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2008 Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival:
Best of Decorative Arts
2007 St James:
Best in Show
2007 Atalaya:
5th Place in Show
2007 Boston Mills ArtFest:
Honorable Mention
2007 Lazy Daze Jerry Miller:
Best in Metal
2007 Austin Fine Arts Festival:
Best in Metalworks
2007 Naples Nat’l Art Show:
Award of Distinction
2007 Mt. Dora Arts Festival:
Best in Glass & Metal

ASSEMBLE
Kim carefully puts the
enameled copper back
into place and secures the
shapes with steel pins.

step 1

CUT
Will begins the process
of making a Metal Quilt
by shaping the copper
with a bench shear.

step 2

DRILL
Will uses a drill press to
punch holes in each corner
of the copper shape prior
to enameling.

step 3

LAYOUT
Will composes each Metal Quilt
with the shapes that he has
cut and drilled. Each work is
made without using patterns.
No two are ever exactly alike.

step 4

ENAMEL
Kim begins the enameling
process by sifting powdered
glass over each copper
shape.

step 5

FIRE
Kim fires the copper
in a 1500° kiln to
fuse the glass to the
surface of each shape.

ASSEMBLE
Kim carefully puts the
enameled copper back
into place and secures the
shapes with steel pins.

step 7

  FINISHED PIECE - Wendy
  This one-of-a-kind representational piece
  was specifically designed for a client.

  60" x 36"
  Firescale Metal Quilt
  Atlanta, GA | 2003