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Hand crafted

I design and fabricate each piece, beginning to end. Some are commissions, lessons or various inspirations. I’ve been fortunate to have instruction from some amazing artists in my life. I have studied many mediums but I truly love metals. Metal fabrication techniques are infinite to me. It is enchanting to me how humans forge raw metal ore from our Earth into so many usable wares and have done so by similar techniques for thousands of years! It is strong, yet flexible and fluid when you know how to move it.

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Portrait of Elizabeth Vaughn

Elizabeth Vaughn

Metal Smith, Abstract Painter, Artist, Bartender, Wife, Mom

I love to create. Metal and Paint are my current passions, all crafted in my Studio. I use new and recycled materials depending on the design. In my Metal Art, I saw, sand, forge, fold, raise, sink, and/or use chasing & repoussé for variations to each piece. I love nautical imagery in my designs. I enjoy simple lines and the way light may reflect on a subtle curve. Since quarantine with the Covid-19 Pandemic, I have been painting abstract reflections of light on water and other abstract nature. What is it about water that makes us gaze and reflect on ourselves? When I paint I spend days, sometimes weeks applying layer after layer of paint to achieve a certain emotion and color scheme of a reflection in my mind.

Commissions:
  • I will create my art for you, let’s have a conversation to see if my art fits your needs.
  • Once we both agree on a piece, all commissions start with a $50.00 or 25% (whichever is greater) deposit.
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Education & Workshops

  • 1994-2004 Associates in Fine Arts, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC Concentration in Metals 101 with Sharon Massey
  • 2003 Brian Ransom “Sounding Clay” Ceramic Musical Instruments, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC . Work Study Scholarship
  • 2004 Felicia Szorad “The Ring Reinterpreted” Rings & Torch fired Enamels, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
  • 2005 Tom Muir “The Metal Tea Infuser” Clasps, hinges & Springs, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
  • 2007 Wayne Werner “Mokume Gane” CPCC Metals Workshop, Charlotte, NC
  • 2007 Mary Chuduk “Enamels” Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
  • 2009 Master Roycrofter Robert Trout & John Rausch “Chasing & Repousse Chargers” John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
  • 2010 Mary Chuduk & Jan Harrell “Advanced Enamels & Settings” John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
  • 2010 Master Roycrofter Robert Trout & John Rausch “Chasing & Repousse Roycroft Candle Sconces” John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
  • 2010 Gabriel Asbury “Stone Settings” John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
  • 2011 Master Roycrofter Robert Trout & John Rausch “Forged Roycroft Candlesticks” John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
  • 2015 Bob Ebendorf & Tim Lazure “Beyond Settings” Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia, NC
  • 2018 Charles Lewton-Brain “Fold Forming” CPCC Metals Workshop, Charlotte, NC

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