Second Skin: Leather Jewelry Wearables
Session 1 | June 8–20
Save Your Tears by Kerianne Quick, 2022. Leather, brass, gold plate, bog oak, cotton, 22” x 7” x 2 1/2”.
For millennia, humans have supplemented the body by constructing wearable implements that aim to repair, bolster, or enhance the body. Participants will design and construct a new body part, extension, prosthesis, or wearable volume using leather forming and metal fabrication techniques. Through digital fabrication, traditional mold-making, and custom “buck” creation, participants will shape unique leather forms. Basic metalworking, cold connections, and leather-working will be taught as participants create a frame or apparatus to integrate their creations with the body. All levels welcome.
Kerianne Quick (they/she) is a nationally recognized craftsperson, artist, and Associate Professor at San Diego State University. Co-founder of Secret Identity Projects and Craft Desert, their work has been exhibited at venues like Craft in America Gallery, Museo Franz Mayer, National Museum for Women in the Arts, and the Museum of Art and Design, New York. Featured in collections such as LACMA, MFA Houston, and the Stedelijk, Quick researches migration and the role of objects in memory, belonging, and longing.