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sculpture and jewelry, woven on a floor loom with metals and plastics. Her forms
are inspired by the elegance of geometry.
She dedicated a three-year residency, at the Appalachian Center for Craft, to the
research and development of Dimensional-Weave™. Presently, she resides in
Northern California, dividing her time between her weaving studio, set in the
beautiful, expansive Mendocino countryside and her jewelry studio, centrally
located in the heart of Oakland.
First introduced to jewelry fabrication at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts,
she continued more rigorous training at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, San
Francisco, graduating in 2001. While earning her BFA in 2005 from California
College of the Arts, she discovered weaving’s immense importance to her life’s
work.
Her art has won many awards, most recently the 2008 Niche Award for Handwoven
Fibers. She was a featured Searchlight Artist at the 2008 ACC Baltimore show.
merican tyle magazine highlighted her Dimensional-Weave™ in the 2007 August
issue. Her artwork is published and exhibited nationally as well as internationally.
Artist Statement
By interlacing textiles with jewelry metal arts, I combine an ancient cloth-making
technique with contemporary materials to create dimensional weave jewelry. The
gracefulness of supple curves and the beauty of geometry are expressed through
undulating forms of metal and monofilament.
My artwork revolves around the seamless continuity of a circle. The universal circle
offers protection and perfection, while representing oneness and dynamic balance.
Weaving embodies rhythm and order. My jewelry is hand-woven using a traditional
floor. The dimensional-weave technique is an arduous and complex weave
structure in which two sets of warps interlace with two sets of wefts, simultaneously
producing two distinct layers.
The myriad combinations of interlocking strands and intersecting planes drive my
exploration of form. The durability and strength of metal paired with the luminosity
and flexibility of monofilament come together as multi-layered woven adornment.
are inspired by the elegance of geometry.
She dedicated a three-year residency, at the Appalachian Center for Craft, to the
research and development of Dimensional-Weave™. Presently, she resides in
Northern California, dividing her time between her weaving studio, set in the
beautiful, expansive Mendocino countryside and her jewelry studio, centrally
located in the heart of Oakland.
First introduced to jewelry fabrication at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts,
she continued more rigorous training at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, San
Francisco, graduating in 2001. While earning her BFA in 2005 from California
College of the Arts, she discovered weaving’s immense importance to her life’s
work.
Her art has won many awards, most recently the 2008 Niche Award for Handwoven
Fibers. She was a featured Searchlight Artist at the 2008 ACC Baltimore show.
merican tyle magazine highlighted her Dimensional-Weave™ in the 2007 August
issue. Her artwork is published and exhibited nationally as well as internationally.
Artist Statement
By interlacing textiles with jewelry metal arts, I combine an ancient cloth-making
technique with contemporary materials to create dimensional weave jewelry. The
gracefulness of supple curves and the beauty of geometry are expressed through
undulating forms of metal and monofilament.
My artwork revolves around the seamless continuity of a circle. The universal circle
offers protection and perfection, while representing oneness and dynamic balance.
Weaving embodies rhythm and order. My jewelry is hand-woven using a traditional
floor. The dimensional-weave technique is an arduous and complex weave
structure in which two sets of warps interlace with two sets of wefts, simultaneously
producing two distinct layers.
The myriad combinations of interlocking strands and intersecting planes drive my
exploration of form. The durability and strength of metal paired with the luminosity
and flexibility of monofilament come together as multi-layered woven adornment.
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Anastasia Azure