JEWELRY COLLECTIONS
I like to organize
my pieces into Series I call "Collections." For each Collection,
I study a particular culture or technique or design theory, and play
with what I've learned. How can I adopt what I've learned to my individual
style and approach? Each Collection, then, is a personal challenge
of expression and expressiveness.
GALLERY INDEX
My personal style
centers on a few key elements:
In my personal style, I like to...
- Mix colors in
unexpected ways, particularly colors you would not ordinarily assume
would complement one another
- Use a lot of
what are called "grays", such as black diamond, montana
blue, colorado topaz, alexandrite
- Combine both
bead weaving, bead stringing, and wire-working techniques within the
same piece.
- Modify traditional
weaving and stringing techniques
- Define and play
with forms and themes, and thresholds and transititions from one form
to the next
- Have pieces
that emphasize the sensual and sexual
- Create unusual,
unexpected placement of shapes, such as using curved tubes where you
might expect a straight tube instead, or using a cube where you would
expect a flat rondelle
- Add dimensionality,
curvature, and interlocking forms, where I can, to make my pieces
both fashionable and contemporary
- Push the limits
of, and experiment with, the materials and techniques I am using
---
Warren Feld
