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Category: Aesthetic Comments

Shifting Scale
Laura Tabakman, Woven Brooch, 2012 polymer, steel wire, 1/2 ” x 1 1/2″ x 1″
Aesthetic Comments, Artist Spotlight

Shifting Scale

Rachel Carren Jan 7, 2013

Using comparable materials and a repetition of form, Laura Tabakman has explored a similar idea in two very different ways with decidedly unique results.   One piece is about mass and containment, while the other is all about lightness and movement. …

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Kathleen Dustin: Turning Blue into Gold
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Kathleen Dustin: Turning Blue into Gold

Rachel Carren Apr 25, 2012

Kathleen Dustin had a memorable third week of April.    While she has exhibited at the Smithsonian Craft fair a number of times before, this year she won The Gold Award.   Dustin’s work has been highly noteworthy for many years, so …

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Crowning Achievement
photo: Maxwell Malinow
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Crowning Achievement

Rachel Carren Sep 17, 2011

The range of Wendy Malinow’s imagination careens between the macabre and the fanciful.  In her “Woodland Crown”, now on exhibit in the Mobilia show, “Objects of Status, Power and Adornment”, she has created a piece that explores all three of …

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Achieving Duality
Steven Ford and David Forlano, Diamond Pin #6, 2006 18k gold, sterling, polymer clay, diamonds 1.25 x 2.25 x .5"
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Achieving Duality

Rachel Carren Mar 12, 2010

After 20 plus years of working together Steven Ford and David Forlano’s artistic relationship is one of inherent trust and respect.  However, it also is very much about each man’s individuality and what he uniquely brings to the process.   In …

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Gibson Cuff Bracelets

Rachel Carren Mar 20, 2009

Gwen Gibson, Kabuki II Bracelet, 2002 Polymer, Lazertran image transfer, gold acrylic paint Gwen Gibson has spent much of her artistic career creating wearable art.  Long interested in surface design, Gwen’s initial approach to polymer was through the eyes of …

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