Brooch for a Desk, Neckpiece for a Desk, Neckpiece from a Desk, audio conversation
2021
When my Gram died she left me her old writing desk. I knew I’d be getting it because when I was born she stuck a piece of masking tape under it with my name on it. Years later my children and I were having a dance party. One of them lost their footing and fell into the desk. They didn't sustain any lasting injuries, but the desk did--a wooden shard splintered from the corner of the bottom shelf. I vowed to patch the desk in a way that celebrated the desks features while also elevating the shard into a jewelry-worthy precious gem. In taking cues from the visible mending movement, I amplified the desk's damage, highlighting where it was broken. In so doing I created a brooch for a desk. Jewelry for/from a Desk contains three pieces: a brooch for a desk, and neckpiece with a broken desk shard, and a second neckpiece that borrows from the desks carved decoration. This work is a self-portrait, an Internal Expression, stretched, patched, and mended over four generations. Listen to “Sisters”, a 41 min. audio piece, it its entirety here.
Brooch for a Desk, 2021
Wood filled PLA plastic
11.5 x 9 x 1.75 inches
Neckpiece, 2021
Desk shard, wood filled PLA, PLA, rope
20 x 7 x 2 inches
Neckpiece, 2021
Wood filled PLA, PLA, cotton cord
12 x 7 x 1.25 inches
Neckpiece
PLA Plastic, ABS Plastic, vinyl, thread
16 x 9 x 4 inches
2022
Brooches
Gram’s stick pins (5), (3), AMS Plastic, Stainless Steel
4 x 4 x 4 inches each
2022
Neckpiece
Gram’s two leaf pins, ABS Plastic, rope, string
22 x 11 x 4.5 inches
2021
Neckpiece, 2021
PLA plastic, Vacuum formed plastic, paint, felt, thread
21 x 8 x .5 inches
Neckpiece, 2021
PLA plastic, Vacuum formed plastic, paint, felt, thread
20 x 9 x .75 inches
Neckpiece, 2021
PLA plastic, Vacuum formed plastic, paint, felt, thread
20.5 x 7.5 x .75 inches
Neckpiece, 2021
PLA plastic, Vacuum formed plastic, paint, felt, thread
22.5 x 6 x 1 inches
Neckpiece, 2021
PLA plastic, Vacuum formed plastic, paint, felt, thread
20.5 x 7.5 x 1 inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Wood filled PLA, PLA, rope
20 x 4 x 2 x inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Wood filled PLA, PLA, rope
26 x 8 x 2.5 inches
Neckpiece, 2021
PLA, O-ring binding, rope
14 x 7.25 x 1 inches
Neckpiece, 2021
Gram’s daisy pin, PLA, rope, thread
24 x 6 x .75 inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Gram’s bird pins/beads, PLA and ABS plastic, vacuum formed plastic, vintage ribbon, thread
19 x 6 x .5 inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Gram’s feather pins, PLA and ABS plastic, vacuum formed plastic, vintage ribbon, thread
19 x 6 x .5 inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Gram’s knot earrings, PLA and ABS plastic, vacuum formed plastic, vintage ribbon, thread
19 x 6 x .5 inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Gram’s leaf earrings, PLA and ABS plastic, vacuum formed plastic, vintage ribbon, thread
19 x 6 x .5 inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Gram’s rose pin/earrings, PLA and ABS plastic, vacuum formed plastic, vintage ribbon, thread
19 x 6 x .5 inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Gram’s pink leaf clip on earring, vacuum formed plastic, ABS plastic, felt, nail polish
20 x 4.5 x 5 inches
Neckpiece, 2020
Gram’s pink leaf clip on earring, vacuum formed plastic, ABS plastic, felt, nail polish
20 x 4.5 x 5 inches
Brooch, 2019
Baubles from Gram’s clip-on earrings, 3d printed ABS Plastic, stainless steel
3.5 x 3.5 x 2 inches
Neckpiece, 2018
Beads from Gram’s triple strand, 3D printed ABS plastic, string, cord
21 x 6 x 3 inches
Neckpiece, 2018
Beads and closure from Gram’s triple strand, 3D printed ABS plastic, string
20 x 6.5 x 2 inches
Neckpiece, 2018
Beads from Gram’s triple strand, 3D printed ABS plastic, cord, thread, rubber
18 x 7 x 4 inches
Neckpiece, 2018
Beads from Gram’s triple strand, 3D printed ABS plastic, cord
13 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches