IMPACT 2018 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
IMPACT 2018 FASHION SHOW OF JEWELRY & WEARABLE SCULPTURE
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.
College of The Albemarle Professional Crafts Jewelry Program, Department of Fine Arts, and Professional Arts Club
IMPACT: 2018 FASHION SHOW OF JEWELRY & WEARABLE SCULPTURE We are pleased to present the fourth 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 two live fashion shows. This year’s theme, “Impact,” speaks to the aesthetic and conceptual concerns driving the students’ work—from considerations of environmental impact to the visual appeal of unusual material choices. For this year’s catalog, we have several essays from senior students in the jewelry program that explore their motivations and processes, and we hope you will enjoy this expanded content. As faculty advisors of this project, we are excited to share the talents of this diverse group of students. Kathryn Osgood
Christina Weisner
Associate Professor
Instructor
Professional Crafts Jewelry Program
Department of Fine Arts and Humanities
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Special thanks to Lisa LeMair, Bettie Lowe, and Dorothy Ansell for their efforts in curating and organizing the show. Thanks to Keri Pampuch Photography for photography, Alison Williams for graphic design and production, and the Dare County Arts Council and COA Foundation for their support. Photography © 2018 Keri Pampuch Photography. Designs and items pictured are copyright of the individual artists. Catalog design and layout by Alison Williams of Upward Out.
Suzette Holmes Peaceful Desert necklace copper, sterling silver, clay, turquoise
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Bettie Lowe Fancy Fence bracelet copper
Alison Williams Cardinal Locket necklace copper, sterling silver, black onyx, cardinal feather
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Lisa M. LeMair Walking (Oceanside2) earrings sterling silver, beach stones, Moldavite
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Mike Johnson Untitled 3 bracelet sterling silver
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Lauren Bielinski My Shoulder Itches sculpture (sash) paper, tape, thread
Elif Kan Flower Necklace necklace copper, glass
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DOROTHY ANSELL My work is the result of a long-time fascination with glass and a growing love affair with metal. Glass can be colorful, opaque, and transparent. Special coatings can give it reflective qualities. When stacked glass is placed in the kiln, one is never certain of the end result. This element of surprise makes opening the kiln feel like Christmas morning…every time. The final fused glass pieces are simply fascinating. I begin each piece by making glass cabochons. The glass might be coated with metal oxides (sometimes called dichroic glass) to produce a high shine, or multi-layered and double-fired to create an interesting design, or fired with reactive glass to produce something unexpected. I have always believed that beautiful pieces of glass deserve interesting and unique settings. Metal is the perfect choice. It can be shaped, formed, joined and textured to capture each piece of glass. Silver produces a shine and reflection equal to glass. These two materials play off of each other and are perfect companions. Each piece is truly a work of love.
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Dorothy Ansell Deep Sea necklace sterling silver, fused glass
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Mark Slagle Sun Rays earrings aluminum
Kitty Dough Song of an Ancient Sea pendant | pin fossil scallop shell, sterling silver, CZ, grey pearls
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Mark Slagle Spring Surfglass necklace sterling silver, upcycled surfboard resin
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Mike Johnson Untitled 2 (Blue) bracelet copper, enamel
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Lindsey Kee The Wave sculpture (shoulder piece) clay
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Vickie Kittrell Seagreen I necklace sterling silver, seaglass
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KITTY DOUGH I got my first drafting table at age seven, and I was drawn to natural subjects from the beginning. My education at the Art Institute of Atlanta, my studies in scientific illustration at the N.C. Botanical Garden, and my work at the N.C. Aquarium and elsewhere have been predominantly naturalist and two-dimensional. The challenge of capturing three-dimensional nature in two-dimensional paintings and drawings has always inspired me, but working in 3D has made my world a larger place. I was drawn to metal. Soon I was drawing on it. Now I am interpreting several of my illustrations in metal, but my goal is unchanged: being faithful to reality, but not bound by it. Some techniques and media translate well. A colored pencil is a colored pencil whatever its substrate. Others must be reconsidered. An illustrator creates the illusion of depth. Metal already has three dimensions and must be altered to realize a vision. I spent much of my career drawing with a pencil. I knew that I had turned a corner when I felt as if I were drawing with a saw.
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Kitty Dough Carolina Jewel neckpiece copper, Gilders Paste, enamel
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Emily Holmes Into The Woods necklace copper, aluminum, sterling silver, glass
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Alison Williams Rawr Power necklace brass
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Kitty Dough Van Gogh’s Purry Night head piece copper, enamel, color pencil, crystal
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Bettie Lowe Open the Gate necklace copper, sterling silver
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Hannah Barnes Mountain earrings brass, copper, sterling silver
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George “Gerg” Hackett Freedom? sculpture plastic model kit
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LAINE LIONHEART When you’re caught in a rip current, you don’t fight against it. You float and let the current carry you until it lets you go. You learn these words by heart growing up by the ocean, on an island that is one mile wide and ever-changing miles long. Technically, it’s a sandbar; except, sometimes it’s a peninsula/sandbar when it wants to be part of the continent. This shifting foundation shaped by wind and waves reinforced in me the idea that nothing is permanent, and everything has the capacity to change in an instant—best to let the current guide you, as it does my art practice. At the same time, my practice is deeply grounded in history, and a sense of the cyclical nature of time. My grandparents lived on an Apache reservation before the Great Depression (they were white, grandpa worked for the Rio Grande railroad). Our east coast island house is full of stories and remnants from that western history. My work quilts (like my grandma did) the past and the future together to shape the present. My family only has three generations for the past 120 years, which really reinforces that history repeats itself. Tales of hardship and lessons learned aren’t diluted by overtelling or forgotten from time passed; they’re told first hand!
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LainE Lionheart Illumination head piece brass, aluminum, gold leaf
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Lisa M. LeMair Pearl Diver Series earrings sterling silver, Akoya pearls, freshwater pearls
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Alison Williams Oval ² ring sterling silver
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Dorothy Ansell Cherry Blossoms necklace sterling silver, fused glass
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Amy Wood You Are the Center of the Universe necklace sterling silver, garnet, jasper, lapis, morganite, turquoise
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George “Gerg” Hackett Michael Jackson sculpture window screen
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PHOTO CREDITS: Front Cover: Lisa M. LeMair, Walking (Oceanside1); sterling silver, beach stone Title Page: Sandy Martin, Labradorite Cuff; antique silver spoon, labradorite Back Cover: Bettie Lowe, Coral Mask; copper, wood
Kathryn Osgood Associate Professor | Program Coordinator 252. 473.2264 x 7524 kathryn_osgood@albemarle.edu www.albemarle.edu/jewelry Christina Weisner Instructor | Department of Fine Arts 252-335-0821 ext. 2319 christina_weisner@albemarle.edu
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