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- About Me
- Assemblage Jewelry, Collage and Sculpture
I am so excited! My work was featured on a great blog!http://ourgreatgreenglobe.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/lost-and-found-objects2/
if you want to see it.
More items can also be seen in my flickr - www.flickr.com/gp/21255859@N08/U4EUB9
In Lost & Found Objects I couple discarded bits from daily life and create new, funky, sometimes funny, jewelry. I also sew dolls from found stuff and make collage from my own handmade paper and found objects. I get a charge out of using things overlooked and under appreciated by others.
I get really excited about finding a resource that is abundant! and figuring out a good way to reuse it. I have been collecting bits of this and that, old junk drawer kind of stuff, broken things, shiny things, stuff I find on the street while walking. There is nothing like the patina of a partially rusted, partially shiny smashed bottle cap or piece of metal - run over by cars with the pavement texture ground into it. Yeah!! <:0)
The metal from soda pop cans are my current passion. All my items are well washed and sealed if need be:) Old knitted scarves and sweaters to make stuffed monsters is keeping my hands busy too.
In my neckpieces i combine lost keys, worn buttons, seashells, small toys, vintage costume jewelry and hardware with interesting semiprecious stone and glass beads - redeeming these objects for a new life. Hung on adjustable black rubber cords, it is my hope that the juxtaposition of the precious with the mundane will cause you the wearer to smile as much as it did me when I created it.
- How many years have you been designing jewelry?
- I have been creating jewelry with recycled materials for over 20 years, at first because i had no money and then later (even though i still have no money) because that is all that interests me. I think i like the extra challenge of working with what is available and i congratulate myself on finding uses for things normally thrown away.
- What is your favorite jewelry website?
- http://www.LostAndFoundObjects.etsy.com
- What is your favorite jewelry store?
- Artifacts in Indianapolis, IN www.artifactsindy.com/
City Museum gift shop in st. louis, MO www.citymuseum.org/giftshop.html
Swanson Reed Gallery
1377 Bardstown Rd
Louisville, KY 40204
New Harmonie Gallery of Contemporary Art
http://www.usi.edu/nhgallery/giftshop/
WildFlower
Evansville, IN
- Did you go to school to learn jewelry design?
- I studied Art at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL where I received a MFA in Fibers and Art History. I took a few semesters of jewelry while there and have studies at Arrowmont in TN. But I had an eye for jewelry before attending school. For over a decade I have directed an arts program at Patchwork Central in inner city Evansville, IN. I enjoy making art with the children from the neighborhood, who often bring me cool items they find themselves in walking through our city’s streets. I like to feel I am helping to create a new generation of redeemers who will look at life in new creative ways. 10% of the proceeds form my shop goes to support free art programs for inner city kids at Patchwork Central. See www.patchwork.org for more information.
I also have the fun of working with a women's craft cooperative in Honduras, Central America. These ladies make jewelry and hand made paper and products. I usually get to visit in August when my after school and summer programs are on break in Indiana.
- Do you have a favorite jewelry designer (other then yourself...)
- Thomas Mann, Joyce Scott, Bing Davis
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Posted on May 4, 2008 at 9:32pm —
Trashion Team Spotlight Interview- Lost and Found Objects2!
Shop name: LostAndFoundObjects2
Shop address:www.LostAndFoundObjects2.etsy.com
In a nutshell:
Assemblage Jewelry, Collage and Sculpture (Lil’ monsters and figurative sculpture)
Tell us a bit about yourself :
I work at a neighborhood creativity center called Patchwork Central in Evansville, IN. I work with kids and adults making art and teaching life skills. The website is at www.patchwork.org if you are interested in knowing more. I have been working there for nearly 15 years and 10% of m… Continue
Shop address:www.LostAndFoundObjects2.etsy.com
In a nutshell:
Assemblage Jewelry, Collage and Sculpture (Lil’ monsters and figurative sculpture)
Tell us a bit about yourself :
I work at a neighborhood creativity center called Patchwork Central in Evansville, IN. I work with kids and adults making art and teaching life skills. The website is at www.patchwork.org if you are interested in knowing more. I have been working there for nearly 15 years and 10% of m… Continue
Posted on May 2, 2008 at 5:46pm —
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by: Katarine mcKinney
Local artist Jane Case Vickers has a house stuffed with treasure. 1930s Fiestaware, 1950s aluminum pitchers, and lots of her own art made from found objects: lamps with cake tin shades, earrings punched from soda cans. But lately her Arts and Crafts era home has been invaded.
Monsters. They eat her candy stash. They sing in her shower. Some are cute, and some are diabolically clever. But in a house already full of vintage artifacts there is simply no room for these creative critters. So Jane starting putting them in her Etsy shop hoping someone would adopt them. News4U sat down with a few of these mischief makers to get their opinion on this eviction.
Cricky The Cupcake Thief: Kate...you look FABULOUS! Have you lost weight?
Kate: Yes...actually, I gave up cupcakes so I don’t have any for you, you naughty boy. Now lets get down to business...What happened?
Fawkes the Trickster: Well, it all boils down to a space issue. We like sleeping in the cupboard but it crowds the vintage glassware. We mutually decided it would be best to make other living arrangements.
Fizzle-Puff the Worrier: Mutual, you say? *sneezes* Excuse me, I just can’t shake this cold. I like living there. I found a very cozy spot on the victorian sofa.
Cricky the Cupcake Thief: I’ll miss Jane’s mother. That woman does wonders with bacon grease and a cast iron skillet. Not enough cupcakes to suit me, though.
Fawkes the Trickster: Yes, but she can’t take a joke! She strongly objected to me hiding her spatulas.
Kate: Fizzle-Puff, can you speak for your siblings? What do Finkle and Twinkle think?
Fizzle-Puff: I don’t think those two know the meaning of the words “plan ahead.” *sighs and shakes head* They are completely unconcerned.
Fawkes the Trickster: There is one thing we can all agree on...we just want to find a person who will understand us. I’ve been called irresponsible, but I just like having a good time!
*Cricky & Finkle nod in agreement*
Jane’s Lil Monsters are made of recycled wool, fleece and felt. They can purchased at her Esty Shop, LostandFoundObjects2. 10% of proceeds go to support programs at Patchwork Central, home of “Monster Week”, June 9th -12th from 1:30-4:30. Children ages 10 and up can create their own monsters as well as put personal touches on a big monster created by the group. Cost is $5.
Jane will also have her work on display in the show “Reuse Reclaim Reimagine” at the Artifacts Gallery in Indianapolis May 9 - June 22. The show will feature other nationally known artists who incorporate recycling into their pieces.