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From my studio in Port Townsend, I create jewelry
using a photo-etching technique. For the last 12 years I have
been a sculptor and printmaker.
Jewelry, for me, is the offspring of these two art forms. Each
piece feels like a small sculpture and the etched surface is
a direct product of printmaking. I am also drawn to words and
narrative and a good story.
While choosing imagery for a piece of jewelry, I have the privilege
of beginning a story that the wearer gets to finish. My jewelry
might not be considered precious due to a lack of gems and gold
but when a favorite piece is found at the back of the sock drawer
three years lost, my hope is that the finder will feel as though
they have discovered a treasure.
Shane Miller The technique: A light sensitive plate of silver
or copper is exposed to ultraviolet light passing through a
transparency. Where the light passes through and exposes the
plate, the emulsion hardens and where the light is blocked the
emulsion remains soft.
The plate is developed in a soda ash solution which removes
the unexposed emulsion. The emulsion that remains on the plate
becomes the resist when it is placed in acid thus creating the
etched image.
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water street, port townsend, washington 98368 | telephone (360) 385-3630