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Artist: Joanne McMullen
Artists » Joanne McMullen
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Craft Medium:
Metal, Mixed Media
Artist's Statement: Designing and creating one-of-a-kind jewelry and beaded accessories since 2000, I strive to construct unique works of wearable art and sculptured wire pieces using precious metals, freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals, gemstones, and glass beads. My methods include crocheting with wire, free-form wire working, and other beading techniques to fashion jewelry that will be treasured by the wearer as original and distinctly artistic pieces.
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Artist Works:
Artist Biography:
I have always been interested in creative endeavors and learned to crochet from my mother as a young girl. I came to beading and wire as an adult when I took a class at a local bead shop. Crocheting with wire and not yarn or string came about when a friend and fellow Louisiana Crafts Guild member, Laura Teague, suggested I give wire a try and -- I was “hooked.”
Memberships:
Baton Rouge Bead Society;
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge/ Arts Market Artist;
Louisiana Crafts Guild;
Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi.
Jewelry Exhibited at:
Sans Souci Fine Crafts Gallery, Lafayette, LA;
Mississippi Craft Center, Ridgeland, MS;
Shelton Gift Shop, Lod Cook Conference Center, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA;
"the store" at the Barnwell Center, Shreveport, LA;
Sabai Jewelry Gallery; Baton Rouge, LA;
LSU Hilltop Arboretum, Baton Rouge, LA
Jewelry Published in
Step by Step Wire (Gallery Section), Winter 2008 issue;
Jewelry Featured in Magazine/Newspaper Articles:
“Wire Wonders,” by Karen Martin, The Advocate (People Section), Baton Rouge, LA, Friday, July 27, 2007;
“Northshore Art Market,” by Chris Ginn, Covington Magazine, July/August 2007
Artist Website Email to Joanne McMullen
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