Originally trained as a graphic artist, Sharon MacLeod has been a full-time jewelry artist for over 20 years. In 1988 she made her escape from the city and moved to the woods of southwest Washington state where she lives with her husband and shares her barn studio with her cat and an elusive squirrel.
"Working with an unexpected combination of materials, I create jewelry that starts with my own graphic art that I print on thin paper, meticulously laminate to various sizes of small tubing, and then assemble with a variety of materials including polymer clay, Czech glass beads, ethnic brass beads, and rubber. After many years of making jewelry from various alternative materials, I discovered digital art and quickly realized the potential.
Working with digital imaging allows me to spontaneously generate colors and patterns impossible any other way, and to "exploit the random". Transforming non-precious, sometimes industrial materials into colorful, richly patterned art jewelry is an ongoing exploration. Because of the nature of the process, no two pieces are exactly alike. A made to order bracelet may vary slightly from the pictured item, but will be very similar."
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