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About the Artist: As a child I loved nothing more than drawing everything I found to be interesting. I began making jewelry in Jr. High School in our garage using my dad's tools (much to his dismay!). My grand-father was a "rock-hound", and taught me much of what I know about working in the lapidary arts. But as life progressed and I faced challenges I gave up working with what I loved to pursue the "pay-check". I was widowed quite young and my second oldest son had luekemia (he's well now and in college) and those presented major financial challenges. It's only been ten years now that I've gotten back to feeding my spirit with the pleasures of "art" and the joy of creating beautiful jewelry. I love to experiment with all types of mediums and am constantly striving to find new ways to approach mediums, design and to learn new skills. I love all stages of the construction and want to have a hand in all the elements. I rarely buy more than the raw base materials and embellishment beads. I strive to make all of my creations a "work of fine art" rather than just buying, and combining materials. I am an illustrator / painter also and am always looking to find new ways to bring those skills into my jewelry creations. At the moment, I am in love with the art of scrimshaw and am finding it a fascinating and satisfying medium. I have been playing with my mediums for quite a while now trying to bring my illustrative skills into my jewelry design and the scrimshaw is exactly the right medium for that. I am particularly interested in the mammoth (mastadon) ivory because of the beautiful and unexpected coloring due to the minerals that the material has absorbed from the ground it was buried in for thousands of years. I also find that the "oil-colored" scrimshaw to be a spectacular form of the art. While the Atlantic version of the art was primarily black and white the northern and southern Pacific version is very colorful. The colored parts are tiny scribed grooves that I fill with Windsor Newton oil paints. All the "illustrated" pieces are hand drawn and colored which makes every one a "one-of-kind". Most of the mediums I use are "one-of-a-kind" mediums. I like that and am more inclined to choose mediums that tend to be that way. Dichroic can't be exactly duplicated and will have striking variances from one piece to the other and so is the stone and the scrimshaw. I don't like "production" pieces - I get bored easily! I like mediums that are exciting and have a little "surprise" to them. I love "commission work"! If you find that special stone, or come back from vacation with a special "treasure", I am always willing to turn that piece into a creation that you can wear and treasure and hand down to your next generation. Custom design requests are always welcome! E-mail me an image of your treasure and I will send you a quote! I hope you enjoy my designs as much as I enjoyed making them! |
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All designs and graphic elements ©D.C. Smith / Fine Art Jewelry by D.C. Smith / OtpiMax Design LC, 2009. No right to duplicate in any way, design of jewelry, site or images. |
