Master Metalsmith: Lynda Watson | Looking Back
On view through January 29, 2023
Metal Museum
Memphis, Tennessee
http://www.metalmuseum.org
Artist and lover of travel, Lynda Watson creates works of art that document her journeys both around the world and through life. Watson’s work, whether jewelry, drawing, or mixed media, is about her life. It remembers good times, bad times, extensive travel, adventures, friendships, family, and celebrations. Visual images from these times are attached to places in her memory, and the characteristics of those places suggest the composition, determine the imagery, and dictate the surfaces that become the components of her work. Mental pictures, quick sketches, and occasional photographs provide saved images. From Burma and Turkey to her own backyard, life happens in places.
The composite of Watson’s work forms a visual diary. It tells a story in roughly chronological order with some “life happens” gaps along the way.
Read more here: https://www.metalmuseum.org/master-metalsmith-lynda-watson
[Image: Lynda Watson (American, b. 1940), “Maui Birthdays,” 2002. Fabricated bracelet: sterling silver; red, pink, yellow, green 14k and 18k gold; pencil drawings on paper; watch crystals; puka shells from Maui. Courtesy of the Artist. Photo: rr jones]
