H2Okay Creative - Wire Art

Electroplating advice?

h2okay — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:29:39 +0000

Wire sculpture created by Eric Anyiagei, Ghana.

I have a fellow wire artist looking for some advice. He works with enameled copper and would like to silver-plate some of his pieces. I am fortunate enough to be able to send my work to a supplier to have this process done, so I don’t know much about it. Eric is thinking of doing it himself. He asks these questions:

Ideas for getting rid of the plastic coating on the copper?
Would you recommend a silver nitrate solution as the electrolyte?
Could the process be done in a plastic container?
Any other advice/recommendation?

Welcome World Wide Wire Enthusiasts!

h2okay — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:23:13 +0000

As an advocate for increasing the awareness and popularity of wire as an artistic medium, I have invited friends and colleagues who love wire art and sculpture to join me here on this blog. I am not an expert on the technical aspects of operating this site, but I am excited to encourage more interactivity and sharing among like-minded creative types.

So, let’s chat!

What kind of wire do you use? Do you sell your wire art? Where do you get your tools?

bending wire

Taking Care – Wire Sculpture

h2okay — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:27:25 +0000

angel wire sculpture

This commissioned piece was created as a gift for a woman who devoted 35 years to a child care group. The large angel and the five smaller ones are intertwined to create a single sculpture titled “Taking Care”. Artist: Angela Hook.

Community Excellence Award

h2okay — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:39:35 +0000

home based business award

H2Okay Creative is very honored to be the recipient of the Home Based Business Award at this year’s celebration of achievement in our community of Summerland, BC.

We would like to say thank you to whomever nominated us for the award, and also to all of the citizens that voted! What a great town we live and work in.

We are also very proud of our daughter, Kyra, for her nomination in the category of Youth of the Year. She is so active in her school and community, and is an all-round wonderful human being!

Mural Mosaic

h2okay — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:10:55 +0000

Wow, there’s been so much fun and excitement this summer! One of the great things I was able to be a part of is the mural mosaic Le Cadeau du Cheval (The Horse Gift), which is being created by equine artists around the world and assembled for presentation at Spruce Meadows in the fall.

Panel 232 in mural mosaic Le Cadeau du Cheval

Here is my panel (#232). Click on the image at the left for more details on the piece, and to explore the rest of the mural! Lewis, Phil and Paul have done an amazing job of creating and coordinating many of these murals for different occasions.

It’s really fun to see what the panels looked like before each artist painted them, and also to see the mural come together piece by piece… to reveal the final image!

Check out www.muralmosaic.com!

Art Show – UNBRIDLED

h2okay — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:14:38 +0000

My first solo show!

Summerland Community Art Gallery
April 10 – May 10, 2008
Summerland, BC CANADA

Gift Gallery Open

h2okay — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:12:06 +0000

It has been a year in the making, but we celebrated the grand opening of our wire sculpture gift gallery on Valentine’s Day.

13380 McClure Place, Summerland, BC, CANADA Hours: Tues – Sat, Noon-5pm.

Come in and say hello! We’re just off the highway. If you can’t stop by for a visit, you can always shop online at h2okay.com.

A busy year!

h2okay — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:13:10 +0000

Wow! Here I am doing a little online housekeeping to start out the new year, and I realize that I have been an inactive ‘blogger’ for pretty much the whole year! Sounds like a resolution in the making, don’t you think???

Well, since a picture tells all… You can see what I’ve been up to this year. Here is my last wire sculpture of 2007, “Rythm”, created from a single continuous strand of copper wire:

I hope to post more artwork here in the coming months… works in progress, reference photos, etc.

Winning Tree!

h2okay — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:48:03 +0000

This past weekend, we participated in a fundraising event for the local food bank. About a dozen businesses were challenged to decorate trees. The actual live trees were donated by a nursery, and the location and power supplied by a local winery.

Our tree was decorated with handcrafted wire ornaments that we made the week before the event. It was a big success! Our beautiful shiny tree fetched a nice bid for the Food Bank, and we won a case of wine for the voter’s choice.

What an awesome idea!

Pumpkins Got Bling!

h2okay — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:06:22 +0000

Check it out! This year we avoid the yucky mess of carving jack-o-lanterns by decorating our pumpkins with wire.

Give it a try!
Happy Halloween