Sharon Church Wooden jewelry

Topsy Turby Pendant

Snake Leaf Brooch

Shine

Shine

Scatter Pin

Purple Heart

Magic Remains

It was the most beautiful day of the Summer








Forgotten Corsage

Cabbage Corsage

Bleeding Heart





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Artist Statement

Sharon has spent her creative life making studio jewelry and is perhaps best known for her carved jewelry forms. She carves forms inspired by nature – pods and flowers that have evolved from seed and a division of cells. They burst with life. Paradoxically, she works in materials that were once alive and now are dead: bone, horn and wood – they physically embody the life cycle. Forged metal elements lend a different kind of life force to the work. The rhythmic pounding of the metal spreads life like a heartbeat into elements that support and structure the work. Together, the carved and forged forms embody a symbolic language of growth and decay, death and renewal – timeless images that are at once tender and powerful. Her jewelry seeks to embody shimmering beauty along with its dark, damp and mysterious underpinnings. It is adornment that girds the wearer, jewelry that empowers, enables and protects. On the body, the work becomes spectacle. Both wearer and ornament combine to become a performance piece, creating an image that is fierce yet responsive.

Her most works are interesting, and I definitely see how she loves nature. (and little creatures)

However I counld even look at one of her work, Frog thing.. I hate the frog's skin pattern, makes me sick!! I love how she paint on wood and that color choice, but I am just wondering whether "Cabbage Corsage" is painted by artist or not. The color is wood color, but to me, that looks too perfect wood color. Im just curious..