Baldur Studios Handcrafted Art

This piece features a natural leather cord for a rustic and earthy element.  Cord is about 30" in length.  And, a handmade copper latch to show off.
 
"Twenty-9" refers to the fact that copper is the 29th element named in the periodic table.  And, it's the size of the wheels on my daughters racing bike, and part of our puppies name.... well, that's a whole story... for another time.

Arizona Artist:  Miriam Carlson-Maier.

On view at Grotto Gallery "Escape the Madness" exhibit which runs through January 12th, 2018 in downtown Tempe, Arizona.

This is our "Koppar Glass Kollection" ~ my little exploration with copper foil and different combinations and layers of glass while making each bead.      An alchemy adventure. 

Hence the name... "koppar" is Swedish for copper. 

The glass beads are made by hand by manipulating soda-lime glass rods in a 4,000 degree flame until molten using a torch, fuming the copper foil to the glass, and then annealing it in a kiln over-night.

This collection, appropriately, combines the flame-worked glass beads in handcrafted pieces with copper wire work as well as Japanese glass seed beads. 

Each piece is entirely unique and one-of-a-kind and made by these hands.

​Glass.  Copper foil.  Copper wire.  Leather.  Waxed linen.

This piece features a natural waxed-linen and leather cord for a rustic and earthy element.  Cord is about 30" in length.  
 
"Rödfärg " means red color in Swedish.  It refers to the very very famous red paint that was made from copper mining by products and used to protect the majority of wooden cottages in the country.  It is still extremely prolific to this day.

Arizona Artist:  Miriam Carlson-Maier.

On view at Grotto Gallery "Escape the Madness" exhibit which runs through January 12th, 2018 in downtown Tempe, Arizona.

This is our "Koppar Glass Kollection" ~ my little exploration with copper foil and different combinations and layers of glass while making each bead.      An alchemy adventure. 

Hence the name... "koppar" is Swedish for copper. 

The glass beads are made by hand by manipulating soda-lime glass rods in a flame until molten using a torch, fuming the copper foil to the glass, and then annealing it in a kiln over-night.

This collection, appropriately, combines the flame-worked glass beads in handcrafted pieces with copper wire work as well as Japanese glass seed beads. 

Each piece is entirely unique and one-of-a-kind and made by these hands.

​Glass.  Copper foil.  Copper wire.  Leather.  Waxed linen.

Exceptional detail is incorporated by combining the flame-worked pendant in a handcrafted piece with sterling silver wire work, Japanese glass seed beads.  The latch is handmade from sterling silver as well as the bead caps which are vintage Bali-Silver.
 
This piece features a double strand.
 
Necklace is about 16" in length.
 
"Ljus" means light in Swedish.  Learn more in our blog post story about the Santa Lucia tradition.

Arizona Artist:  Miriam Carlson-Maier.

On view at Grotto Gallery "Escape the Madness" exhibit which runs through January 12th, 2018 in downtown Tempe, Arizona.

Our Winter Solstice Collection:

Brand new and entirely handmade glass pendants. This batch in cool neutrals with little flecks of color. Pendants are flame-worked glass beads entirely made by hand using a torch and fully annealed overnight in a kiln.  Clasps are handmade as well - most are sterling silver and some are bronze.

​Glass. Sterling silver. Silk. Velvet. Leather.

​Each piece is totally unique and exceptionally detailed with accents like vintage Bali-Silver caps and beads, as well as Japanese glass seed beads.

​Celebrating this calm and peaceful time of year in nature. 

​We did a nice blog post about this too, if you are interested you can check it out on  baldurstudios.com/blog

This piece features a natural leather cord for a rustic and earthy element.  Cord is about 30" in length. 
 
"Cu " refers to the symbol for copper on the periodic table.  There's a whole interesting story behind where that comes from.... maybe a blog post?

Arizona Artist:  Miriam Carlson-Maier.

On view at Grotto Gallery "Escape the Madness" exhibit which runs through January 12th, 2018 in downtown Tempe, Arizona.

This is our "Koppar Glass Kollection" ~ my little exploration with copper foil and different combinations and layers of glass while making each bead.      An alchemy adventure. 

Hence the name... "koppar" is Swedish for copper. 

The glass beads are made by hand by manipulating soda-lime glass rods in a 4,000 degree flame until molten using a torch, fuming the copper foil to the glass, and then annealing it in a kiln over-night.

This collection, appropriately, combines the flame-worked glass beads in handcrafted pieces with copper wire work as well as Japanese glass seed beads. 

Each piece is entirely unique and one-of-a-kind and made by these hands.

​Glass.  Copper foil.  Copper wire.  Leather.  Waxed linen.