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Duke Clinic Exhibit: "Mad for Medal: Jewelry, Crowns and Wall Pieces" by Madelyn Smoak

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Thursday, June 30, 2016
All Day
Madelyn Smoak
Arts & Health Exhibit Series

Madelyn Smoak is a metal artist working in Durham, North Carolina. She maintains a studio at Golden Belt in East Durham.

"My work encompasses all things metal to some extent--jewelry, crowns, and wall icons. While I enjoy working with brass, copper and sterling silver, my greatest joy and challenge comes from working with found objects. Door escutcheons, drawer handles, metal tags and odds and ends get ideas going in my head. I particularly like working with totally unexpected items like straight razors and defunct pocket knives.
In 2014 I received an Emerging Artist Grant from the Durham Art Guild to go mudlarking on the River Thames in England. This meant going down to the foreshore when the tide was out and gathering found objects. Mostly I found china shards and clay pipe stems dating from the 1500's to the 1900's. These will soon form the basis of a new body of work. I followed that trip up with a visit to Paris to gather metal items and other found objects from the flea markets there. These items too are soon to be included in new work. 2016 is proving to be a very exciting year with so many new objects to fire my imagination."

Ms. Smoak will be present, near Clinic 1D, to demonstrate her process, discuss and sell her work. She will be able to accept credit cards during these sale days.

Friday, July 1, 2016, 11 am - 1 pm

Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 11 am - 1 pm

Monday, August 8, 2016, 11 am - 1 pm

Tuesday, August 23, 2016, 11 am - 1 pm