First came an obsession with handmade paper. Add an addiction to color. Throw in a commission or two for large-scale sculptures and you have the ingredients for Tia Kramer’s imagination to cook up a line of wire-framed paper jewelry that is simple yet sumptuous.
Tia Kramer, earrings, paper, sterling silver
Kramer produces the vibrant, colorful paper in her studio using fibers from a Philippine banana plant. She then stretches the paper over sterling silver frames, creating semi translucent effects. Don’t you love the way the splash of color deliberately interrupts the original shape of the frame?
The small samples that the artist constructed in 2003 as part of her study for a sculpture commission became the jewelry line that she sells today. It is always a treat when an artist shares the ‘aha’ moment when idea and execution comes together…sometimes with a surprise ending. Sweet.
Samples for original sculpture
In order to see how my translucent paper interacted with these light changes, I created small wire paper samples. I hung these samples in the window of my studio. Everyday, I carefully observed them, meticulously documenting how each color interacted with different types of light. These experiments transformed into my jewelry line as it exists today!
The artist working on the original sculpture in 2003
Detail of sculpture
Tia Kramer – website
thank you for make me discover this very talent artist!!