JEWELRY :: Flirting with Seduction
The Works Gallery
JEWELRY :: Flirting with Seduction
Carmen Valdes
Lonna Keller
Kathleen Lamberti
The Works Gallery is proud to present Flirting with Seduction, an exhibit
featuring the work of prominent jewelry artists Carmen Valdes, Lonna Keller
and Kathleen Lamberti.
Valdes received her BA from Yale University and her Masters in Architecture
from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her work is influenced by her years
of design work in the architectural field and by the juxtaposition created
by the materials she uses; rubber and silver. Valdes creates work that is
simultaneously bold and elegant, hard and soft, precious and industrial.
Keller is a unique jeweler who creates pieces that reference the sensuality
that exudes from the female form. She uses everyday found objects such as
swivel hooks; garbage bags, zip ties and rubber chords to create pieces that
are designed to enhance the female body almost like a second skin. In 1999
her work was selected to be part of the Renwick Collection in Washington DC.
Lamberti uses metal and fiber to create pieces that are very structural, but
also soft and contain vibrant colors. To combine these opposing materials,
Lamberti uses stitching that is functional, but also decorative. Using
objects found in nature as inspiration for her forms, she creates works that
are more body dressing than jewelry.
Flirting with Seduction : Carmen Valdes : Lonna Keller : Kathleen Lamberti
exhibition runs from Nov 2-30th, 2007.
The Works Gallery is located at 303 Cherry Street in Old City, Philadelphia, PA.
The public is welcome, admission is free.
Gallery hours are Tues- Sat. 10-6pm.
