Archive for July, 2010
New Mexico jewelry artist Nina Morrow creates the most fantastic pieces from driftwood and other materials found along the Rio Grande. Each of her beads is cut and formed by hand. She uses a wood burner and cuts into the surface of the beads giving them an almost tribal quality. On some of her work, she dyes the beds bright shades of green, red or orange.
These pieces are extremely lightweight – the look of large jewelry without the weight. Each design is a handcrafted original.
Visit Gallery Five for more art jewelry by Nina Morrow and other jewelry artists.
Children's Blocks by Penelope Weinstein
Artist’s Statement
Penelope Weinstein creates one-of-a-kind art to wear jewelry from found objects. Each piece is entirely unique and incorporates a range of unusual materials, such as pencils, milk tokens, buttons, or bullet casings.
Penny’s unique art jewelry evolves from many years workng in various creative media including graphics, painting, collage, basketry and sculpture. Today her work focuses on the three-dimensionality of sculpture and jewelry. In creating this jewelry, she explores the interplay of antique and unusual objects with the textures of hand-knitted felted wool and other fibers.
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"Please Recycle" by Penelope Weinstein
Robert Rickard, best known at Gallery Five for his popular line of metal art clocks, also launched his Rickard Studio last year to reflect his broader scope of work – from his clocks to sculptures, furniture, wall pieces, and more. His new collection of sculpture, forged in stainless steel, and designed for indoor or outdoor use, is being embraced by master planners, architects, and developers as well as collectors.
Artist’s Statement
Robert Rickard’s contemporary home in the mountains above Taos, New Mexico can be characterized by infinite peace and silence. Except, of course, when he is in his spacious studio next door; then the sounds of tools working steel and aluminum reverberate across the valley.
Rickard’s work is incredibly vivid and yet very natural. The colors are reminiscent of the sunsets over the Rio Grande Gorge, which he sees from his studio. It is in that bright, airy studio that Rickard creates memorable pieces which harness the myriad properties of metals: their rigidity, their pliability, and their essential chemical make-up.
His is a scientific approach. After using a hand-held plasma cutter to carve his designs into the base metal, each sculpture is then coated with other metals; typically copper, bronze, and iron. Each of these metals reacts differently to the chemical patinas and dye oxides with which the pieces are finished, creating a rich palette of hues.
Rickard is an honored Niche Awards Finalist and is a juried participant in several exclusive shows. “I have been deeply humbled and grateful for the way that I have been welcomed into galleries and collectors homes,” says Rickard.
The Bo’s Art Opera Collection. Bozenna and Lukasz Bogucki names each of their uniquely designed metal mesh evening bags after a famous opera. The designer handbag “Tosca” (shown here) is stainless steel mesh with gator green and a cable handle, 10.5″ x 5.5″ x 3″. Stunning detail.
bias lace, double ruffle, white trim jacket by JES Irie Wear at Gallery Five
At Gallery Five we are celebrating one-of-a-kind and limited edition art to wear and fine crafts handmade in the USA. Today we are featuring a “white” jacket by Joyce Stewart of JES Irie Wear.
Artist’s Statement
As an artist and designer of wearables, I consider my work as sculpting fabric to flatter the body. I design and create my own patterns. Clothing should flatter the body, so my focus is on originality of design and fit. Different textures are mixed to create wonderful collages in some pieces, while other pieces of my work are stately and classic. The manipulation of machine tension is also used to change the appearance of the fibers. In the past, my work included painting on silk, but I’ve since become allergic to the pigments and had to forgo that element in my work.
I went to the school “MoM” for design and construction of clothing. I am doing what I truly enjoy — creating clothing that makes women feel good about themselves. Custom cutting is a large part of my creations.