I'm almost do
ne with my second summer at Glaze and I have definitely experimented with 'craftier' projects. I have mixed feelings about it, because I really prefer to focus on art history and creative problem solving. The way I look at it though is I am in some ways promoting the DIY movement. I really tried to incorporate reused/upcycled materials.The project featured above we used pringles containers to create a bracelet!
Below we used puzzle pieces for best friend necklaces and then old clothing and wooden beads to create a necklace. I feel pretty good about the results and there still was some choice in these projects. Next summer I want to go further into the history of jewelry and use that as a basis for the skills.
On another note in the same vein... I also just finished teaching an adult mosaic class and my students created some amazing designs and translated them beautifully to tiles. I have been looking at mosaic artists more closely and who knows... this may be a new path for me. I am also really interested in translating my love for collage into jewelry.. one day at a time. I love, love love this work and this as well. I know some of it is very trendy and kitschy right now but it is so beautiful. I would love to incorporate hand made tiles as well. Overall I think I need to just make instead of writing about it here.More later.
