Let’s Make Stuff! Follow me- Detroit artist, Janna Coumoundouros from Lilacpop Studio as I describe how I made this mixed metal statement piece. And the best part is adding the patina and then buffing it slightly to get it just right. It’s my favorite part of metalsmithing and finishes the piece just right. I’m using Jax Iron, Steel, and Nickel Blackener for the brass and Grobet Liver of Sulfur Gel to do the patina. I use a 00 steel wool to lightly buff and then seal it with

Hey there! During these trying times of the COVID-19 virus, I decided to start posting videos on my youtube channel about what it means to be an artist and how to survive. We are all cooped up and getting bored so I decided to share creative projects, jewelry tutorials, and general creative activity from my Ferndale, Michigan studio. This is the first video in my series and I hope to keep producing more and more. Before the virus, I was a busy real estate and commercial photo

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The AP story went global! USA Today, US News & World Report, Yahoo News, ABC News, and news stations, newspapers, and radio stations all over the US. Thank you Mike Householder! The four dresses are all made entirely out of Inteva's Inteather material, what car consoles, panels, and sun roofs are made out of. They are very comfortable and two of the dresses even have pockets. #internationalnews #abcnews #detroit #fashion #cardresses #associatedpress #designermakesgownsfromcar

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — One auto supplier is taking the term "ready to wear" to a whole new level. Inteva Products LLC commissioned a fashion designer to produce four gowns using the same thermoplastic material the maker of engineered components and systems places in the instrument panel surface of a number of General Motors Co. vehicles. The results were on display during a recent pop-up fashion show at the North American International Auto Show