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Stephen Blades
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3rd year MFA Candidate at the University of Alabama. Sculptor, metalsmith, maker.
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Trying out some new cordage for some of these pendants #art #maker #ceramics #jewelry #pendant #clay
June 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The wedding ring I made for my good lady wife, sterling silver, aquamarine, amethyst. Love you forever baby #art #metalsmith #silversmith #ring
June 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Cleaned up a collection of knives and stitched up leather sheaths as gifts for our bridal party…… oh yeah I got married yesterday #maker #art #leather
June 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Finished a few pendants tonight. 370 more to go
June 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Crating up Orbital Mechanics for shipping to its new home.
June 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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One of my new pendants dropped on the ground when I was unloading the kiln and split in half. Repaired with a little copper wire ready for a cord and a new home #ceramics #repair #jewelry #maker #art #pendant #clay
May 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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The bounty of the kiln ! The colors look so great !!!! #ceramics #jewelry #maker #art #pendant #clay
May 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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First firing went well, colors look good! #ceramics #art #maker #jewelry #clay #pendant
May 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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All done, they go into the kiln tomorrow #art #maker #ceramics #jewelry #pendant #clay
May 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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I think I’m just at the half way point of getting these pendants ready for the kiln. Very happy with them, just have to see how they do in the kiln #jewelry #maker #jewellery #art #ceramics #pendant #clay
May 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Sculpting out the details #maker #art #jewelry #jewellery #silver #ring
May 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Last 2 color pallets for this group of ceramic pendants #jewelry #maker #art #ceramics #pendant #clay
May 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Evening’s braidings #art #jewelry #maker #cord
May 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Making slow steady progress on this ring #jewelry #maker #art #ring #silver
May 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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4 of the 7 color pallets I’m using for these pendants. Can’t wait to see how they come out of the kiln #jewelry #maker #art #ceramics #pendant #clay
May 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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From rough casting to rough ring blank. Do one more fitting and then we prep for stone setting #art #maker #jewelry #ring #casting
May 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Next color pallet for these ceramic pendants #maker #art #ceramics #jewelry #pendant #clay
May 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The day’s forgings, hand drawing out some coil spring steel for some carving knives. Exhausted #maker #art #steel #blacksmithing #forged
May 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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A few pendants ready for the kiln #ceramics #maker #art #jewelry #pendant #clay
May 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Layering underglaze on a few hundred pendants #jewelry #art #maker #ceramics #pendant #clay
May 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Just about ready to cast this ring #art #maker #jewelry #ring #cuttlebone
May 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Rainbow pendants! First of a new batch #art #maker #ceramics #jewelry #pendant #clay
May 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Working on a new market layout, need to build a few new displays #art #maker #market
May 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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I think I’ve got the cord situation figured out for these pendants, few thousand feet of cord to braid #maker #art #carving #ceramics #jewelry #pendant #clay
May 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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My collection of work from grad painting class. I enjoyed working out this process and playing with color this semester. This was my last critique as a grad student at UA. On to new things #maker #art #carving #painting
May 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM