Mary Donald

"I've discovered a kind of poetry in every day materials, images and objects that often seems absent in traditional jewelery. The subversive act of rescuing materials destined for the dumpster motivates me further or simply repurposing various found goods. Taking the time to craft orange peels, cheap plastics, spent inner tubes and other odds and ends into “gems” intended to adorn the human body -- where gold and diamonds are the tradition -- or sometimes combining ordinary and/or waste materials with traditional precious materials, brings tension to the completed works." - Mary Donald

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