[Jewelry making - Article 00216] - Re: [Orchid] Conceptual Jewelry

[Nanz Aalund]

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>     We all know what a bracelet is - I don't mean Orchid, I mean the
>     entire human race. And I don't mean design, I mean, "A bracelet is
>     a thing that goes on the upper arm in something like this fashion." 

    I just wanted to ask if anyone saw the Nov.2006 cover of Art Jewelry
    magazine? The bracelet on the cover had a diameter of over 6 inches
    (15.2cm). Now, we got a lot of flack from some of our subscribers
    that the bracelet we featured was "just not wearable," yet I wore
    that bracelet. Sure I couldn't sit at my keyboard and type with it
    on, but I know it was not made with that intension. The golden death
    mask of Tutankhamen was not intended for daily wear either, unless
    you where dead. 

    There are jewelry makers whose intention behind their jewelry is to
    make us humans question our assumptions about what we think we know.
    This is where art enters into the equation. 

    I make very wearable, designed jewelry that takes all the
    artisanship, craftsmanship, and research that "art jewelry" should
    require, but it does not intend to make people think about it. It's
    intention is to be beautiful, comfortable, and connect emotionally
    with it's owner, and that is a perfectly valid intention for making
    jewelry. 99% of all jewelry made is probably made with this intent,
    because it sells. 

    I also make jewelry that has a deeper meaning and is intended to make
    the wearer think about the concepts encompassed within the piece, and
    sometimes discomfort is intentional because confronting false
    assumptions can be very uncomfortable. 

    For me it is the intention behind the jewel and the successful
    communication of that intent (not it's daily wearability/salability)
    that indicates it is art. 

Nanz Aalund
Associate Editor / Art Jewelry magazine
21027 Crossroads Circle / Waukesha WI 53187-1612
262.796.8776 ext.228
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