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On the hunt for something in the cave I call my craft closet I came upon a box of old pieces of jewelry and objects, along with all my journals, notebooks and handouts that I made and saved while I was honing my metalsmithing skills at the University of Washington. In true Rebekah J. fashion I spent several hours pouring over my notes, sketches, and professor critiques; remembering my thoughts and the fun (and pain) I had creating them.
There’s a real value in the work that happens when you’re pushed to the limits when creating... The depths and lengths that you’re required to go to in answering the call of your professors truly make magic.
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I’m really proud of this work, and the techniques I learned are ones that I’m still using today. I’m going to share a series of these over the coming months and I hope you enjoy seeing a little bit of the work that created the artist that I am today and delivered the skills I use to create your jewelry.
PENCIL NECKLACE & BROOCH //
These pieces date to 2004 when as a metalsmith student at the University of Washington I took a casting class with Maria Phillips @mariaphillipsstudio The assignment for this project was to learn about making multiples by creating a rubber mold which would be injected with hot wax. The wax pieces are then cast into metal. The prompt given for this project was “metamorphosis”.
During a guest lecture I was inspired by the work of Nancy Worden who used many found objects to create her message-driven pieces. I chose communication as an answer to the assignment prompt of metamorphosis. Focusing on different forms of communication and how they have changed and evolved over time; from oral, to, written word, and now (then) to digital.