About the Item

Sprinkles

2024

Hammer-formed copper, liquid porcelain enamel colored with Mason stains, Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), hand-spun casein (milk protein) fiber

"This artwork is a creative detour born from a complex technical exploration.

Sometimes a process inspires a piece. I have been playing around with liquid enamel mixed with CMC to create extruded elements that remind me of the puff-paint that was really popular for crafts when I was little. The multicolored hues of the smaller pieces of extruded enamel reminded me of sprinkles. Also, I love ice cream. Lastly, I has some casein fiber to hand that I was able to use a drop-spindle with and spin into the most appropriate necklace for this pendant."

20" x 2.75" x 1.25"

About the Artist

Ana M. Lopez is a metalsmith, educator and decorative arts scholar. Her creative work conflates references from the decorative and industrial arts to address our increasingly complex relationship to air conditioning. This is both a side-effect of living in Texas and the result of a lifelong vent fetish. Her creative work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is featured in the art appreciation textbook, Art for Everyone. In 2023 and 2025 she participated in two-person exhibitions at the Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, and Moudy Gallery at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Metal Museum, Fuller Craft Museum, and the Houston International Airport, among others.
Ana is the author of the reference book, Metalworking Through History: An Encyclopedia, published by Greenwood Press, as well as numerous other scholarly articles. Lopez holds an MFA in Metalsmithing from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and an MA in the History of American Decorative Arts from The Smithsonian Associates and Parsons School of Design. She is currently Professor of Metalsmithing & Jewelry at the University of North Texas and lives with her family in Fort Worth, Texas.

www.anamlopez.com

@analopezartist

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