[Jewelry making - Article 00914] - Re: [Orchid] Wearing your jewelry creations

[Bekka RR]

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    I personally wear my work constantly, in fact it's gotten to the
    point that I can't really wear other people's jewelry that I love
    because everyone assumes I've made it, and it's embarrasing to
    explain that I didn't. However, I can also understand why people who
    don't wear or even necessarily like jewelry would choose to work in
    it. It's the one art form that by definition interacts physically
    with the body. You have to keep the body in mind every moment, and it
    opens up so many incredible opportunities to comment on everything
    surrounding the body, from cultural norms to aesthetic beauty to
    feminist or intellectual critique. Look at Alexander Calder's work,
    the explorations in jewelry figuring out space on the body the same
    way his larger sculptures define space and balance in the air. Just
    as figure studies have been a staple of drawing and painting forever,
    I would submit that jewelry is a staple of sculpture, and should be
    accorded respect as such. Probably never happen... but a girl can
    dream! 

Bekka Ross Russell
R Cubed Designs
http://www.rcubeddesigns.com
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