Talent Diana Kirkpatrick Art You Can Wear

Channels:

Fashion, Art, Body, Crafts, Design, and Unique

Genres:

Accessories, Alternative, Artistic, Arts and Crafts, Body, Costumes, Dresses, Jewelry, Jewelry, Mind, Self Taught, Spirit, Unique, Weaving

Roles:

Designer, Fiber Artist, Jewelry Designer

Specialties:

Unique art you can wear designs in fiber, silver and gold and gemstones

As I was growing up, my family spent many happy times exploring the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Mountains The crafts and jewelry I saw during these years inspired me to try my hand at enameling, weaving, macramé, and beadwork., too.

I started studying jewelry techniques seriously in the mid-1970s with classes in copper enameling, lapidary arts, silversmithing, and lost wax casting. In the 1990s, I explored beadweaving and needleweaving as well. Over the years, I’ve continued to pursue a variety of jewelry and beading techniques, studying with selected teachers.

I work in my home studio, creating and fabricating each element of a design.

Last year I added a website, http://www.dianakirkpatrick.com so that people could see my jewelry and wearable art at any time. I also added a blog, www.artyoucanwear.blogspot.com, and it now has an RSS feed.

My own eclectic approach to life and living is reflected in each of my creations

Traditional set stones, weaving and wrapping with fibers, silver and gold, beadwork

Unique art you can wear designs in fiber, silver and gold and gemstones

I draw inspiration for my uniquely individual designs from a variety of sources:
* the subtle colors and textures of the deserts and mountains,
* the endlessly changing colors of the tropical oceans, as well as
* the art of ancient Egypt & the Native Peoples
of the Americas