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Ann Chavez
from the deepest parts of my subconscious soul

I am Ann Chavez, and I am the jewelry artist at Jackalope Jewels LLC®. I create unique, one-of-a-kind art jewelry at my studio in La Plata, New Mexico. I am mostly self-taught, having observed, researched, experimented, and informally consulted with experts to learn the best techniques for giving material expression to my playful imagination. I have also benefitted from classes taken with 2 of the country's foremost china painters.

Jewelry-making is my full-time job. I have been an avocational artist all of my life, and have explored many diverse media in my quest for imaginative, creative self-expression. Jewelry is my favorite creative medium, as it is personal and intimate-and it requires very little storage space! I have been making jewelry of one kind or another for over 30 years.

Since 2002, I have been advertising my jewelry online from my website, www.jackalopejewels.com. For the past 4 years, I have also participated in art-and-craft shows throughout the Rocky Mountain states. I've recently begun consigning my work to galleries.

Twenty-five years as a professional archaeologist gave me a profound appreciation for timeless treasures in which the hand of the maker is evident. My ann*ifacts® are intended to build upon the legacy of the artifacts of antiquity--they are my contribution to the ageless tradition of hand-making. Like the material objects unearthed by archaeologists, each of my ann*ifacts® possesses a part of the spirit of the life that informed it.

Similar to the artifacts of ancient days, each ann*ifact® is unique, imperfect, and made to last for eternity. I make no attempt to correct or camouflage minor imperfections in the porcelain, the glazes, the bead-holes, the symmetry or uniformity of the beads, etc.; I do not cull out the creases and crazes, the pimples and dimples . . . I want it to be obvious that no machine was involved in the creation of these treasures.

The ann*ifact® collection of Jackalope Jewels® is our ultimate line featuring my original graphic art ("jackalart©"). These pieces are 3-dimensional art that can be worn as necklaces or displayed as artifacts. My husband has constructed some beautiful wooden shadow boxes in which to display the ann*ifacts®, and these are available by request, at additional cost.

Every ann*ifact® comprises a hand-painted porcelain pendant, ceramic beads, and "lampwork" glass beads, all made by me from raw materials. I wire-wrap each hand-painted pendant medallion with sterling silver (or, rarely, 14k gold-fill). Stones that my husband and I have collected off the ground and that he has processed are sometimes incorporated into the ann*ifacts®. Swarovski® crystals, "Bali"-style sterling silver accents (or 14k gold-fill/24k gold vermeil)*, and glass seed beads** complete the composition.

I sign my name on the front of every ann*ifact® pendant, and its unique jackalart© image number is incised into the back of each pendant medallion.

* In October 2008, I began making sterling silver and 14k gold-fill accents to use instead of the commercial metal components I've used previously.
**In January 2009, I began using my handmade ceramic or glass beads in place of seed beads.

Find out more at www.jackalopejewels.com

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Lives in Process

Dottie Moore is the author of Lives in Process
The Second Fifty Years

 

 

 


Dottie Moore is a studio quilt artist living in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Since 1980 her award-winning works have been exhibited, collected, and published throughout the world, and commissioned by many individuals, corporations, and hospitals.

Dottie has been featured in numerous publications including Threads, American Quilter (front cover in addition to article), Art Quilt Magazine, Quilter’s Newsletter, and Traditional Home by Better Homes and Gardens. She is author of the CD book, Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years by Ladybug Press and one of the chapter authors of Midlife Clarity: Epiphanies from Grown-Up Girls by Beyond Words Publishing Company.

She is passionate about the power of the creative process for transforming lives and is founder of “Piecing a Quilt of Life,” an international project dedicated to empowering senior women by recognizing their creative abilities. Students and audiences for her classes and lectures include visual artists, musicians, writers, storytellers, women’s groups, college students, and quilters.

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