SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 | 12-6 PM
Bold, kinetic and sculptural with an elegant interplay of angles and curves, Vanessa Gade’s jewelry makes a contemporary statement balanced with a timeless wearability. It was her passion for history and photography that initiated her path to jewelry design. While studying to become a historian at the University of California, San Diego she discovered the metalsmithing studio. Fascinated by the tools, stones, and molten metal she wandered inside and never looked back. In 2006 she moved to San Francisco and attended the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts Graduate Jeweler program.
AUGUST 14 – SEPTEMBER 19 | RECEPTION: AUGUST 14, 6-9 PM
Inclusions Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition for Adele Louise Shaw opening Saturday August 14, 2010. Shaw’s work continues to be influenced by natural form. Her new series “Proclivities” is inspired by the power of nature in many of its manifestations. Since her first solo show at the gallery in 2008 the references to nature have been observed more intensely; the paintings are colorful, calligraphic, energetic and detailed with the unique hand of the artist. Still drawing story and relation out of the abstract tendencies of the organic world, the view into the search for order reveals there isn’t a clear path, but rather a fine line between beauty and chaos, balance and progress.
About the Artist: Adele Louise Shaw received her BFA from the Maryland Institute, Collage of Art in 1989. She has further studied in Vermont, Italy, Thailand and Japan. She lives and works in San Francisco and Davis, California.
The show runs August 14 through September 19, 2010.
SATURDAY JULY 17 | 12-6 PM
Rubina jewelry is handcrafted in San Francisco by Bernal Heights resident Sandra Ducheneaux. In 2008 Sandra discovered a passion for metalsmithing and started her jewelry line which quickly turned into a full time job.
Sandra creates her alluring sterling silver and 14K gold plated pieces from pressed leaves and flowers. She loves to pair them with bold colored precious gemstones and raw minerals. Come see her extended collection and find that signature summer piece.
SATURDAY, JULY 10 | 12-6 PM
Diane Dewey grew up in New York and received a BFA at Loyola University in Chicago. For more than a dozen years she’s honed her metal smithing skills working for various jewelers in San Francisco.
Her clean modern designs are formed from simple shapes that remain organic in feel. She likes to combine precious colored diamonds, sapphires and rubies with 18K yellow gold and sterling silver, in both bright and oxidized finishes. She creates movement in her pieces by adding hand fabricated hinges and jump rings.
Diane’s jewelry is very versatile . One can feel comfortable waring it casually but it also feels dressy enough for a special occasion.
Inclusions is definitely excited about hosting a trunk show with Diane. She has been part of Inclusions from its infancy and has become a favorite jeweler to those in the community.
SATURDAY JUNE 26 | 12-6 PM
My Flying Star’s designer, Elizabeth Torbit, had an almost fatal allergic reaction, so severe that she had to always wear identification jewelry. But she couldn’t find any ID jewelry that she’d want to wear day to day. So she began work on different concepts in her San Francisco jewelry studio. Wanting to create and share solutions with others who need ID jewelry, she pulled from her industrial design background to create a fresh and new, lifesaving jewelry line.
Inclusions Gallery is pleased to introduce Elizabeth’s collection to its ever growing repertoire of San Francisco jewelry designers. Her ID jewelry is not only lifesaving but her designs are well constructed and fashion forward. Elizabeth is offering free identification engraving on any piece purchased through the gallery.
JUNE 25 – JULY 30 | RECEPTION: JUNE 25 , 6-9 PM
If you’ve visited the gallery, over the past two years, it’s likely you’ve encountered he work of San Francisco Collage artist, Kim Smith. It’s been a delight to continually feature a large selection of Kim’s giclee prints and small metal framed series “Signs of Wisdom & Signs of Art.” Many of the original collage, from those series, along with a group of new original work will be featured in this show.
Kim is greatly influenced by the Dada, Bauhaus and Wiener Werkstatte movements as well as Russian Constructivism. Her collage is often composed of archival imagery, vintage papers, discarded old photographs, hand written letters and old book pages. While graphic and seemingly simple, her charming compositions often draw the viewer into contemplation through layered meaning and a sense of nostalgia.
In 2009 Kim published an autobiography, in collage form called, “Where Quirky Meets Menacing.” By combining old book pages, layered with cut illustrations and typewritten text, she depicts amusing stories of her youth in Germany. Original collage from the book will be featured as well as prints,and copies of the book itself.
SATURDAY MAY 22 | 12-6 PM
San Francisco jewelry designer, artist and Bernal Heights resident Deborah Caperton’s ideas stem directly from nature. She constantly collects specimens on daily walks with her dog or on special backpacking trips. Fragments of plants, seeds, pods and leaves are a endless inspiration.
Deborah will be introducing a new designs to her familiar Waxberry Collection. The elements are actual seeds that are cast in precious metals. In all of her jewelry designs, the minute details that are commonly overlooked in natural forms and textures are focused upon to reveal an object’s subtle beauty.
In her Copper Botanical Series, the individual pieces start as an actual flowers or seedpods that are packed and dried. The plant is then encased with a thick layer of recycled copper, using a non toxic, time-intensive process. Various patinas enhance the unique qualities of each piece bringing out the copper’s broad palette of color. The copper botanicals can be used as centerpieces in a vase, stand alone objects or hung on a wall.
SATURDAY MAY 8 | 12-6 PM
Owen McInerney has always been interested in making things with his hands. From an early age, in Ireland, where he was born and raised, he won school prizes for his work in silver wire jewelry. His designs are unique and are influenced by what he see around him in the everyday. Most of it is influenced by nature; above ground, in the skies and below the seas.
Urban centers and architecture also play a significant role in what he makes. Shape, color, texture, content, material composition and position, are all important, whether it’s a tall building or a tiny pebble on the beach.
He’s attended San Francisco State University where I learned the basics with Julia Turner, taken various workshops at California College of Arts and Crafts and is a regular at Scinilliant Studios.
Born and raised in San Francisco, now residing in Healdsberg CA, Quinn Scheibal is in constant creative process. Long before imagery appears on reclaimed wood surfaces, he is ruminating on multiple concepts. A constant student, Quinn is a self taught painter who is influenced by early American paintings, myth, symbolism and storytelling. His personal painting technique comes in part from studying early American faux finishing. Surfaces are painted, then often attacked and nearly destroyed before being brought back for multiple layers of paint, stain and varnish. This enables him to rework and pull out new elements out of a piece that are often developed by chance. The results are warm rich, curious and colorful.
SATURDAY, APRIL 24 | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Suga Rocereto is San Francisco jewelry designer whose nature inspired pieces are beautifully crafted in sterling silver, 14k rose & yellow gold, with an array of precious & semiprecious gem stones. She will be showing her full collection, and many new designs, making it a perfect opportunity to find that must have piece.
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