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Ling-yen Jones
Ling-yen
works mainly in silver, semi-precious stones and pearls. "My style
ranges from the traditional to the modern, and is completely unique.
All of my pieces are individually handmade, and are therefore
one-of-a-kind or in small series with repeating motifs
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Ling-yen studied with David
Laplantz at Humboldt State University. She attended various
Mendocino Art Center workshops and assistantships. "I have
just finished an apprenticeship with a local Monterey jeweler, and am
presently working with Theresa Lovering-Brown and Carol Holaday at
Monterey Peninsula College. I have curated and exhibited in
several shows, including The Pacific Grove Art Center and The Mendocino
Art Center. I define jewelry as creations which are useful,
artistic, symbolic, identifying and an expression of personal
ideas. In my earring line some of the motifs I use are leaves,
birds, and windows. When these elements and others are integrated
into a piece they can represent new beginnings, changes, hope and
further growth in ones self. The materials that I enjoy using the
most are sterling silver, copper, gold, pearls and semiprecious
stones. My intention for each one-of-a-kind piece is that it is
clean looking, distinctive and artistically rendered."
Ling-yen's work is inspired by the feminine,
graceful and romantic scenes of the Ukiyo-E period of Japanese art.
The pieces from the Unmentionables series have different faces,
all expressions of surprise, serenity, wonder and ecstasy. On the
back of her pieces there are hidden hand cut flowers, or roller printed
leaf patterns and scenes of paired lovers. Ukiyo-E, or images of the
floating world, were representations of the everyday life of Japan in
the 16th through the 19th centuries.
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Ling-yens
work was featured in the winter 1998 and winter 2000 issues of
Metalsmith magazine.
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