City Zen Cane (aka Ford/Forlano), Flat Necklace, detail, 1991 Ursula Newman, jewelry curator at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, selected five pieces of jewelry from The Collection for the museum's permanent collection. Two steps were necessary …
Rachel Carren, William Morris Sebo Brooch, 2009 This is one from a series of screen printed segmented brooches. Working with stamped and printed images, Rachel has taken surface ornamentation on polymer to new heights. Writing about this piece, Rachel says,
City Zen Cane (aka Ford/Forlano), Earrings, circa 1996 Early in their collaborations, the team of Steven Ford and David Forlano worked under the name City Zen Cane. Here are a few early examples of their work which illustrate why this …
Gwen Gibson, Fractured Traditions (Vessel Pendant), 1999 Polymer, silk screen, gold and silver acrylic paint Between 1999 and 2001, Gwen fully explored screen printing on a wide variety of formats including cuff bracelets, inro, lentil beads and other jewelry forms. …
Gwen Gibson, Polymer Wall Piece, 1997 Between 1996 and 1997 Gwen created about 20 wall pieces before returning to jewelry. Gwen writes,” Having abandoned much of what defined my work as jewelry, I felt free to experiment with scale and …