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Extremely rare, stunning, highly three-dimensional Bob Winston cast 12k gold pendant with applied blue-green patina; about 4" x 2-3/4" x 1/2" high (at the highest point); weighs approximately 50.9 grams; fine condition. This amazing piece of wearable sculpture is fresh to the market. It was made for a friend and student of Winston in the 1960s and will come with a letter of provenance. Bob Winston (1915-2003) was one of the first jewelers to experiment with the lost-wax method of casting by centrifuge. In 1942 he began teaching at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland where the process became an integral part of his program, influencing jewelers such as Irena Brynner, Robert Dhaemers and others. In 1959 Winston left the California College of Arts and Crafts and moved to Arizona in order to concentrate on his own career as a designer/craftsmen, though he did teach in the Extended Education Department at one of Arizona's three universities. In 1970 he wrote a text book on the lost wax casting technique titled Castaway. Winston's cast "jewelry designs are fluid, highly sculptural and textured forms that appear to carved and molded directly in metal. Each piece is unique; he never cast in multiples." As well as exhibiting at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 1948 and 1955, his work was exhibited at the Seligman Gallery in New York City and the Raymond and Raymond Gallery in San Francisco. (taken from my book, Form & Function, American Modernist Jewelry, 1940 - 1970, p.225) $3,960.00 (item #M0260)
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