Featured Artist Kathleen Krucoff

Artist Kathleen Krucoff presents a gorgeous collection of jewelry, skillfully designed and made by hand. See more of her work by visiting her website.

 

 

My work encompasses what I call organic geometry. I am drawn to a variety of stone shapes: circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, and even non-symmetrical. Utilizing those forms, I like to create balance and tension that resolves into calm and peace. This is the methodology I employ in one of my series, Tranquil Moments.

 

 

It is important to me to continue to explore what I can do with metal to channel my creativity. One of my beliefs is that if I am not making mistakes, I’m not learning. I find that working with metal provides almost unlimited possibilities to express myself. I consider metal to be my canvas.

 

 

When I begin working on a design, I look to see where the process will take me. I used to painstakingly draw how I wanted a piece to look based on the stones I selected. Now I like to pull a variety of stones and see what catches my eye.

 

 

I find that freeflow approach gives me an amazing amount of freedom as I create. Using precious and semi-precious gemstones in my creations, I will mix metals like silver, gold, and Mokume-Gane to produce unique art forms to be worn.

 

 

Assessing the combination of the stones and metals I have selected, I envision where the flow is and start working from there. Many times, the work changes course. I’m receptive to new directions.

 

 

I recognize that what I do doesn’t appeal to everyone. I’m okay with that. My goal with creating art jewelry pieces is to fabricate something that is unusual. Part of why I started making jewelry was to create things that weren’t your ordinary, run of the mill type of personal adornments.

 

 

While highly polished jewelry is beautiful, that isn’t what I do. I’m attracted to textures, so you will see I use a lot of that in my pieces. Incorporating organic looks into the metal surface is important to me. For example, I love the look of tree bark, the veins in leaves, or the rough undulations in the surface of rocks. I try to use those types of textures or others that blend with my designs.

 

 

My philosophy is to constantly learn and grow as an artist. Practice with the goal of mastery, which may never be attained, yet it is a worthy pursuit.

 

Kathleen Krucoff invites you to follow on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.

 

Photo credit: Daniel Krucoff 

 

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