Ingenious little sterling bar pin with tiny green and red beads floating under Plexiglas; about 1-5/8" x 7/16"; marked: "STERLING" and copyright symbol; excellent condition.

$165.00 (item #C537)

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David Jones received his Bachelor of Fine Arts/Crafts degree at the University of Pennsylvania in Kutztown and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.  He has been studying at the Penland School of Crafts from 1988 to the present and has participated in many exhibitions throughout the United States and other countries such as a One Person Show ,"American Folk" in Asheville, North Carolina, 2000; an International Traveling Show in Sweden, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Stockholm, 1999 into early 2000; "ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS" at the Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco, 2001; "Once and Again" at the OXOXO Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, 2001; S.O.F.A. in New York City with Gallery 500, 2001; and many more.

He is represented by numerous prestigious galleries and is in demand for commission work.

Here is his part of his artist's statement:

I consider myself a three dimensional animator. My goal is to use the finest material both new and old to create functional and non-functional curiosities.  I look to the work of old drawing from, the Arts and Crafts movement, Folk Art, Modernism and the beginnings of the American Studio Movement and its contemporaries all around the globe.   The finished pieces look as though they may be old but are curiously 21st Century.  I search in unobvious places for materials such as antler, recycled copper (including existing patina), scraps of various woods – (exotic and not so), European Laminate, plus anything else that I notice a certain “richness” – to include in my work.  Recycled materials are more or less a constant.  I also use traditional commercially available materials such as Sterling, Fine Silver, Copper, Brass, Bronze, and high carat gold, among others. 

See: "David Jones, Three Dimensional Animator" MODERN SILVER magazine, Spring, 2009.