NOTES ON THE ABOVE IMAGES:
A LINGERING SWEETNESS
"A Lingering Sweetness" used traditional confectionery processes and materials to call attention to create a public experience in honor of Seattle's Japantown neighborhood. I chose 20 icons represented Japantown places or events, carved them into wooden molds, then used the molds to produce 500 pressed sugar sweets. These were given away during a public event with the intent of raising awareness of these fragile landmarks.
A LINGERING SWEETNESS MOLDS
These wooden molds are the only physical remainder from this project.
IRIS (views 1 and 2)
My work with functional sweet molds hooked me on the notion of molds as objects that evoke both loss and the potential for creation. I carve these sculptural molds from scrap woods that would be inappropriate for food use, but which add another dimension to the piece. Here the substrate of the plywood refuses to hold a sharp edge--frustrating for the carver, but an apt addition to an image that I associate with my memories of childhood and home. Another thing that fascinates me about molds is that a slight shift in lighting or angle, as shown in these two images, creates a very different image: perception, after all, is a matter of perspective.
BAMBOO RINGS
Working with a free, disposable, and environmentally-friendly material introduced a degree of experimentation into my jewelry work that had not been there before. I challenged myself to make a large quantity of these rings in a limited time, then gave them away, with any donations received going to the Craft Emergency Relief Fund.
MIDDEN
Midden is a sculptural necklace carved from the same wood as Midden.
MESSENGER
Carved from 50-year-old boxwood that I salvaged from a neighbor's yard and seasoned in my utility closet, Messenger features an iris caught in the middle of an uncarved branch. Creating this piece gave me the opportunity to think through issues of place, belonging, imprintation, and homesickness.
DRIFT
This is the most recent piece from an ongoing series of found object jewelry that looks for industrial or cultural forms inside natural materials.
LIGHTER THAN AIR EARRINGS
I have recently begun experimenting with the structural and formal possibilities of working with wood veneer on a small scale. I use offcuts and scrap from local woodworkers, with the result that my pieces have a higher-than-average incidence of knots, splits, color shifts, and other "personality".
FEATHER CHAIN
When planning a piece, I sometimes make paper models; these models sometimes take on a life of their own, and are a more satisfying resolution than my original plan would have been.
A LINGERING SWEETNESS
"A Lingering Sweetness" used traditional confectionery processes and materials to call attention to create a public experience in honor of Seattle's Japantown neighborhood. I chose 20 icons represented Japantown places or events, carved them into wooden molds, then used the molds to produce 500 pressed sugar sweets. These were given away during a public event with the intent of raising awareness of these fragile landmarks.
A LINGERING SWEETNESS MOLDS
These wooden molds are the only physical remainder from this project.
IRIS (views 1 and 2)
My work with functional sweet molds hooked me on the notion of molds as objects that evoke both loss and the potential for creation. I carve these sculptural molds from scrap woods that would be inappropriate for food use, but which add another dimension to the piece. Here the substrate of the plywood refuses to hold a sharp edge--frustrating for the carver, but an apt addition to an image that I associate with my memories of childhood and home. Another thing that fascinates me about molds is that a slight shift in lighting or angle, as shown in these two images, creates a very different image: perception, after all, is a matter of perspective.
BAMBOO RINGS
Working with a free, disposable, and environmentally-friendly material introduced a degree of experimentation into my jewelry work that had not been there before. I challenged myself to make a large quantity of these rings in a limited time, then gave them away, with any donations received going to the Craft Emergency Relief Fund.
MIDDEN
Midden is a sculptural necklace carved from the same wood as Midden.
MESSENGER
Carved from 50-year-old boxwood that I salvaged from a neighbor's yard and seasoned in my utility closet, Messenger features an iris caught in the middle of an uncarved branch. Creating this piece gave me the opportunity to think through issues of place, belonging, imprintation, and homesickness.
DRIFT
This is the most recent piece from an ongoing series of found object jewelry that looks for industrial or cultural forms inside natural materials.
LIGHTER THAN AIR EARRINGS
I have recently begun experimenting with the structural and formal possibilities of working with wood veneer on a small scale. I use offcuts and scrap from local woodworkers, with the result that my pieces have a higher-than-average incidence of knots, splits, color shifts, and other "personality".
FEATHER CHAIN
When planning a piece, I sometimes make paper models; these models sometimes take on a life of their own, and are a more satisfying resolution than my original plan would have been.
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