Jane Martin | Fire Earrings I
Artist: Jane Martin
Materials: sterling silver, copper, fine silver and glass
Dimensions: 2”x1”x1/4”
Origin of featured materials: Shining Wave Metals / Phillip Baldwin
Story behind the piece: For many years, I have put pieces of Philip’s Mokume-gane and end grain in my jewelry and metal work. I save and use every tiny precious piece. I made a batch of 12 earrings and match pairs as best they match. Each pair is unique.
Many years ago, Philip asked me for photos of my jewelry where I incorporated his Mokume-Gane. I was thrilled to give him a sheet of 36 slides of my jewelry with his Mokume-gane. His patterned metals was one of my ways to add colors and patterns to my work. When making a box for John Paul Jones, the architect of the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial on Bainbridge Island, I used Philip’s Mokume-gane to show the wooden dock people walked down to leave BI in 1942. When creating a portrait on six sides of a box of a ceramic artist, I used Philip’s Mokume-gane to show a raku tea pot. When making a box about Italy, I used Philip’s end grain to show the stripes of the shirt of a man steering a gondola. His patterned metals are gems!
Artist Bio: Jane Martin is a studio jeweler producing work, which is sold in galleries throughout the United States. In 1978, she received a BFA degree in jewelry/ Jane metalsmithing from The University of the Arts (Philadelphia College of Art). In 1988, was a founding board member of the Seattle Metals Guild. She has participated in The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and The Smithsonian Craft Show. Photographs of Jane’s work have been published in numerous metalsmithing books and magazines. Jane is a founder of BARN, Bainbridge Artisans Resource Network on Bainbridge Island and its Jewelry and Fine Metals Department. In 2020, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Seattle Metals Guild. She currently teaches at several jewelry making schools around Seattle. On Earth Day in 2025, she received an award for community service from Kitsap Public Works for starting and running the Zero Waste Lending Library.
This piece is part of, From Wave to Shining Wave: a Celebration of Phil Baldwin and Shining Wave Metals Baldwin. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Seattle Metals Guild. 5% of sales will be donated to help fund an endowment at Pendland in Phillip Baldwin’s name. Learn more HERE. All work will remain on exhibit through July 20, 2025.
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