Victoria Lansford is an American jewelry artist who has revived many of the old jewelry techniques, including Russian filigree, oriental painting, and chasing.
Russian filigree is made using a frame made of sterling or 18k gold wire. Inside the frame, smaller filler wires, usually made of a softer metal such as fine silver or 22k gold, are held in place by a combination of solder and tension. Another difference from other types of filigree is that the fillers in Russian style are made of twisted wire that has been run through a mill, giving it scalloped edges.
The metals Lansford chooses for her jewelry work are 18 gauge square wire for the frame, and the fillers are made of fine 26 gauge silver wire that is twisted and milled.
Victoria Lansford earned a BFA in Jewelry Design and Silversmithing from Georgia State University College of Art in 1993.
From 1997-2004, Victoria created the metals program and headed the metalworking department at the Spruill Arts Center in Atlanta.
In 1997, she was a professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
From 2015-2017, she was a finalist judge for the Saul Bell Design Award, served as the Snag Links Coordinator for the Society of North American Jewelers, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Metalwerx Inc.
Lansford’s largest commission, a floor-to-ceiling copper screen and copper double doors etched with ocean creatures, was made for one of her ocean-going yachts. .
Victoria is the winner of the 2019 IPPY for Best Ebook Design (Bronze), the 2020 E-Book Award for Best Multimedia Book (Silver), and a 2020 National Indie Excellence Award finalist for Best Interior Design.
Lansford’s art has been exhibited at the Contemporary Craft Museum, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Wayne Art Center, the Mulvan Art Museum, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Georgia Museum, as well as in numerous publications.
