsmith #smallmetals #ohiocraft #iterate #studioart #newwork #fallcolors #ohiodesignercraftsmen #snagmember #wearart #sculpturetowear #wearablesculpture #adornment #biophilia #memory #nostalgia #rachelsuzannemetals Fall colors snuck up on me in real life, and in my powder coating session this past weekend 🍂🍁🌼🌻#rachelsuzannemetals #artjewellery #artjewelry #snagmember #ohiocraft #ohiodesignercraftsmen #odc #maker #powdercoating #wearart #workinprogress #fallcolors #layeredcolor #waterjetcut #powdercoat #wip #rachelsuzannesmith This past month, the PRO and FAB full time staff worked together to made a chair for a new department chair at CWRU! It was too fun, and now I just want to make lots of small chairs 🪑 My supervisor did the CAD and I waterjet cut, cleaned up, welded, and powder coated it. We then passed it to the PRO floor for laser etching ✨ This was a fast project we did as a favor after a manufacturing mishap, but it brought so much positive energy ✨ #cwruthinkbox #thinkbox #searsthinkbox #funworkday #chair #miniature #metalsmith #fabricationfloor #makerspace #makersgonnamake #fastproject #waterjet #tig #tigwelding #powdercoating #laseretching I am continuing to play with milkweed and design ideas this summer. My goal is to make wearables, wall pieces (wall-ables?), and a few other objects for the home that I am excited to develop. 🌸 #waterjetcutting #milkweed #rachelsuzannemetals #rachelsuzanne #artjewelry #metalsart #metalart #snagmember #ohiocraft #maker #newwork #process #workinprogress

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