With My Heart on My Sleeve

I will host an exhibition this Sunday, November 13 from 7:30-9:30 in the slide lounge at Northlight at the Penland School of Crafts. The show will feature process works from my recent exhibition plus sketchbook images, books I used for research, and other bits and pieces from the making of "Fabricated Memory" and "Collected Memories." I will also create an installation of the finished works using the beautiful photographs taken by Hank Drew. 

With My Heart on My Sleeve
Sunday, November 13, 2011
7:30-9:30pm
Slide lounge at Northlight
Penland School of Crafts
champagne and treats will be served

Thanks to Beth Schaible for the lovely flyer.


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Opening Tonight!

 

Green Leaf Brooch and Earrings

in sterling silver, spray paint, diamonds

After a year and a half of planning and making, the opening reception of my show is finally here! If you are in the San Francisco area I hope you will attend.

This is How I Remember It
Solo Exhibition
Opening Reception tonight, Friday, November 4 from 6-8pm

Velvet da Vinci Gallery
2015 Polk Street (near Broadway)
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.441.0109

The show runs through November 30, 2011

 Brooch No. 5 

 in brass, glass beads

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A Little Bit More

 

While I was installing my work last week at Velvet da Vinci, I told Mike and Emma about different pieces--how I made them, what ideas were behind them, who they are about. Mike asked me to choose a few pieces and write short statements about each, thinking viewers will be interested in the stories, too. I choose five pieces from both series and these statements will be posted near the pieces for everyone to read. Here are two examples:

Bow Sweater Holder (pictured above)

This piece represents a gold-tone sweater holder with two bows and a short chain. I chose to exaggerate the form and the faded, worn appearance of the original by using multiple bows and chains and by intentionally scratching away the vermeil. 

Brooch No. 8

In 2000 I began working towards my BFA in metalsmithing at the University of Washington. A dear friend gave me a cast lace necklace she made in a class we took together that year. In 2004 she passed away and I feel very fortunate to have such a lovely reminder of her and the time we spent together. The paper doily in this piece represents that necklace and my friend, as well as our inevitable loss of innocence.

I will post the other statements with the pieces on my website and Flickr soon so you can read then, too!

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Line Drawing Diversion

Two of the pieces currently on view in the Aaron Faber exhibition "In Line/In Metal" include Line Drawing No. 8 and Cluster Necklace No. 2. Once again my photographer, Hank Drew, did an amazing job with my images--I love how the lighting and shadow in both detail shots effectively extends the drawings into space.  

My Line Drawing Brooch and Folded Arc Necklace and Earrings are also a part of the exhibition.

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Now That's a Big Ad

Velvet da Vinci has published an inner-cover full-page ad for my show in the latest issue of Metalsmith. Again, another surreal moment in this whole process and another piece of concrete evidence that this show is happening. The ad is beautiful.

I was also surprised and excited to discover my Line Drawing Brooch in an ad for an exhibition I'm in at Aaron Faber Gallery called "In Line/In Metal." The show will be exhibited at SOFA Chicago this weekend and includes a fantastic group of artists who all feature line in their work.

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All 58!

Round Crystal Brooch, sterling silver, spray paint

You can now view my solo show in its entirety on my website,  Flickr, and Facebook! There are two bodies of work: "Fabricated Memory: Jewelry Box, 1980," which includes 24 pieces in sterling silver, 18K gold vermeil, spray paint, and diamonds and "Collected Memories: 1974-Present," 34 brooches and necklaces in a variety of found objects and mixed-media.

 Brooch No. 6

 Necklace No. 12

 Lavender Pearl Necklace

Oak Leaf Brooch

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The Installation

Yesterday morning I went to Velvet da Vinci to install my exhibition. I took the above photo moments before I walked in the front door. Then I spent several hours displaying the work with the help of Mike and Emma. It was a fun day and a wonderful experience. It made the show finally feel real instead of just an abstract concept in my mind. The work looks beautiful in the space. "Collected Memories: 1974-Present" hangs on a wall, while "Fabricated Memory: Jewelry Box, 1980" is arranged in a series of vitrines. You can view most of the work on the Velvet website now and next week I will post all 58 pieces on my website, Flickr, and Facebook. 

More on Flickr.