AJF: Jillian Moore writes: Untangling SNAG

[Brigitte Martin]

Jillian Moore writes for AJF: UNTANGLING SNAG

Rachel Timmins, I Want To Be A Gold Lobster With Blue Puffs, 2009,

found fabric, wool yarn, copper, thread, Poly-Fil stuffing, found gloves, 19 x 12 x 4 inches each

For those who haven't seen it, Jillian Moore has a new article up on Art Jewelry Forum addressing the SNAG Conference and some current conundrums in the field.

"While attending this year’s SNAG Conference in Houston, a chronic nagging question was amplified. What, exactly, is it that I do? In passing conversations I never seem to be able to explain it to any acceptable degree without endless digressive hurdles. In the simplest terms I set out with the word “jewelry” though even this is a personal conversational concession. The litany of descriptors we can now alter jewelry with can leave a person breathless – art jewelry, contemporary jewelry, sculptural jewelry to name a few."

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