Issue 59: Forged

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JILL BAKER GOWER . Patterned Rosette Brooch, 2009. Vitreous Enamel on copper, argentium sterling silver, stainless steel, velvet. 3 inches x 3 inches x 1.5 inches.

JILL BAKER GOWER: ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I create jewelry and sculpture informed by my female experience, exploring how advertisements, popular culture, beauty products, and fashion trends portray what women need or want. Ornate mirror frames, tools used for beautification, faceted gems, and the human body inspire the design of these objects. The surfaces of the work are often lace patterned and at times include actual crocheted elements. I include crochet for its lacey, frilly appearance and due to my interest in the technique, as well as because it has historically been viewed as a women’s skill. Materials such

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Fred Wants to Know if I Believe in God,

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Of the Eating Variety

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Communion, Michael Garrigan

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Latchkey

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Karolyne Makes Kliesel

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The Weight of Trains

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The Weight of Dreams

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In the Hopes I can Spell out my Name

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The art of Nils Hint

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The art of Ben Dory

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The art of John Rais

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The art of Myra Mimlitsch-Gray

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The art of Noam Elyashiv

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The art of Sarah Perkins

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The art of Jill Baker Gower

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The art of Andrew Hayes

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The art of Stacey Lee Webber

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Derecho

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April 23, 2020 and Today is Shakespeare’s Birthday,

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As the Nurse Fills Out the Intake Form, the Ocean Speaks Your Name,

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Mysteries and Symbols of My Past

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Shattered, Saddiq Dzukogi

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Funeral Anagrams, Aliki Barnstone

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Weaving, Judith Sornberger

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Readers’

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My Mother’s Feet

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Prize Pages

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