Randy Colosky,
Sim psons in the X T Z A x is
photo: Courtesy of the artist
sh o w s to See
Center:
Palpitation Series
brooch, 2011
oxidized sterling
silver, waterproof
handmade paper
5.5x1.75x1.25 in.
she could see her work in
action every day, on friends
and colleagues.
Normally, “when you sell
[jewelry], it goes into the world
and you don’t see it. But there
I got to really see how things
moved,” she says. Movement is
critical to Kramer, who sees her
dynamic, kinetic jewelry as
“performative sculpture.”
In 2008, Kramer relocated to
Seattle, and started making jew-
elry full time. She has embraced
the Pacific Northwest’s craft
culture, and the craft commu-
Above:
A Palpitation
Series necklace
looks expansive
because it has
Museum of Modern Art, the
Getty, and Velvet da Vinci gal-
lery. She also earned one of 12
emerging artist slots at the Phil-
adelphia Museum of Art Craft
Show this past November.
Where will her winding
road lead next? To Kramer, the
most interesting trajectory is
the one she’ll never personally
follow. “I love that when you
make a piece of jewelry and
someone buys it, it becomes
an extension of [that person],”
she says.“It’s not just about the
artist any more.”
- b r i t t a i v y
nity, near and far, has returned
the gesture with gusto. In the
past three years, about 20 gal-
leries and museum shops have
begun carrying her work,
including the San Francisco
a bracelet and
brooch nestled in
its prismatic tangle.
Kramer created
the custom colors
shown here, inclu-
ding “sparkly snow”
and “sweet beet.”
K A L L M A N A R N E S O N
tiakrameriewelry.com
Brittany Kallman Arneson is a
writer and graduate student in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Shows listed A - Z by state.
View the complete calendar at
americancraftmag.org.
AK / Anchorage
Anchorage Museum
Earth, Fire and Fibre X X V III
to Jan. 8
anchoragemuseum.org
One of Alaska’s longest-running
juried exhibitions, adjudged
this year by
ReadyMade
former
editor-in-chief Andrew Wagner.
The biennial showcases Alaska
artists working in conventional
mediums, and in skin, bone,
and stone, too.
CA / Los Angeles
J. Paul Getty Museum
From Start to Finish: D e W ain
Valentine’s Gray Column
to Mar. 11
getty.edu
Industrial sculptor De Wain
Valentine’s i2-by-8-foot
Gray
Column,
half of one of his largest
polyester resin works, pushed
the bounds of industrial sculp-
ture, only to be installed on its
side (because of ceiling height)
in a corporate office. Restored
by the Getty,
Gray Column
is
on display for the first time in
its upright glory, along with
photos and details from the
making process.
CA/San
Francisco
Museum of Craft
and Folk Art
F ia t Lux:
Randy Colosky
N ew Works
to Feb. 25
mocfa.org
MO CFA com-
missioned Oakland-based con-
ceptual artist Randy Colosky
to create site-specific works for
this show; sculptures in alumi-
num, concrete, ceramic honey-
comb, brick, and wood, as well
as drawings, video, and photog-
raphy will take over the gallery,
façade, and outdoor space.
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