Emily Swift-Jones

Sculptural Gilding Artist using gold leaf, verre eglomise, polished plaster to create textured and patinated surfaces and sculptures. Themes come from the natural world especially inspired by crystaline formation and geological formations.

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Little Urchin

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I've finished another peice inspired by the gladioli corms. I've called it Little Urchin for what I think are obvious reasons. The ...

Monday, 21 March 2011

The Light Thiefs Daughter

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A smaller geode than the last with a 15cm span. Gilded inside and out with 23 3/4 carat gold. The inside has real baroque pearl "stalag...

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Nearly finished Baroque Corm II

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I've been beavering away at a couple of things including one of the Cormel forms and have nearly finished. I just want to add a little p...

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Monday, 7 March 2011

New work on the go

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Like so many peoples my home is ever in a state of evolvement or in other words covered in dust thanks to my latest building project. The f...

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Friday, 4 March 2011

Finished Baroque cormel 1

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Finally - the finished cormel. I plumped for nickel/zinc wire used for electronics. It may be a little finer than I envisaged, but it crump...

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Thursday, 17 February 2011

Works in progress

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Autumn - After much googling and debate with myself I went out and lifted my gladioli corms. I'd never done this before so didn't e...

Monday, 14 February 2011

How I found my mojo

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From an early age all I wanted to do was draw, paint, bake with my nana and create stuff. Dolls and cuddly toys stayed on the shelves collec...

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Emily Swift-Jones: My artwork has evolved from my career as a specialist decorator. I use traditional gilding techniques, italian plaster, texture mediums, glass, semi precious stones and baroque pearls. I find my inspiration in geology, chemical reactions and in the beauty of decaying materials such as rust

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