Woodmere Art Museum Trip

Over spring break I went to the Woodmere Art Museum in Philly for a special exhibition. It was called Forces of Nature and feature two separate shows, both of which consisted of artists inspired by nature. There was also an underlying abstract quality in all of the work.

The first show was called Elaine Kurtz: A Retrospective and showed work done by Kurtz throughout her life. She was known for being interested in color and perception, so a lot of her work dealt with vertical and horizontal lines that faded from one color to another. She also had a series in which she incorporated sand and gravel into the paint so that it would glimmer in the light.

both Untitled

Cool Spectrum

Circles of Diamonds

Untitled Study

detail

The second show was called Elemental: Nature as Language in the Works of Philadelphia Artists and displayed various pieces from local artists.

Astrid Bowlby

Frank Bramblett: Pietra Dura

Yvonne Pacanovsky Bobrowicz: Cosmic Series

detail

Convallaria

This is my first completed piece for Senior Project. It is a copper pendant with an etched lace pattern and cast sterling silver lilies of the valley flower attached to it.

The title of the piece, Convallaria, comes from the genus name for the lily of the valley.

My collection focuses on capturing memories of my grandmother’s garden and incorporates floral elements and scroll-work designs through the use of traditional metalsmithing techniques.