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| [898] Inquire Within: The Holloware of David Huang |
Several disparate techniques and a clear personal philosophy came together over a period of years to produce these extraordinary pieces. Born in 1971 in Michigan, Huang settled on visual art as a career even before he entered high school. By his senior year, five of his six classes were studio art, and he was selling the jewelry he was making under the tutelage of his teacher Nona Bushman. The work was relatively flat, and meticulous renderings in his notebooks from that time show a marked preference for formal geometric structures paired with looser, organic forms..... (2008)
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| Show me more articles from: [Metalsmith Magazine]|[Ann L. Larsen] |
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| ISBN: B00006KNMM |
| [661] Ivy Solomon - Marrying Metal Clay and Resin |
Ivy Solomon combining resin, metal clay, and traditional fabrication techniques, her award-winning pendants are structured around textures and colors in ways that frequently depart from traditional jewelry designs. "When you use stones, you have to design to enhance the stone. The piece is all about the stone," says Solomon. "With metal clay, it its more about texture, because that iss what metal clay does the best"....
(2005)
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| ISBN: B00006K39S |
| [917] Jeweler Larry Bruno Recycles Lowly Slag Into a Lovely New Stone |
When Larry Bruno built his new store across from picturesque Springfield Falls in western Pennsylvania, he knew he had lucked out. His store would become a destination for romantic couples seeking diamonds and a chance for a photo next to the falls. What he didnt bargain for, but has since come to love, is the 19th century iron furnace ruin thats sited next to the falls and just under the cliff on which his store sits.... (2008)
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| ISBN: B000060MIL |
| [705] Jewels Made of Paper Bags |
For a long time now in artisan jewelry work, all that glitters is not gold. Precious metals, diamonds, and pearls now have competition. Four Berlin-based designers allow themselves the luxury of blazing new trails with unusual materials such as skin, paper bags, cardboard, plant fibers, glue, felt, and fur. What unites all four of these jewelry designers together is the fact that they learned a traditional artisan craft, but longed to experiment with atypical materials and forms of expression even before they had finished their studies.... (2003)
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| Show me more articles from: [GZ Art+Design]|[Karola Braun-Wanke] |
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| ISBN: B00007B9ED |
| [660] Joan Dulla - Promoting Respect for Niobium |
Dulla crochets niobium wire into airy beads and necklaces studded with Swarovski crystals. The result is jewelry that is bright, colorful, and exuberantly joyful. The sheer brightness of her work is even more surprising if you know her personal history. An incest survivor, Dulla has used niobium wire to make sculptures that vividly express the pain of that formative experience, as well as to create bright jewelry that represents her triumph over the past.... (2005)
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