Widely admired in the field of fine art jewelry, Ramona Solberg brings together cultural artifacts that are both exotic and familiar. With her meticulous sense of composition, Solberg turns buttons, calipers, beads, pebbles, and her trademark dominos into boldly-scaled works of wearable art. Thirty-two of her necklaces are illustrated in color in Findings, comprehensively gathered for the first time. Vicki Halper sets Solberg's work in the context of her...
Vicki Halper is a noted curator and writer specializing in modern art of the Pacific Northwest and crafts of the United States. She is former associate curator of modern art at the Seattle Art Museum and curatorial fellow of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
This volume explores the whimsical works of fine arts jewelry designer Ramona Solberg, whose creations integrate a cacophony of found objects, cultural artifacts, and nonprecious items into lively, wearable art. The first half, written by Halper (former curator of modern art at the Seattle Art Museum), describes the life and career of Solberg as an artist, author, world traveler, professor at the University of Washington, and mentor...
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