Emerging Artists At Ohio Craft Museum

The "Emerging Artists: Ohio Connections" exhibition at the Ohio Craft Museum opens this coming Sunday, July 11th. The show will feature artworks by young Ohio artists. Two of my pieces, Untitled Necklace and Doily Vessel, seen below, will be on display. To see some of the other works that will be at the show, check out the Ohio Craft Museum's website.

Best of 2010 at Ohio Craft Museum

The "Best of 2010" exhibition opens today at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus, Ohio. Untitled Brooch was accepted into the show. As a traveling venue, the exhibition will be on display in Columbus until June 20th, 2010. From there it will move to Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio, opening on August 9th and closing September 25th. The final venue will be at Lima Artspace in Lima, Ohio from November 9th to December 18th, 2010. The exhibition on the Ohio Craft Museum website can be found here.

Argentium Silver Jewelry

My program was given a trial run of the argentium silver that is now available through many suppliers. Below are the results from my experimentation. I like how the argentium crochets, but trying to clean it following the methods recommended online and other from other sources (like heating it in the oven to make it anti-tarnish) were not successful. One piece, Untitled Necklace (below) was definitely tarnishing. Thankfully, it liver of sulfured beautifully.

Both of the crocheted elements in the pieces are the argentium, with the chain and stick pin created from traditional sterling silver. Untitled Brooch, below, maintained its untarnished state. I'm unsure at the moment if I'll consider argentium in the future for crocheted works.

These and other shots, as well as images of more new work, are now up for viewing on my flickr page. Or click the moving icon in the upper right hand corner.