Studio Jeweler Linda Kaye-Moses, an award-winning artist whose work is shown at juried events and selected galleries, teaches at craft schools nationally and internationally and is the author of “Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads”. Her jewels concern themselves with function, wearability, and also with the implicit/explicit narrative capacity of adornment, and, often with enclosure as sculptural form. Those individual jewels that are combined with supporting enclosures are an extension of my intention to build fully realized objects by constructing jewels within environments or protective dwellings, “Nesting Cases”.
Her pieces explore the fusion of multiple elements with the stories her objects relate; each object speaking as a sculptural ‘encyclopedia’ of connected and coherent images, symbols, and concepts.
Photo Credit: Evan J. Soldinger
Form: Neckpiece
Materials: fine silver, sterling silver, vitreous enamels
Techniques: Jewelry fabrication techniques including, metal clay techniques, printing block, soldering, fusing, enameling, patination.
Dimensions: Central pendant: 1-3/8” l x 1-1/2 “ w x 5/8” d; 3.5 cm x 3.8 cm x 1.6 cm
Year: 2010
Narrative
Form: Neckpiece
Materials: Fine and Sterling Silver; vitreous enamels
Techniques: Jewelry fabrication techniques, including: metal clay techniques, printing block, enameling, patination, fusing
Dimensions: Dimensions: Length of neckpiece end to end: 30”; Central compound pendant: 3-1/2” h x 3-1/8” w x 1/4” d; 8.9 cm x 7.9 cm x .6 cm
Regina di Luna
Form: Pendant Neckpiece
Materials: Sterling and Fine Silver, 18k Gold, boulder opal, antique lava cameo, freshwater pearls, tourmaline
Techniques: Fabrication techniques including: roll-printing, riveting, metal clay
Dimensions: Pendant-31/2 inches high x 2 inches wide x 1/4 inch deep
Year: 2004
Daylily/Summer Sky
Daylily/Summer Sky Form: Ring
Medium: Fine Silver, lead free vitreous enamels
Dimensions in inches: Enameled bezel-2” circumference (5.1cm); Ring Shank- 2-1/4” (5.7 cm) circumference
Babl
Babl Form: Double pendant neckpiece and Nesting Case/Enclosure
Materials: Fine Silver, Sterling Silver (cable), 22k gold, vitreous =
enamel, lapis lazuli
Techniques: moldmaking, printing, rolling, stonesetting, patination, =
enameling
Dimensions of Large Pendant: 8.5 cm high x 4 cm wide x 12 mm deep
Dimension of Cone Pendant: 4 cm high x 2.5 cm deep
Dimensions of Enclosure: 50.8 cm high x 35.5 cm wide x 8.3 cm deep
Year Completed: 2009
Babl (detail)
Babl Form: Double pendant neckpiece (shown) and Nesting Case/Enclosure
Materials: Fine Silver, Sterling Silver (cable), 22k gold, vitreous =
enamel, lapis lazuli
Techniques: moldmaking, printing, rolling, stonesetting, patination, =
enameling
Dimensions of Large Pendant: 8.5 cm high x 4 cm wide x 12 mm deep
Dimension of Cone Pendant: 4 cm high x 2.5 cm deep
Dimensions of Clasp: 1 cm high x 3 cm wide x 4mm deep (not shown)
Year Complete: 2009
Drew Her to Their Mysteries
Form: Neckpiece, Rings (2), Nesting Case, Manuscript (with prose poem)
Year: 2004
Materials
Neckpiece: Sterling and Fine Silver, 14k gold, boulder opal, trilobite, =
found objects
Rings: Sterling silver, 14k gold, boulder opal, found objects
Nesting Case: Found objects, Fine Silver, mica, cork, paper
Techniques:
Jewelry: Fabrication techniques, metal clay, patination
Nesting Case: Assemblage, collage, phototransfer
Dimensions:
Neckpiece: 4-1/2"h x 1-1/2"w x 3/4"d
Ring: 1-1/8"h x 1"w x 1"d
Ring: 1-3/8"h x 1-1/8"w x 1"d
Nesting Case: 8-1/4"h x 5"w x 4-3/8"d
Drew Her to Their Mysteries
Drew Her to Their Mysteries Form: Neckpiece (shown),
Year: 2004
Materials Neckpiece: Sterling and Fine Silver, 14k gold, boulder opal, =
trilobite, found objects
Techniques:
Jewelry: Fabrication techniques, metal clay, patination
Nesting Case: Assemblage, collage, phototransfer
Dimensions:
Neckpiece: 4-1/2"h x 1-1/2"w x 3/4"d
