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regal graffitiCreated about a week ago
line drawingsUpdated about a week ago
"sorrowing chain"as one of the artists invited to participate in sparkle plenty 5 i had the honor of inviting an artist whom i admire - i chose lori talcott. i was able to get a few images of the work lori made for the show to share here...
.amy tavern metalsmith/jewelry designer off to richmond, va for the opening of sparkle plenty 5.
yesterday i went to hear anika smulovitz talk about her work. she is a visiting artist in the metals class at penland this week. i enjoyed the lecture - she started with her first metals endeavors and then on to graduate and post graduate work...
.amy tavern metalsmith/jewelry designer being interviewed today for a forthcoming publication about the history of the penland resident and core programs
(biba schutz, me, caitie sellers, joanna gollberg)i got a package of sparkle plenty 5 postcards and foldouts yesterday. they look really great! i was also pretty psyched to find my image on the quirk website.(that's lori talcott's work on the front.)thanks for reading.
the 41st celebration of american crafts, an annual juried sale and exhibition, opens tonight at the creative arts workshop in new haven, ct. i have some work there - pieces from my egg and bean collection...
i posted images of my new series "regal graffiti" on flickr - you'll find all my pro-shots and lots of process images, too."regal graffiti" is for "sparkle plenty 5" a group exhibition at quirk gallery. the opening reception is thursday, november 5.thanks for reading.
.amy tavern metalsmith/jewelry designer my latest body of work for the exhibition "sparkle plenty 5" at quirk gallery in richmond, va. the work is sterling silver and layers of spray paint.
.amy tavern metalsmith/jewelry designer just posted some new images! "regal graffiti" images (my new work for sparkle plenty 5) will be posted tomorrow.
.amy tavern metalsmith/jewelry designer 3 dimensional brooch in oxidized sterling silver
.amy tavern metalsmith/jewelry designer gold necklace and earrings made for the exhibition "delicate beauty."
a few weeks ago i made a hardcover book of my line drawings and borderlines series using snapfish. the book you see here is my second try actually...
the work i made for sparkle plenty is spray painted. i mounted the jewelery to cardboard before spraying to keep the work stable and to protect the connections from getting completely covered in paint...
i just visited the metal arts guild of canada to see about nuit blanche "10,000 hours", an exhibition of 10,000 artist samples installed for an all-night exhibition in toronto on october 3...
