“I Am Who They Were” Necklace by Artist Ashley Gilreath Updated Link 2019 Read the histo

“I Am Who They Were” Necklace by Artist Ashley Gilreath Updated Link 2019 Read the history behind this amazing piece and see more photos at Ashley Gilreath here. Ms. Gilreath created this necklace by casting dollhouse frames in silver and bronze and printing family portraits directly onto microscope glass. This necklace was made to represent the memory of my grandparents’ long staircase in their house. I want the viewer to see my history as the necklace wraps around, and to feel the sensation of climbing up and down the stairs as the images of my family line the walls. More importantly, I wanted my skin to show through as my family’s skin, so that my stories, my life and who I am as an individual is shown as the sum of all of the people that came before me. I casted dollhouse frames from sterling silver and bronze, and printed my family directly onto the glass. I created a box clasp mechanism to support the weight of my loved ones.How would I make an inspired necklace like this? By using painted dollhouse frames/bezels and taken apart lockets. I could also make the frames by making a polymer clay mold. I would then print out photos on ink jet transparency paper, which I use all the time in my collages with the same effect. -- source link

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