ADORNED

sterling silver,
10,49ct raw topaz,
size 7. 1.4”x1” x 1”.
(one of a kind)

Tower Ring with Green Tourmaline

sterling silver,
green tourmaline baguette
13.77mm x 3.88mm,
size 8.

ABOUT

artist statement -

re: Topaz Flower Ring: "The idea for the ring came from a painting on a temple wall.
I didn’t make it until I found this imperial topaz quite a few years later."

re: Tower Ring with Green Tourmaline: "The ring I made just messing around.
Then it seemed to need a gemstone.
This was unusual. I usually begin with the stone."
 
"When I was young, I just made things.
It wasn’t until university that I focused on art as something to do.
I felt my discipline hadn’t been invented, which was partially true.
It was later, during an online 3d class, I had my epiphany.
I finished a photo scan of a tree as a small object to see what it looked like.
When I got it back and held it in my hand, I knew I had to design small objects on a computer and make them in metal.
This was a total surprise.
The flexibility of silver and the computer give me the ability to do just about anything I can think of.
So my work is personal and eclectic.”

bio -

Kathleen’s official training is in illustration, painting, photography, and film.
She made art films when she first moved to New York.
She came to jewelry accidentally through computers and is self-taught in both, although she has taken metal and lapidary classes.
In 2022, at the American Craft Council’s St. Paul Show, she was given an Award for Excellence in Jewelry.

Kathleen King