Sculptor and jewelry artist Patricia Lemaire lets silver, nickel silver and ordinary materials like plants, bone and urchin quills tell her poetic narrative. The unconventional materials – fragile (plants), poor (bone) and misappropriated (urchin quills) – find new meaning as Lemaire uses them to express the “fragility of life and womanhood” in a collection of jewelry and sculptures.
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Wonderful work! I’m not getting fragile though. It’s been my experience that women are tough, strong and resourceful. Most women I know have been able to create and preserve beauty in their lives, despite the harsh realities of living… That is what I am seeing here, well done!
Oh, you are a muse. I’ve been thinking about expanding more from jewelry to large object. But this morning’s post inspired me to take the designs that are swirling in my head and explore making them as brooches. It always seems to come back to adornment for some of us. Thanks so much, Susan.
Yes, Susan, great choice ! Patricia’s work is wonderful, expressive and pretty amazing isn’t it!