lisa and scott cylinder: accidental beauty
Susan Lomuto | Jan 11, 2010 | Comments 4
Lisa and Scott Cylinder, partners in life and art, see beauty in unexpected places. The artists share a love of and a commitment to confident exploration with materials: found, manufactured or hand made. Each Timeflyer bird brooch below starts with a face made from the reverse side of a vintage enameled pocket watch face – turn the piece over and the back of the brooch reveals the watch face.
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“Our jewelry occupies an odd space somewhere between logic and intuition. Sometimes an idea dictates which path we follow and, at other times, materials lead us.” Lisa and Scott Cylinder on Velvet Da Vinci
Wood Stork Brooch
The couple crafts their Musical Instruments collection by choosing a part from a carefully deconstructed instrument and then reconfiguring the part by adding metal, resins and wood to give it a new life as jewelry. They call the results to their approach ‘accidental beauty.’
Bing Clarinet Key Brooch
See more at Velvet Da Vinci and read their entire artist statement here (scroll down to the bottom of the page)
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The use of materials is absolutely clever, effective and whimsical. Not to mention how crisp and clean the finish on each piece appears. We are in a wonderful creating era where the appreciation of art lies not just with how expensive the materials have to be, but more so with the fabricating and assembling process itself, which is priceless! I can’t wait to apply the Cylinder’s approach to my work. Thanks Susan for another fabulous post.
Isn’t their work just too clever and gorgeous?! How inspiring to see that the eye and hand can take such conventional objects and transform them into works of art with a touch of whimsy. Excellent!
oh-oh the polymer clay daily link is going to haciendamosaico.com!
Thanks for all the wonderful stuff so far this year! Congratulations on your new home too
Thanks Amber – for the heads up (all fixed now), kind words and warm wishes!