Earrings

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Object Details

Artist

Ivy Ross, born Yonkers, NY 1955

Luce Center Label

Ivy Ross views jewelry as "art with a function." These two pieces illustrate her innovative use of tantalum, a space-age metal. Ross first treated the metal with electricity to reveal a spectrum of colors, then wove strips of metal to resemble fabric.

Luce Object Quote

"Innovation is about exploring possibilities, not realities." Artist quoted in "Ivy Ross Is Not Playing Around," Fast Company, November 2002

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor

Date

1979

Object number

1981.13.2A-B

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Decorative Arts-Jewelry

Crafts

Medium

woven tantalum

Dimensions

each: 1 x 1 x 3/8 in. (2.4 x 2.4 x 0.9 cm.)

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Department

Renwick Gallery

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk762fedcaf-df19-4df4-a77f-adaadd37c624

Record ID

saam_1981.13.2A-B