2011 Metal Clay World Conference Presenter

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Conference Presenter – Noël Yovovich

Noël Yovovich lives and works in Evanston, Illinois, but draws much of her inspiration from her childhood in rural Florida. She grew up in an area between Tampa and Sarasota in which wildlife was much more numerous than people, especially children. The locale was popular as an over–winter and retirement spot for traveling circus and carney performers, and her nearest neighbors were a retired clown, a sword–swallower and his wife, a professional fat lady. This colorful beginning was followed by study culminating in a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Chicago, and the professional pursuit of art ever since.

She uses a variety of techniques and materials to develop a jewelry and metalsmithing style that draws on imagery from nature, as well as on her experience creating "thematic apperception test" drawings for the University of Chicago department of Human Development. These images are designed to contain situations of dynamic tension, but are so ambiguous that the viewer is drawn into supplying the details of the story.

She regards her work as "everyday art," an attempt to produce pieces that are at the same time unique and accessible, unusual and affordable, and that can be worn anywhere, anytime.

Landscapes and intimate still–lives predominate in intricate jewelry, and jewelry–related sculpture, much of which uses carefully–controlled anodization of titanium, combined with sterling silver, plus gold, copper, and/or stones, to produce works with surprising detail and illusion of depth. Many of these works are intended to suggest a glimpse into a private life, and a situation of dynamic tension in which the viewer is stimulated to provide the emotional content. Others, such as the "Dream Landscape" series, invite the viewer to share the artist’s sense of longing for a setting of natural beauty which is not available in the here–and–now.

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