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In my jewelry designs, I am able to work with color, form and texture in ways that are both two dimensional and sculptural. Jewelry's scale and accessibility, however, encourages the wearer to spontaneously express mood and share it with the world. It can be elegant, subdued, bold and eclectic.


My techniques are diverse as well. Some of the work is fabricated with traditional metalworking skills. I also do beadwork, and create my own lampworked glass beads. These are formed in a torch flame from rods of glass.


Cloisonné enamels are created from designs formed with thin flat wires of pure silver or gold laid onto a fine silver background. Next, finely ground glass is laid into the design and melted into the recesses with successive kiln firings.


I achieve the textures on the metals by etching metal master plates, and embossing the designs onto the metals used in the jewelry. All of these techniques are thrown into the creative soup. I draw upon them as my mood suggests.


As a member, my work can be seen at the Edgewater Gallery,
located at 356 N. Main Street, Fort Bragg.

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Email: athensdesigns@yahoo.com

Ellen Athens
P.O. Box 1386
Mendocino, Ca 95460

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