{"title":"Jane Drucker","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"160x160\" width=\"160x160\" style=\"margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 15px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/8662\/1799\/files\/JRD_Portrait_WEB_160x160.jpg?v=1586811779\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAt My Bench: A New Focus\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAs the Covid-19 pandemic gained momentum, realizing that I wasn’t comfortable working in a communal studio, I set up a jewelry bench in the corner of the living room of my small condominium. And because my tool choice is limited and my torch is only a butane creme brûlée type, I committed to creating small scale jewelry using scrap pieces of silver and copper, and sample tidbits created in classes and workshops over the 19 years I have been making jewelry.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIn a pendant I titled “Verdi Gris” I framed a piece of patinated copper that I created in a Ken Bova workshop at Danaca Design in 2009.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIn other pieces I have included scraps of niello I created in a workshop with Micki Lippe at Pratt. Niello Is an ancient Egyptian technique in which a black metallic amalgam is fused into the engraved markings on silver, creating a black and silver design.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAt a swap meet at Danaca Design a number of years ago, I bought some scrap pieces of Mokume Gane from Phil Baldwin. While setting up my living room “studio,” I discovered a small bag of this beautifully laminated copper and silver material in distinctive layered patterns. I am committed to integrating this wood-grained looking metal into the small pieces I am creating in my private little corner.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e \u003c\/h4\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/danacadesign.com\/collections\/jane-drucker.oembed","provider":"Danaca Design Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}