“This is How I Remember It”
Artist Statement

The jewelry that has come in and out of my life over the years has had a profound effect on me, fueling and sustaining my desire to be a jeweler. These special pieces changed my perspective on jewelry and form part of my personal history.

In “Fabricated Memory: Jewelry Box, 1980,” I created new works based on recollections of the contents of an old jewelry box and re-imagined through my formal language of shape and line, layering and repetition. In addition, there is personal significance in how the work exists in reality—specifically arranged in and viewed as a group. This presentation originates from how I played with the jewelry box as a child, carefully arranging its contents over and over.

In “Collected Memories: 1974-Present,” I analyzed the jewelry I own to discover patterns and to gain further insight into my history with jewelry. The completed installation serves as a timeline of my life with jewelry and a vehicle for intertwining events and people. The works are made using materials I have collected and are assembled in such a way as to emphasize the impermanence and incompleteness of memory.

“This is How I Remember It” chronicles my history and preserves my memories, as the individual pieces from my past act as primary inspiration.

All images by Hank Drew

Bow Cluster Brooch with Teardrop

Cleopatra

Cleopatra Earrings

Flower Brooch No. 1

Flower Brooch No. 2

Oak Leaf Brooch

Maple Leaf Brooch

Green Leaf Brooch

Long Leaf Brooch

Leaf Earrings

Green Leaf Earrings

Lavender Pearl Necklace

Lavender Pearl Earrings

Round Crystal Brooch

Leaf Crystal Brooch

Crystal Earrings

Bow Sweater Holder

Bow Earrings

Bow Cluster Earrings

Candy Necklace

Candy Earrings

Pink Leaf Bracelet

Pink Leaf Earrings

Circle Brooch

Button Sweater Holder

Necklace No. 1

Necklace No. 2

Necklace No. 3

Necklace No. 4

Necklace No. 5

Necklace No. 6

Necklace No. 7

Necklace No. 8

Necklace No. 9

Necklace No. 10

Necklace No. 11

Necklace No. 12

Necklace No. 13

Necklace No. 14

Necklace No. 15

Necklace No. 16

Brooch No. 1

Brooch No. 2

Brooch No. 3

Brooch No. 4

Brooch No. 5

Brooch No. 6

Brooch No. 7

Brooch No. 8

Brooch No. 9

Brooch No. 10

Brooch No. 11

Brooch No. 12

Brooch No. 13 (Bleeding Heart)

Brooch No. 14

Brooch No. 15

Brooch No. 16

Brooch No. 17

Brooch No. 18

Bow Cluster Brooch with Chain and Tassel

Bow and Tassel Pendant Brooch

Brooch in Light Blue and Hot Pink

Necklace in Navy and Hot Pink

Brooch in Light Blue

Necklace in Navy

Necklace in Light Blue and Red

Hot Pink and Red Necklace No. 1

Bow Cluster Brooch Light Blue with Tassel

Small Earrings

Light Blue Round Earrings

White and Light Blue Necklace

Brooch in Navy

White and Hot Pink Necklace

Hot Pink Earrings

Red Bow Earrings

Bow Brooch No. 1

Bow Earrings No. 1

Necklace

Pendant

White Teardrop Earrings with Facets

Pendulum Necklace

Black Teardrop Earrings

Pendant

Brooch

Black Square Earrings

Badges

Brooch No. 1

Necklace

Earrings

Pendant

Earrings

Earrings

Necklace

Earrings

Envelop Brooch

Loop Brooch

Trio

Lariat with Two Circles

Architecture, Arc, Stick Necklace

Lariat with Awkward, Half/Arc

Tiny and Bent Brooch

Linen Bow Brooch

Small Medal

Geo Earrings with Light Blue Thread

Geo Cluster Necklace

Architecture Necklace

Broken Frame Brooch

Orange Brooch

Felt and Shallow Shell

Felt Necklace

Felt Brooch

Necklace

Deconstructed Boxes Earrings

Open Boxes Earrings

Necklace Arrangement

Brooch and Pin Arrangement

Earrings Arrangement

Necklace No. 1

Necklace No. 2

Earrings No. 4

Earrings No. 5

Awkward Necklace

Earrings No. 3

Earrings No. 2

Earrings No. 1

Earrings No. 6

Brooch No. 1

Brooch No. 2

Brooch No. 3

Brooch No. 4

Pins No. 1, 2

Pin No. 3

Pin No. 4

Stateline Necklace

Rectangle Earrings

Four Corners

Stateline Pin

Stateline Earrings

Long Stateline Earrings

Quickbend Pin

Quickbend Earrings

Long Quickbend Earrings

Stateline and Shell Earrings

Shallow Shell Necklace

Shallow Shell Earrings

Shell Cluster Earrings

Cluster Necklace No. 2

Line Drawing No. 8

Line Drawing Brooch No. 3

Folded Arc Brooch

Necklace

Earrings

Line Drawing No. 5

Double Arc Bracelet

Line/Arc Bracelet

Thicket Brooch

View Brooch

Cluster Necklace

Cluster Pendant

Cluster Brooch

Small Arc Necklace

Cluster Swing earrings

Small Cluster Earrings

Arc Brooch

Asymmetrical Large Arc Earrings

Web Earrings

Overlap Bracelet

Cage Earrings

Line Drawing No. 4

Ring

Line Drawing No. 3

Line Drawing No. 2

Line Drawing No. 1

Rings

Double Line Bracelet

Half Brooch

Simple Brooch

Little Brooch

Circle Earrings

Hanging Web Earrings