CopperTide is the Fine Metalwork and Enameling of Artist Annie Grimes. Annie lives and works in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Her work is influenced by nature and is often inspired by the details and textures that others might not notice. She enjoys forming metal and recreating the subtle changes she finds so seductive in the natural world, using enamel, glass beads, hammered texture, or patina on the surface of each individual piece. She looks for the details in her compositions, and wants her metalwork to reflect a focused study of simple things she sees in her surroundings; the texture of a crunched acorn, the color and pattern of a flower petal, the look and feel of a leaf as it lays on ground. She wants her work to be something that says "this is what I noticed." It is intended to give the viewer that same sense of discovery, wonder, and pleasure.