Bone, horn and wood, materials that were once alive and are now dead, find new life as Sharon Church carves them into forms inspired by nature.
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Forgotten Corsage
Church, Professor of Crafts in The College of Art and Design at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, combines the carvings with forged metal elements. With her jewelry, she “seeks to embody shimmering beauty along with its dark, damp and mysterious underpinnings”.
Snake Leaf Brooch
Shimmer
Scatter Pin
“Forged metal elements lend a different kind of life force to the work. The rhythmic pounding of the metal spreads life like a heartbeat into elements that support and structure the work. Together, the carved and forged forms embody a symbolic language of growth and decay, death and renewal – timeless images that are at once tender and powerful.”
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‘shimmer’ is simply amazing – would love to know more about it, and what it’s created from. So beautiful!