Band borrows shapes, textures from nature

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artiSt reception • aug 6th • 6 - 8 pm
Who: Annie Band
What: Jewelry trunk show
When: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday-Saturday
Where: Native Jackson Hole
Web: NativeJH.com
All ar twork may be v iewed at www.legac ygaller y.com .
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It doesn’t get much more Jackson
Hole than sapphires and grizzly fur.
Wilson resident Annie Band creates
jewelry that combines the sophistication of precious gemstones and metals
with textures and shapes inspired by
nature. Native Jackson Hole, a jewelry store on Town Square, will showcase Band’s work in a show Thursday
through Saturday.
Band believes that her creations are
modern “talismans” that serve to heal,
protect and encourage. She says they
are “meant to be powerful, to take us
back to the fundamental human imperative to adorn.”
A biologist and poet by training,
Band meshes words with symbols from
nature to create jewelry with meaning. A silver shark-tooth pendant has a
single word, “fearlessness,” engraved on
the back, and the message carved into a
bronze eagle claw necklace reminds its
wearer to “see far.”
Thanks to her scientific background,
Band’s jewelry is impressively detailed
and anatomically correct. As a reference
for her work, she uses a collection of fur,
claw and skull samples, relics from her
days as a teacher at the Teton Science
Schools. A hand-sculpted owl skull that
hangs from braided black leather even
has the porous texture of a real skull.
Band shaped the skull from metal clay,
which combines gold, silver, bronze or
copper particles with organic binder.
She mixed the clay with sand, which
melted away when the piece was fired to
create a texture that mimics the rough
imperfection of nature.
Although many of Band’s creations
are inspired by wildlife that, like the
owl, are native to the Greater Teton
Area, she is open to discovery. Several of
her new pieces draw from a recent trip
to Thailand, where she was inspired by
the culture as well as the ocean. Some
of her most wearable pieces are shark
teeth pendants made from silver, bronze
and steel, and set with spinel, sapphires
and rubies.
The hundreds of pieces that will be
featured at Native vary in style, size and
price. A series that combines braided
and fringed leather with Band’s signature metalwork represents her take on
a rocker aesthetic. She describes these
dramatic statement pieces as “edgy yet
feminine, modern but different.”
In addition to labor-intensive, oneof-a-kind creations, Band’s show will
include simple earrings and necklaces
costing as little as $50. Her more affordable works, such as a pair of sticky
geranium earrings, are limited edition
castings that carry the same symbolism
as larger pieces.
Band works exclusively with recycled metals and recycled or lab-grown
gems in order to eliminate the harmful
impact of mining. She donates 5 to 10
percent of her income to environmental
and social causes.
In a world filled with plastic pieces
shipped from far-away factories, Band’s
jewelry is refreshingly personal. The
messages the jeweler engraves on
thoughtful, handcrafted pieces never
feel like gimmicks. Band’s work combines skill and symbolism, resulting in
products that are as meaningful as they
are beautiful.
The Fall Arts Festival’s
first featured sculptor,
Joshua Tobey, created
.
3 palates & palettes
Fine food attracts big
crowds
to view great art.
11 Artwalk
Mid-fest gallery stroll
offers
lower-key second glimpse.
4 circ tour
Design teams show off
work
at showcase of homes.
11 taste of tetons
culinary artists cook
up
masterpieces.
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6 Quickdraw
artists create new work
from
scratch as audience
watches.
13 Art brunch
Galleries host light meal
for final weekend of
festival.
7 takin’ it to the streets
8
Astoria
Jackson hole-region
artists
Town square gallery
and artisans set up on
shows
square. off its varied
stable of artists.
13 Festival wines
Featured art displaye
d on Fall
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