Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, jewelry designer Deborah Caperton creates handmade wearable art with gold, silver, and other metals as well as semi-precious and precious stones.
Her artist statment conveys her design philosophy in her own words:
In making jewelry, I often find myself actually making wearable toys. The movement is crucial and can function simply with gravity, or occupy a fidgety or restless hand. The forms and textures inherent in natural objects often inspire my work. Many of my ideas stem from brushes with nature, and observations. I collect specimens constantly, on my daily dog walk or a special backpacking trip. The fragments of plants: seeds, pods, leaves and flowers are inspiration and also to me, akin to a precious stone. I find minute detail in things that are commonly overlooked, by incorporating magnifying lenses I add emphasis to reveal the object's subtle beauty. In other pieces, I invent new species of flora from Silver and gold. The jewelry I make is for adornment and enjoyment.
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