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Meet the Artist & Sales Event at Duke Clinic Exhibit: "Mad for Metal: Jewelry, Crowns and Wall Pieces" by Madelyn Smoak

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Madelyn Smoak
Arts & Health Exhibit Series

Meet the Artist and Sales Event: Mad for Metal: Jewelry, Crowns and Wall Pieces by Madelyn Smoak
At Duke Clinic's Morrison Exhibit Space, near Clinic 1D in the Duke Clinics Building, from 11 am - 1 pm.

Ms. Smoak is a metal artist working in Durham. She will be present to demonstrate her process, and to discuss and sell her work. She will be able to accept credit and debit cards during these sales dates:

Friday, July 1, 11 am - 1 pm
Tuesday, July 26, 11 am - 1 pm
Monday, August 8, 11 am - 1 pm
Tuesday, August 23, 11 am - 1 pm

"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."