Tracy Steepy's work focuses on the format and subject matter of jewelry. She received her MFA from the SUNY/New Paltz Metals Program in 2000. Her work has been featured at the Sienna Gallery, Gallery Loupe, and Heidi Lowe Jewelry Studio. She has been reviewed in American Craft , Metalsmith , and Sculpture magazine. In 2008, she participated in an artist in residence program, supported by IASPIS (International Artists Studio Program in Sweden) at the MADE BY studio in Stockholm, Sweden. Following her time in residence, she curated the exhibition The Silence is So Load at Gallery Loupe. She is currently an Associate Professor and the interim Department Head of the Jewelry & Metalsmithing program at Rhode Island School of Design.
Where the Line Leads is an extension of my previous exploration in pattern and surface. In 2008, I was fortunate to have an artist residency at MADE BY: FRIENDS in Stockholm, Sweden where the construction of this work began. My interest was to work with pattern and (sub) surface while breaking from the historical baggage (and overuse) of ornamentation within our discipline. Fabricating plaid (and where that might lead) became an exciting challenge and negotiation of that pursuit.
It is a weaving together.
somewhere between fiction and fabrication,
between surface and substance,
between material and metaphor,
reverie and real.
*Special thanks to the generosity of Agnieszka Knap, Äsa Lockner, David Taylor of MADE BY, and IASPIS for which this work would not be possible. |
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Woven Oval, Pendant . Silver, Brass, Resin, Acrylic Urethane, String 7½ x 5½ x ½ inch, 28 length
Plaid Links, Necklace. Silver, Resin, String 1¾ x 26 length, 1 inch
Perfect Kiss, Brooch. Silver, Resin, Acrylic Urethane 3¼ x 3 ½ x ¼ inch
Thin Line, Brooch. Silver, Brass, Resin, Powder Coating 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/4
Black & White With Blue All Under, Necklace. Silver, Resin, Magnets, String 1¾ x 1¾ x ¾ inch, 25 length
Fragmented Blue, Brooch. Silver, Brass, Resin, Powder Coating 3 x 2 1/2 x 1/2
Swedish Summer, Necklace. Resin, Brass, Powder Coating, String 6¾ x 4½ x ½ inch, 28 length
Red Line with Facets, Necklace. Silver, Resin, Powder Coating, String 1¾ x 18 length, ½ inch
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