“Vision: Fashion Show of Jewelry and Wearable Art” 2019

2019 FASHION SHOW OF JEWELRY & WEARABLE SCULPTURE

College of The Albemarle Professional Crafts Jewelry Program, Department of Fine Arts, and Professional Arts Club

ABOUT COLLEGE OF THE ALBEMARLE PROFESSIONAL CRAFTS JEWELRY PROGRAM College of The Albemarle’s Professional Crafts Jewelry program provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to build a business from their artistic talent. Coursework combines technical knowledge and design skills with marketing and business essentials. Students learn basic and advanced jewelry construction and metalsmithing techniques. Practical experience in design and application of skills learned in the program enable students to develop their unique style and create one-of-a-kind and production pieces.

ABOUT COLLEGE OF THE ALBEMARLE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS T he Department of Fine Arts provides a range of opportunities to explore your creative passions,

whatever your academic or career goals. Whether preparing to transfer to a Bachelor of Fine Arts program for a career in the arts or building a strong and well-rounded knowledge base, visual arts students explore and refine their skills with two- and three-dimensional design, drawing, painting, sculpture and ceramics.

Students who graduate from the AFA program go on to become professional artists, graphic designers, web designers, art teachers, gallery managers and interior designers.

ABOUT THE COA PROFESSIONAL ARTS CLUB The COA Professional Arts Club is a student-run organization founded in 2006 to unite the professional arts students of COA, to maintain the art student population, and to support each club member in his/her personal and professional artistic endeavors. The Club’s purpose extends into the community through service projects implemented by members. Furthermore, the club’s purpose is to enrich members’ understanding of all aspects of professional artistry through enrichment, information, and active learning experiences.

2019 FASHION SHOW OF JEWELRY & WEARABLE SCULPTURE

College of The Albemarle Professional Crafts Jewelry Program, Department of Fine Arts, and Professional Arts Club

VISION: 2019 FASHION SHOW OF JEWELRY & WEARABLE SCULPTURE We are pleased to present the fifth annual Fashion Show of Jewelry and Wearable Sculpture, along with this catalog highlighting some of the work in the show. The fashion show is a student-led project showcasing the talents of students in College of The Albemarle’s Professional Crafts Jewelry program and Department of Fine Arts, along with a diverse group of models presenting the work at a live fashion show.

This year’s theme, “Vision,” speaks to the aesthetic and conceptual concerns driving the students’ work, from considerations of environmental impact to social inequality to the visual appeal of unusual material choices. For this year’s catalog, we have several essays from senior students in the jewelry and fine art programs that explore their motivations and processes in greater detail.

As faculty advisors of this project, we are excited to share the talents of this diverse group of students.

Kathryn Osgood

Christina Weisner

Nora Hartlaub

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Instructor

Professional Crafts

Department of Fine Arts

Department of Fine Arts

Jewelry Program

and Humanities

and Humanities

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks to Keri Pampuch Photography for the beautiful photography in this catalog, Alison Williams of Upward Out for its graphic design and production, Lisa LeMair for art direction, and COA Foundation for financial support.

Photography © 2019 Keri Pampuch Photography.

Designs and items pictured are copyright of the individual artists.

Suzette Holmes Game of Metals (Armband) armband copper, brass, rubber

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Mark Slagle Afternoon Delight earrings sterling silver, upcycled surfboard resin

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Dorothy Ansell Islands in the Sea necklace reactive glass, sterling silver

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Elizabeth Kays You Do Not Have To Be Good necklace brass, copper, fine silver, leather

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Sharon A. Anderson How Does Your Garden Grow objet d’art copper, aluminum, sterling silver

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Richard Pronto Untitled ring sterling silver, turquoise

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Deloris J. Samuelson Reach bracelet enameled copper

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I have always loved making things by hand. As a kid, I spent long hours working on origami projects, tying knots in embroidery thread, and bringing ideas and inventions to life.

I studied visual arts at Duke University, then became an interactive exhibit designer at a children’s science museum. It was thrilling to think of an idea, figure out how to build it, and watch others enjoy it.

I moved from exhibit to digital design, working for startups in NYC and opening my own agency.

I earned a graduate degree in human-computer interaction, but the shift to digital made me feel disconnected from my love of handcrafting objects. I tried stained glass, ultimately opening a commercial studio in New Jersey where I taught and designed for galleries around the world.

The limitations of the medium made me wish I had more control over shape and form. This led me to study metalsmithing.

Metalwork has brought things full circle for me. I can bend and shape the metal in infinite ways, and combine it with all the materials I’ve always loved—glass, paper, found objects, stones, mechanisms, and more. The possibilities are limited only by my vision.

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Emily Holmes Modern Shaman necklace concrete, oxidized copper, found objects

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Lisa M. LeMair Flat Pack (Whip It!) earrings rubberized cardboard, sterling silver

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Suzette Holmes Game of Metals (Headdress) headdress oxidized copper, brass

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Mark Slagle Gulf Stream necklace driftwood, resin, oxidized copper and sterling silver

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Alison Williams Robot 1.0 necklace enameled copper, fine and sterling silver

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Lacy Chronister Falling Rain necklace sterling silver

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Lumi Perry Untitled wearable sculpture paper, steel, thread

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r i Lisa . Le a Artistic vision is a lot like physical vision. Sometimes, it’s 20/20, you open your eyes and the thing is clear and sharp. Other times, it’s like groping around in the dark, half-awake (or maybe half-asleep), feeling for your glasses to see what time it is. Will it matter in the light of day? Will I remember?

My Flat Pack Series falls into the latter category. It’s taken time for the initial vision to come into focus, sitting in my brain for months, sometimes quietly, sometimes nagging, waiting for the moment when hands and brain connect.

The spark for the series was (what else?) the packing material from a bunch of IKEA furniture.

I could immediately see the potential in the material, and the questions it raised about enduring versus ephemeral objects, value, beauty, environmental responsibility.

Would this be a momentary object or could it endure (physically, emotionally, conceptually)? The necklace form was an early 20/20 moment, but there was a lot of rumination and problem solving to bring it, and the rest of the series, to life.

I leave it to you sit with the questions now. I’m off to find my glasses.

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Lisa M. LeMair Flat Pack (Disco Dom Collar) neckpiece rubberized cardboard, sterling silver, cubic zirconia

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Kara Perkins Perseverance necklace sterling silver

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Mike Johnson Untitled bracelets sterling silver

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Emily Holmes Effervescent Concrete necklace concrete, oxidized copper

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Amy Wood Au Naturel necklace driftwood, rough rose quartz, powdercoated and oxidized copper

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Rebecca Patrick Cowgirl Cuff cuff oxidized copper

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Alison Williams Uncontrollable Surface earrings reticulation silver

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Renee Lane Warrior wearable sculpture paper, spray paint

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My piece takes a detailed approach to my view of the world with anxiety.

It is made out of small, individually hand-folded paper origami pieces,

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which are stacked in organized rows. I designed my wearable piece “Warrior” to be worn across the chest, symbolizing that anxiety causes guardedness. The gold color symbolizes the wisdom I’ve gained along my journey, and the hope that someday I’ll be victorious.

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Amy Wood Lollipops earrings enameled copper, sterling silver

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Bettie Lowe The Yellow Jacket necklace enameled copper, sterling silver

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Noah Carrol Dorothy Ansell Cherry Blossoms Jacob’s Ladder necklace sculpture wearable sterling balsa wood, silver, tubing, fusedcord glass

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Emily Holmes Valley of the Dolls necklace plastic dolls, brass, copper, rubber

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Deloris J. Samuelson Cosmos bowl oxidized and enameled copper

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Kathryn Osgood

Associate Professor | Program Coordinator Professional Crafts Jewelry Program 252.473.2264 x 7524 kathryn_osgood@albemarle.edu www.albemarle.edu/jewelry Christina Weisner

Assistant Professor Department of Fine Arts 252.335.0821 x 2319 christina_weisner@albemarle.edu Nora Hartlaub

Instructor Department of Fine Arts nora_hartlaub72@albemarle.edu

PHOTO CREDITS: Front Cover: Alison Williams, Cosmic Eye; enameled copper, sterling and fine silver Title Page: Lisa M. LeMair, Serendipity (The Hungry Maw); copper, enamel, patina, sterling silver, Icelandic wool Back Cover: Brianna Hall, Untitled; paper, cord, spray paint

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