Thursday, April 24, 2008

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Beautiful March Evening



Looking out over Apple Valley and Phelan at dusk from the studio.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

London Coin Cont'

From London Coin C...


From London Coin C...


From London Coin C...


Chalky clay Gandari Buddha head on custom steel cradle gallery stand. Antique finish. Approx. 5" high

Thursday, April 17, 2008

London Coin Cont'

From London Coin C...


From London Coin C...


From London Coin C...


Custom steel hanging gallery stand for petite Byzantine Reliquary Cross. Approx 4" tall. Custom finish base in "henna-red" to offset green patina on cross.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Persian Dagger on Custom Gallery Stand

From London Coin C...
Photo by Deja

From London Coin C...


From London Coin C...


Persian Dagger on Custom Gallery Stand for London Coin Galleries. Base is made of partially recycled steel and finished with a custom patina.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Custom Cradle Gallery Stands

Daina here-

We just finished up a very intricate gallery stand order for London Coin Galleries I'm so proud of the work c7 Studio has been turning out lately!

From London Coin C...


From London Coin C...


From London Coin C...


Terracotta Gandari Buddha head on custom steel cradle gallery stand. Approx. 5" high. The base plate is recycled steel.


c7studio.com 2008

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Ethnic Miao Silver Jewelry

Hi, Daina here!

I am very proud of custom gallery stand order we just finished. This was our first time making stands so delicate and fitted.

The slide show below shows the ethnic Miao jewelry (pronounced meow) from China mounted on their stands. The pieces are really heavy yet beautifully hand-wrought silver....the earrings weigh close to a pound each. The Miao are obsessed with silver and in some villages every man is a silver smith.

The large mounted wooden piece at the end of the slide show is a tomb door that we created a cradle gallery stand for...I need to find out exactly where it came from.



In regards to the stands, our client requested that we make the stands as small and delicate looking as possible. We had to use cold rolled steel for the stands to be strong enough when that thin. Cold rolling is steel that has been rolled into its final shape at room temperature which hardens and stiffens the steel.

It's hard to say what my absolute favorite piece was... but i have to say I kinda fell in love with how the tassels drape off this comb. It must have weighed at least a few pounds!


Here is an image of a traditionally attired woman.


I can't wait to post photos of the next orders that we are currently working on!