Victoria Lansford
Atlanta, GA
My work ranges from art jewelry and hand illuminated artist books to sculptural metal installations for one of the world’s largest super yachts.
MessageVictoria Lansford is an artist and educator who combines historical metalsmithing and illumination processes with cutting edge technology to create contemporary interpretations of centuries-old craft forms. With a creative career spanning over 30 years, her genre-busting and award-winning art explores feminine power and ranges in scale from intricate art jewelry and miniatures to architectural metalwork.
Exhibitions and publications of Victoria’s artwork include the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Rochester Institute of Technology, the Georgia Museum, the Lark 500 series, Metalsmith and Jewelry Artist magazines, and Home and Garden Television. Recent large-scale commissions include a copper room divider and Eastern repousse doors for one of the world’s largest superyachts and the digital/hardbound book Giving Voice, which she wrote, animated, and illustrated.
She has taught and mentored thousands of metalsmiths around the globe through her online school, sold-out workshops, instructional series Metal Techniques of Bronze Age Masters, and iPhoneTM app iMakeJewelry. As a result, she has created a renaissance for metal techniques, including Russian filigree, granulation, and Eastern repoussé. She is currently working to research the dissemination of metalsmithing techniques through ancient and Medieval cultures.
Victoria lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband Chris, son Skyler, and two Shelties Boudica and Elizabeth.
Statement
I believe that working with metal is a form of magic. With a torch in my hand, I am simultaneously artist, alchemist, and shaman, participating in the centuries-old ritual of turning raw materials into precious objects.
I am perpetually captivated by metal’s seemingly oppositional qualities: its apparent hardness and secret flexibility. Exploring new ways to work in historic techniques – especially Russian filigree, granulation, and Eastern repoussé – allows me to create objects that are both process driven and offer contemporary interpretations.
Growing up with jazz and classical musicians led me to experiment with layered, fugue-like visual compositions, which are also informed by my love of architecture, nature, astronomy, and other influences from the arts and sciences. The four alchemical elements of earth, water, air, and fire are present in each tiny sculpted wire and hammered form. My artwork emboldens the wearer or viewer to connect with their own unique spirit through the external display of feminine power.
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