This blog is to showcase my work and give updates on my thought process & exploration of metalwork.
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Alisha Low Metal
Education
2008-2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry/Metalsmithing, minor in Art History, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island
Awards
2013 First place recipient of the “Carol Tyler Memorial Award”, International Precious Metals Institute Competition
Group Exhibitions
2011 Reverie II, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2012 Alloy, UMass Dartmouth Star store, New Bedford, Massachusetts
2012 Imbue, Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2013 Undergraduate Exhibition Bannister Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2013 Scintilla Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Publications
2012 Alisha Low Probes Your Feelings, The Anchor. Vol. 85, Issue # 10
Online
Aug 31, 2012 Crafthaus “Featured Artists [Interaction]!”
Jan 25, 2013 Crafthaus “Featured Artists [Heads Up]!”
Volunteer Work
2011 Art and The Object, volunteer for installation team, social event organizer, promotion leader for lecture events, Bannister Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2012 Alloy, symposium volunteer
2012 Imbue, Chairperson of Promotion
2012 The Heat Is On, SNAG Conference student work exchange volunteer, Phoenix, Arizona
2013 Convergence Member of Rhode Island College Artist Cooperative Symposium Committee
2013 SNAG Volunteer Press Release Writer
Attended the IPMI awards dinner Thursday night! It was a wonderful evening and all of the winning pieces were absolutely stunning.
I’m so grateful that IPMI offers this competition. It gives students the opportunity to use precious metals that they may not have the chance to otherwise. They also award prize money. I am putting my winnings toward new tools and into my grad school piggy bank!
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Some photos from the exhibition. Thank you to everyone who came! Also congratulations to all of the other graduating artists who were a part of this show, everything looked great!
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Undergraduate Exhibition TONIGHT!!!
It’s finally time!
Tonight is the opening reception for the Undergraduate Exhibition. My work will be displayed along with some fantastic work crafted by my fellow students.
The reception will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. There will be free food and drink!
Bannister Gallery
Rhode Island College - Roberts Hall, 124
600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Providence, RI 02908
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Intracerebral Memory Facilitator
brass, nickel, white bronze, plexiglass, MRI of my brain, plasti dip, stainless steel wall mount
2012
These photos offer a better view of how the piece is displayed. You can also see the MRI of my brain inside!
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If you happen to go on Rio Grande’s facebook this week you’ll notice one of my rings is their new cover photo!
They were asking people to send in images of the first piece of jewelry they had ever made. This was my first jewelry piece from my intro class; a ring that fits over three fingers.
“Revolutions” is a ring made out of copper and nickel with two cabochons set in it, one green and one yellow. The ring can be flipped and worn with either showing. It also opens up.
Very exciting!
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Here’s a little peek at work I’ll be showing off at the Undergraduate Exhibition in the Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College!
The reception will be held on May 16 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m! Come support all of the talented artists who are a part of this! There will be free food and beverages!
The show will be up from May 13 to June 1st (however some of my pieces will be removed early because they will be going into the annual metals exhibition before the 31st - so see them while you can!).
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Stickers have arrived! Message me to claim some while supplies last!
(Don’t be shy, they’re free!)
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Postcards are in!
SCINTILLA is an exhibition that will feature work by the talented metalsmithing crew of Rhode Island College.
The reception will be held on Friday May 31st from 7pm to 9pm
at MACHINES WITH MAGNETS
400 Main Street Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
FREE ENTRY! Donations accepted! Food, cash bar, and fantastic artwork!
If you’re unable to make it to the reception there will be alternate viewing dates:
Saturday June 1st from 12pm to 6pm & Monday June 3rd from 12pm to 9pm
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Just got this delicious 3x6 slice of heaven. No choice but to invest in silver while it’s cheap and whenI know I have money coming in!
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Look at this gem! It’s a picture taken in the old forging room before it died a fiery death. (RIP)
I’m trying to remember what I could’ve possibly been making…the little tendril I’m working on leads me to believe it was the Filter For The Human Psyche piece.
(photo courtesy of Vee Hight!)
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I haven’t been able to feel ‘finished’ with the Deoxyribonucleic Acid Storage and Examination System piece for nearly a year. Even after some serious cleanup I kept feeling as though some major element was missing.
A lightbulb went off and I started toying with constructing a test tube holder that would be a part of this piece. The test tube holder will hold other test tubes that will include other biological samples from me! I’m pumped up about this addition and I plan to finish it by Wednesday so it can be entered in the senior exhibition.
I keep joking that this piece will never be finished…ten years from now I’ll have a room dedicated to it and all the pieces I keep adding haha.
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I typed up some tags for my series of specimen rings!
Can’t wait to display them at Scintilla later this month!
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What do crazy metalsmiths like me do when they come into a bit of money? Apparently the answer is to stock up on silver…and gold….
Silver is ridiculously cheap right now so I knew I wanted to grab an assortment of that. I also splurged on 6 inches each of 21 gauge 14K yellow gold and 22 gauge 14K pink gold.
I’m excited to play around and make some jewelry to sell over the summer!
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Late night at the studio! I managed to put the final touches on my Deoxyribonucleic Acid Storage and Examination System!
At my side throughout this endeavor was none other than the fantastic Vee Hight. She put together a gorgeous spoon!
We were proud so we decided to excitedly snap some photos but my camera would only cooperate for one decent picture. (Must invest in more batteries….)
After getting so much done last night I felt refreshed and inspired this morning! I started tinkering with the idea of adding a few other elements to the DNA System.
Could it be…am I still not finished….only time will tell….
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