ArtPlantae Today

Yuka Saito’s Spores Brooch and its plant life inspiration. Image courtesy of Peninsula School of Art.

Inspiration from plant life provides both lyrical and geometric design possibilities for 29 notable jewelry artists from throughout the United States, Ireland and Canada. Representing a range of today’s media and techniques, some of the works are also symbolic of the human experience – growth, femininity or even life itself. Artists display a sampling of process drawings and reference materials to trace the creative process for  their works. A retrospective of the jewelry of master silversmith and Peninsula School of Art instructor, Sylvia Youell, is also part of this exhibition.

The variety of work presented in The Nature of Jewelry is indicated by the following partial listing of artists: Paulette Werger (metals), Jeffrey Lloyd Dever (polymer clay), Sabrina Meyns (handmade paper and metal), Yuka Saito (polypropylene), and Annie Pennington (mixed media).

There will also be a representation of the jewelry created from real plant life from the Philadelphia Flower Show by Jane Kilduff.

View a slide show about this exhibition and download an exhibition catalog and a poster at the Peninsula School of Art.

Among the media that Sarah Hood uses to create her jewelry is model railroad landscape materials. Image courtesy of Peninsula School of Art.

Jeffrey Lloyd Dever polymer clay jewelry. Image courtesy of Peninsula School of Art.