Hannah's visit to Italy a year ago with her family inspired her creation of the pieces in this show. She had not expected to be so enthralled by the landscapes, buildings and environments that she saw. She took hundreds of photos with her simple digital camera. She shot ordinary scenes like the clothes line and the home in Ambra, magnificent scenes like the waterscape in Venice, and many photos depicting the magic of the towns in Cinque Terre. When she came home, She had a wonderful record of the richness of their trip. As she perused the images over and over, she felt the strong urge to recreate some of them in her medium-jewelry. She took two of the photos- the clothes line and the plates-thinking she wanted to make a piece of jewelry, she had no idea how she would do it and both pieces were difficult to do.
She chose her images and started working - Each piece took from 4-10 days. Some were very hard to figure out how to translate the feeling of the image into metal which was also wearable. She obsessed how to do the plates - until she found the watch crystals that she finally used. Some of the pieces are especially complicated. The pendant of Rioggiore has over 50 solder connections. The pieces were impossible for her to plan out - She worked without knowing how it would look or whether the whole piece would collapse at the minute. It was very tense and also rewarding. What occurred, which she had not expected, is that by making each piece, she became extremely involved in the image. She saw the parts and the whole of it as she hadn't before and that was thrilling. The whole experience of working on this show was more interesting and fun than she had ever expected.
Hannah would like to thank Opus6ix for giving her the venue to show this work and for all their support. Thanks to her husband, Dan, for his artistic advice.Thanks to Christine Sundt for her generous help in photographing the pieces.
Show dates: June 6th through July 13th
Show dates: June 6th through July 13th
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