Fringe by Sharon Massey

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Sharon Massey

Fringe, is a celebration of experiential jewellery, exploring repetition, colour, and movement in steel and enamel. Sharon's work in lightweight steel allows the pieces to feel substantial while remaining wearable. The jewelry and objects are adorned with individual enameled fringe components that shimmer and color-shift as the pieces hang and move. This work is best experienced in person.


About Sharon Massey: Sharon Massey is a metalsmith, jeweler and enamelist whose artwork has been exhibited in over 100 juried and invitational exhibitions around the world, in venues such as the Tokyo Museum of Art in Japan, Glass-Museum ZIBA in Prague, Czech Republic, the Museum of Brazilian Object in São Paulo, Brazil and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Her work has been included in numerous publications, including American Craft and Metalsmith magazines, The Art of Enameling, and Art Jewelry Today 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions. Sharon’s work is included in eleven public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery.
 
In addition to being a professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Sharon has been invited to teach workshops at Penland School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School for Crafts, the 92nd St Y in NYC, the Baltimore Jewelry Center and at universities around the US. She received a BFA from Winthrop University in 1999, and an MFA from East Carolina University in 2006. Her research interests include historical jewelry and adornment as well as new approaches to education and making with emerging technologies.

Reception on Saturday, October 18, from 12 pm to 4 pm.