Loving my Metal Smith Roots

The more I enamel, the more I realize that this is truly a metal smithing art.  Not only are you painting with grains of glass onto metal, but the setting you put your piece in is just as important as the enameled surface.  I am starting to focus my work into the set enameled pieces.  I find this challenges me as an artist to think ahead to the setting and take it into account form the beginning.  As a metal smith I am certainly challenged to use all of my knowledge to create the piece I have envisioned.  There is a fantastic quote that embodies this. Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.  ~Isaac Bashevis Singer  Just some food for thought.  Keep Creating