Sheila McDonald  

Metal with vitreous enamel and fine silver and gold foil

Q&A

Artist Statement

I predominately work in silver using traditional techniques to form and solder shapes.

What craft do you work with? 

Metal Working

What inspires you to work with this craft? 

My work is based on drawings and watercolour studies.

How do you start your creative process?

The object is then hand engraved to form recesses which are filled with layers of transparent vitreous enamel and fired several times, adding fine silver and gold foil between firings

 

Location

Edinburgh, Scotland