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robin kranitzky and kim overstreet: the storytellers

Susan Lomuto — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:55:22 +0000

Tiny, wearable scenes that tell a story and captivate the viewer mark the signature style of Robin Kranitzky and Kim Overstreet’s collaborative jewelry collection.

Brainstorm Brooch

Brainstorm Brooch on stand

The two friends, who first worked together in advertising, have been making and teaching mixed media, found-object jewelry for more than 25 years.

Ambiguity, mixed media brooch #1741
2 1/2″ x 3″ x 1″

Dress Rehearsal

As I was scrolling through their website I was struck by how timeless every single piece is – so many of them date back to the 80′s and 90′s and yet are perfectly and completely relevant and beautiful today.

Romance, mixed media brooch #1742
3 1/ 2″ x 4 3/ 8″ x 1 3/ 4”

Each piece offers a feast for the eyes and you feel like you might just be able to pull a Mary Poppins and jump into the complex little worlds. What story do you want your work to tell in 2012?

Kranitzky and Overstreet’s Gallery of Mixed Media Brooches

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deelyn’s re::strung jewelry

Susan Lomuto — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:37:08 +0000

A quick post before the holiday weekend to share an interesting use of discarded guitar strings.

DeeLyn, an American now living in the UK, creates geometric jewelry with recycled guitar strings and sterling silver. She even teamed up with NYC charity The Voice Project, to create jewelry with strings donated by well-known musicians. Proceeds from those sales will benefit families of abducted child soldiers in Uganda. . .something to think about in this season of giving.

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday – see you next week!

DeeLyn’s website

karen bondarchuk’s tire rubber crows

Susan Lomuto — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:16:40 +0000

Blown out tires found in ditches off Interstate 94 in Michigan were transformed into over-sized crows by Karen Bondarchuk for her entry into the 2011 ArtPrize competition. Out of a pool of almost 1,600 artists, Bondarchuk’s exhibit made it into the top 25. An assistant professor in the Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI, she has taught at the school since 1997.

Corvus Reductus & Corvus Deflatus

Four On The Floor
(the drawing was done by Bondarchuk also – she drew an entire series)

detail

“The material reinforces both the deathly prostration of these birds and the faltering automobile industry, as many families pick up the pieces of their lives after layoffs and plant closures. The human scale of the prone sculptures is a reminder of our own mortality and vulnerability, while also evoking a cyclical sense of life and death in that the dead material is given new life and form. The large-scale drawing (its eye a portal) suggests the degree to which these creatures are “bigger than us,” that is, ultimately incomprehensible.”

The competition is open to any artist in the world who can find space and it’s quite a big deal: “In its fourth year, ArtPrize® has become an unexpected phenomenon. Part arts festival, part social experiment, part civic project, the event overtakes an entire city bringing visitors in the hundreds of thousands. Unlike any other event, ArtPrize gives away the largest total purse for an art competition–$550,000 to 16 winners. The public votes on ten winners, 1st place receives $200,000, 2nd $75,000, 3rd $50,000, and $5,000 each for 4th through 10th.” From the ArtPrize website – Find out how to apply for the 2012 prize here.

Karen Bordanchuk’s website

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mary donald finds the poetry in everyday materials

Susan Lomuto — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:40:30 +0000

For Mary Donald, part of creating unconventional jewelry means satisfying her penchant for experimentation. She accomplishes this by searching for and collecting unorthodox materials, including the mixed plastics shown here.

Tribe Cane Necklace, mixed plastics, oxidized silver

Siblings III, mixed plastics, oxidized silver

Minus Cuffs, rubber, nylon, oxidized silver

SoHo Bracelet, mixed plastics, oxidized silver

Trace Bracelet, rubber, nylon, oxidized silver

Scout & Jem Pendants, mixed plastics, oxidized silver

Pierced and Pieced Rocker Bracelet, rubber, nylon, silver

I’ve discovered a kind of poetry in every day materials, images and objects that often seems absent in traditional jewelery. The subversive act of rescuing materials destined for the dumpster motivates me further or simply repurposing various found goods. Taking the time to craft orange peels, cheap plastics, spent inner tubes and other odds and ends into “gems” intended to adorn the human body — where gold and diamonds are the tradition — or sometimes combining ordinary and/or waste materials with traditional precious materials, brings tension to the completed works.

The California based artist holds a Master of Fine Arts degree with a concentration on Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a focus on Painting.

Mary Donald’s website

nolia shakti hits nespresso gold

Susan Lomuto — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:36:16 +0000

I’ve long believed what an artist does with a material is more important than the actual material itself.

Transition, necklace, Nespresso capsules, gold

Nolia Shakti proves my point by mixing precious and non-precious materials – discarded Nespresso capsules and gold – in the pieces pictured here.

Louise, necklace, Nespresso capsules, gold

Sun, brooch, Nespresso capsules, brass, textile

Shakti, fascinated with the capsules that hold coffee for the Nespresso machine, deconstructs and repurposes the small, pod-like vessels. Part moving sculpture, part jewelry, all good.

Nolia Shakti’s website

You might not understand the language but her work (1:37 – 1:43 minutes into the video) speaks volumes.

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