Bubblegum POP Neckpiece

Yes Neckpiece

Smiley Necklace 

Bubblegum POP Neckpiece

Sterling silver, plastic Barbie doll parts and pigmented resins. 2009

4 1/4” x 4 1/2” x 1/2”

Bubblegum POP Neckpiece is a nod to pop culture in all itʼs polished, plastic glory. Itʼs made of pigmented hot pink and black resin with multiple ubiquitous Barbie doll smiles in profile, all encased in hand-fabricated sterling silver.

Yes Neckpiece

Sterling silver, 14k gold, plastic Barbie doll parts, resin, raw diamond, human hair. 2009. 3” x 2 1/2” x 3/4”

Yes Neckpiece is a personal self-portrait piece created to commemorate my engagement to my husband, with Barbie and Ken, standing in as the starring characters of course.

Sterling silver, plastic Barbie doll parts and resin. 2008. 6" x 4" x 3/4”

Smiley Neckpiece was initially inspired by the idea of celebrating diversity. Itʼs a piece meant to evoke happiness and togetherness, laughter and playfulness. Multiple Barbie doll faces are encased in hand-fabricated sterling silver settings.

Margaux Lange

Puss N’ Snips Drinks Sardine Soda

 Sterling silver, epoxy-resin, craft glitter, steel springs, patina, plastic tubing

3” x 1.5” x 1.5” 

Puss N’ Snips is a cat-lobster mutant who is only able to indulge in Sardine Soda due to his crooked neck.  He questions our society’s definitions of beauty, normalcy and material wealth.  

Rachel Timmins

Orbit Red Identity Bead Necklace

Recycled tin from post-consumer steel cans, plexiglas, 10k gold rivets, magnets. 27cm diameter.

This bead necklace symbolizes our personal search for identity in our material culture.  Brand name materials from post-consumer tin containers influence our unconscious consumption of advertising, marketing, and possession as identification.

Harriete Estel Berman

Sterling silver, brass, epoxy resin, pigment, patina, ribbon, photograph of Arlington National Cemetery. 14.6 x 5.4 x 1 cm.

Sterling silver, plastic laundry detergent cap, Plexiglas, epoxy resin, Prismacolor, found objects, patina. 7.4 x 7.4 x 10.9 cm

This piece is about taking the plunge.  Risking all and just diving in, without even checking the temperature of the water with your little toe. 

Thumb Thumb Ring (for Douglas Adams)

Sterling silver, resin, prismacolor pencils. 6.4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm 

Sometimes I have an urge to make a piece of jewelry for a specific person.  It's so strong a compulsion that I must finish the work before I am “permitted” to move on to something else.  This is one of those works.

Stevie B.

Clypeasteroida Motif Neckpiece 

Sabellida Motif Collar

Purple Ring 

Sabellida Motif Collar

Crocheted and powder coated found wire. 2010. 7”x11”x5”

I use crochet as a method for working with metal. The form of this piece was inspired by the bright red tube worms that live in the deepest part of the oceans.

Clypeasteroida Motif Neckpiece

Crocheted found wire, powder coating. 2010. 18.5”x13.5”X1.5”

I use crochet as a method working with metal.  These forms are based off of organisms found in the scientific group that includes sea urchins and sand dollars.

Purple Ring

Crocheted found wire, powder coating, cubic zirconia. 2010. 4"x3.5"x3.5" 

I use crochet as a way to work with metal.  This is one of my first pieces where I am combining just crocheted wire with the bright plastic coloring of powdercoating

Katie Schutte

I’m Gonna Get ‘Cha (Ring)

The Cowboy’s Junk (Brooch)

Hooty Hooo (Necklace)

I’m Gonna Get ‘Cha (Ring) 

Sterling Silver, PVC Plastic, Paint, Dye. 2009.  2 7/8"x 1 1/8”x 2 ½”

This is a two finger ring.

The Cowboy’s Junk (Brooch)

Copper, Sterling Silver, Tin, Steel, PVC Plastic, Pearls, Ink. 2009.

4 7/16” x 3” x 9/16”

This is a brooch, when worn the lags move and swish back and forth.

Hooty Hooo (Necklace)

Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, PVC Plastic, Copper, Enamel. 2010. 9” x ¼” x 8”

Enamel neckpiece based on a vintage gas station advertisement.

Kelly Robinson

Time of My Life

watch parts, oil, acrylic paint, alcohol ink. 2.5” X 2.5” X  0.5”

This is the first piece in a series of work designed to explore using oil as a way to create movement within my work. The oil-filled center globe allows the watch parts to move effortlessly through the lense, making the piece look different everytime it is worn.

Melissa Cable

Elastic Ring 5 (Ring a Day 19/365)

Roaming Antelope

Elastic Ring 5 (Ring a Day 19/365)

Recycled sterling silver, repurposed rubber bands from around morning newspaper

3.8 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm

Made of red elastics bands from around my morning newspapers, collected over the course of weeks.   Used by the unknown delivery person for only a short time the everyday object became a rare object once they switched back to the ‘regular’ ones.

Roaming Antelope

Oxidized sterling silver, found plastic animal, Astroturf, resin. 4.9 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm

A thoughtful little antelope, nibbling grass and roaming in a circle around the band.   A ring that calls to mind the story of the Little Prince on his tiny little planet.

Colleen Baran

Texture/Materials#3

Pin, 800 gold, copper and plastic. 2009

Ana Albuquerque

Cyan Square brooch

Cyan Chain

Cyan Pearls brooch

Cyan Square brooch

copper, nickel silver, tinted plastic, plexi glass cyamotype on silk. 2010

3.5"w x 3.5"h x .5"d

Cyan Chain

nickel silver, silver, plastic, paper, cyanotype on silk, pearls. 2010.

3.5"w x 1.8"h x 2"d

Cyan Pearls brooch

copper,  nickel silver, wood, tinted plastic, plexi glass, cyanotype on silk. 2010

3.75"w x 3.75"h x .5"d

Thea Clark

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About the Curator:

Brice Garrett is a Jewellery + Corpus MA candidate at Konstfack University of Art, Crafts and Design in Stockholm Sweden. He received his BA in Jewelry + Metalsmithing from San Diego State University. Brice has exhibited internationally and has been a Finalist in the Student NICHE Awards.

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