See five pieces of my Snowflake Coral series in person at the exhibition + sale “Ancient Traditions | Modern Art” now at Radius Gallery in the Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA. The juried in-person show is a feast for the eyes of jewelry and sculpture created with minerals in mind. The in-person exhibition is supplemented with an online exhibition which runs through March 31, 2025
Ancient Traditions | Modern Art exhibition & sale highlights two ancient art forms: Metal Art and Textiles with pieces by members of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild and the Santa Cruz Textile Arts Guild. Traditional, non-traditional, and avant-garde uses of metal and textiles in adornment and sculpture.
On view now through May 11, 2025 at Radius Gallery, Tannery Arts Center, 1050 River St, #127, Santa Cruz, CA
Juried by gallerist Ann Hazels
Exhibiting Metal Artists: Tricia Adams, Jeff Arnett, Wendy Ballen, Roxanne Beebe, Abby Bettencourt, Sherry Cordova, Helene Daniels, Pat Evans, Fereshteh Fatemi, Angela Gleason, Frank Golding, Fran Grinels, Rigel Hunter, Jessica Markus Dominguez, Joanne McMullen, N. Kay Morrison, Dawn Nakanishi, Himani Natu, Annette Nemes, Melissa Offutt, Jeannie Pratt, Cynthia Rand-Thompson, Tim Robinson, Courtney Scruggs, Susan Shallenberger, Lynne Todaro, Lydia Tjioe Hall, Lynda Watson, Mary Weeks
Low Tarnish Sterling Silver and Stainless Steel with offcuts of leather and suede from a purse maker
Hand drawn, laser cut, hand finished
To create the pieces, I hand drew the coral animal and an outline that evokes a sand dollar. The drawings were scanned into CAD software where they were re-drawn, modified, enlarged, digitized and layers were laser cut. The Snowflake Coral cutouts on the brooches were laser cut, the structural shapes were hand sawn and soldered. Each component of the brooch/pendant was hand finished, textured, and rejoined with industrially produced stainless steel screws and nuts as a subtle reminder to the wearer of our effect on even the smallest of life forms.