 This two-fingered ring is the work of Katelyn Butler. An art student at Missouri State University.
The featured artist at Fresh Gallery for the month of January is jewelry designer Katelyn Butler. The Missouri State University student was named the "Fresh Air" open juried competition winner for 2014. She will be part of a meet and greet at the gallery from 6-10 p.m. during Springfield's First Friday on January 2, 2015.
Expecting to graduate with a bachelor of fine arts in spring 2015, Butler was awarded the 2014 Womens Jewelry Association Designer/Creator scholarship, and both the Nancy Lumpee Pate and Mayme C. Hamilton scholarships. She is also the recipient of a 2014 Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) student scholarship that subsidized fees to attend their annual conference. Her work has been included in juried exhibitions in the USA and Japan.
Butler describes her work this way:
As an undergraduate, my primary focus has been to challenge my technical abilities while employing a sense of visual aesthetic. I want people to respond to my work by looking very closely. I am also concerned with the idea of impermanence, and the immortal nature of the material that I work with in relation to the ephemerality of my own body. Because of the unyielding nature of the material, I am constantly required to flex my own intentions in order to abide by the temperament of the material.
Fresh Gallery is located at 400 W. Walnut Street (corner of Walnut and Campbell) in downtown Springfield. Any artist wishing information on becoming a part of their endeavor may contact them at (417) 862-9300.
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