May 08, 2008 2:00 pm
Jeweler’s Open
House at Gallery 9 -
May 10th, 2008
(10-6pm)
Have you ever
wondered how
jewelers create the
beautiful things we
love to wear and
give to each other?
The Six Jeweler’s
of Gallery 9 are
showing a collection
of new pieces,
demonstrating their
various techniques
and talking about
the different
processes that go
into creating their
jewelry. It is a
unique opportunity
to talk with the
artists about how
they design and
create each piece of
jewelry. Come see
fine silver being
woven into chain,
stones being hand
carved, glass jewels
created and fine
handmade beads
designed into
jewelry. There is
more of course….
please join us on
Saturday from
10-6pm.
The Artists:
For more than thirty
years Michael Kenney
has created unique
jewelry designs.
Selecting unusual
stones, Michael cuts
them to bring out
their remarkable
patterns and color.
After polishing the
stones, he creates a
precious metal
setting for each
unique stone. The
result is one of a
kind work that is in
harmony with both
nature and the
wearer. Michael has
a deep appreciation
for unusual, rare
and historic
materials. He
sometimes
incorporates
agatized dinosaur
bone, meteorites, or
fossil mammoth ivory
in his creations.
Sharon Shenar,
originator of Faerie
Hollow Jewelry,
designs uniquely
feminine pieces of
delicate simplicity.
Created from
precious and
semi-precious gems,
pearls and Austrian
Swarovski crystals
she marries together
the different
attributes of
various gemstones.
Favorites among the
stones she uses are
Citrine; Peridot;
Sapphire; Ruby;
Emerald; Labradorite
and Swarovski
crystals. Each
necklace has an
equally beautiful
clasp as a finishing
touch, either a
sterling silver
clasp set with a gem
stone to match the
piece or a Vermeil
clasp (gold over
sterling silver).
Each clasp, hook,
post, and final
touch of the jewelry
of Carlos Roberto
Costa Ribeiro is
carefully
handcrafted using
only pure silver and
the artist’s own
techniques.
Gemstones from his
travels through
Central and South
America accent his
work. From his
homeland of Brazil
comes his latest
inspiration,
(Biojewelry)
featuring nuts from
various types of
palm trees native to
the Amazon
Rainforest. These
seeds pair
beautifully with
Roberto’s
silverwork,
complementing his
rustic yet refined
style. Roberto also
makes lovely (bio -
rings) from cross
section slices of
the seeds, with rich
and deep wood
tones.
Sarah Leonard's
designs in sterling
silver and
semi-precious stones
combine a timeless,
archetypal quality
with her uniquely
uplifting individual
style. Using a
jeweler’s saw, she
hand cuts the images
and designs into
each piece. Imagery
and experiences from
her travels in
Europe, Central and
South American as
well as the American
West are
incorporated into
her work.
Glass fusing, a
process that
originated over 4000
years ago in Egypt
and Byzantium is
used by Nancy Rody
to create unique
pendants, earrings
and brooches. Fusing
uses colored glass
heated in a kiln to
1500-1600 degrees.
Many of the pieces
incorporate dicrohic
glass, which has the
unusual property of
reflecting one color
while it transmits
another. Nancy also
creates distinctive
pendants with small
pieces of stained
glass, set in
lead-free solder
composed of an alloy
of silver, tin and
copper.
Before humans
painted the caves
they adorned
themselves with
pieces of nature,
perhaps first the
feather then shell,
bone and stone.
Vicki Thorne-Ohly
revels in the vast
bountiful beauty of
the earth ancient
stones. Their
meaning, color, form
and texture leave
her with endless
possibilities of
thought and design.
She loves to create
something not only
beautiful but
something that can
connect the wearer
with a deeper
meaning. She uses
mainly precious and
semi precious
gemstones, cultured
pearls, Hill Tribe
silver and Gold
vermeil, with
sterling silver
clasps and chains.
Come see us at
Gallery 9 1012 Water
Street in Port
Townsend, WA
360.379.8881
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