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
Posts tagged wire
Social Instigation Implement
Nickel, brass, test tubes, plasti-dip, resin cast of my finger and thumb
2012
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Poke
Brass, nickel wire, copper, cork, copper tubing, plasti dip, steel spring,
2011
This brooch is an invitation for others to ‘poke’ the wearer. This comes from a series of brooches functioning as ‘prosthetics’ for people who have difficulty touching or being touched. Like a hearing aid would help someone with a hearing disability, these brooches aid those with difficulty experiencing physical communication.
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Ocular Obstruction.
Copper sheet. Silver tubing. Brass tubing. Nickel wire. Nu-gold wire. Mirrors. Liver of sulfur patina.
2011.
Each person has the ability to move the mirrors within the device. They can choose to see the reflection of their own eye, or move their mirror to see the individual on the other side. To see each other, both individuals must cooperate.
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Blue french horn earrings. Brass sheet. Silver wire. Ammonia and salt patina.
A friend asked me to make these so he could give them as a gift to someone. (Any How I Met Your Mother fan will understand the reference :D).
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Tickle.
Brass. Copper. Nickel wire. Copper wire. Brass tubing. Feather. Liver of sulfur patina. Rubber washer.
2011.
This series of brooches are ‘prosthetics’ for people who have difficulty touching or being touched. Like a hearing aid would help someone with a hearing disability, these brooches aid those with physical communication problems. This one is located on the wearer’s back and invites others to tickle them with a feather attached inside that moves with the handle is played with.
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Filter for the Human Psyche.
Copper wire. Nickel sheet. White bronze lost wax casting. Liver of sulfur.
2011.
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