University of North Texas 
April 26, 2021 to May 13, 2021
Exhibition By Courtney Dimare and Amy Henson
Through the romance of tradition, the artist searched for meaning and identity translated into hand-built functional ceramics. For them, tradition evokes ritual, ceremony, and pursuit of perfection which is a romantic notion. The incorporation of utilitarianism is evident in the artists' interest in ceramics, basketry, bookbinding, and weaving fibers. They also invoke fantasy art and high fashion in the design and conceptual development. Academic marginalization often coincides with art objects that exhibit wearability or utility. Primarily, the cultural relationship of craft art and femininity compels the artist to activism in their forms and content.
Jewelry are objects of excess. It provides little function but to adorn the body. Jewelry is often considered to be included in the decorative arts rather than fine craft. If inclusion in the crafts is dependent on the function of the finished object rather than the craftsmanship and skill within the process, what could I make that could be considered a craft object? Fashionable coverage of the human body is constantly changing. If covering and concealing the body is the function of clothing, the artist was interested in exploring that function while maintaining jewelry forms.
