Marty Reynard wrote “As a native New Yorker, I was exposed to the jewelry arts at an early age by my mother, a jewelry maker who worked primarily in copper and silver.
I immigrated to Canada in 1968, and received my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario.
My interest in metal sculpture and design led me into the jewelry arts following graduation.
Working in many metals, with a specialty in titanium, my work took a very untraditional approach and incorporated a wide variety of materials. My studio represents a laboratory where I get to run aesthetic experiments on a daily basis.
These experiments, fortunately, are endless, and the surprises and the discoveries that they yield provide an ongoing impetus to keep my work constantly changing.
Within the field of jewelry design I find a meeting place of art, chemistry, engineering and the magic of alchemy (i.e. “the transformation of that which is common into that which is precious”).
I have come to refer to myself as a “maker of aesthetic objects” and I believe there is no such thing as “precious metals”–only precious objects”.
You can see more of Marty’s fine jewellery work at http://www.sidestreetstudio.com/
I immigrated to Canada in 1968, and received my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario.
My interest in metal sculpture and design led me into the jewelry arts following graduation.
Working in many metals, with a specialty in titanium, my work took a very untraditional approach and incorporated a wide variety of materials. My studio represents a laboratory where I get to run aesthetic experiments on a daily basis.
These experiments, fortunately, are endless, and the surprises and the discoveries that they yield provide an ongoing impetus to keep my work constantly changing.
Within the field of jewelry design I find a meeting place of art, chemistry, engineering and the magic of alchemy (i.e. “the transformation of that which is common into that which is precious”).
I have come to refer to myself as a “maker of aesthetic objects” and I believe there is no such thing as “precious metals”–only precious objects”.
You can see more of Marty’s fine jewellery work at http://www.sidestreetstudio.com/
