Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

Fall into Focus program / SEPTEMBER 2023
Arielle Brackett
USA
www.ariellebrackett.com
About
Arielle Brackett received her BFA in metals at the Oregon
College of Art and Craft in 2017. She received various
awards including the Juror’s Choice Award in Jewelry
from CraftForms 2021. She has shown nationally and
internationally. Internationally she has shown at; Craft
Council of British Columbia in Vancouver BC, Canada,
Arcub Gabroveni in Bucharest, Romania, National Library of
Romania in Bucharest, Romania, Winzavod Contemporary
Art Center in Moscow, Russia, and at the Museum of Stonecutting
and Jewelry Art in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She has
participated twice in Romania Jewelry Week and once in
New York City Jewelry Week.
Brackett received full ride scholarships to study in Le
Barroux, France, Grand Junction, Colorado and at Penland
School of Craft. She received scholarships to participate
in a collaborative project called Frogwood in 2021 and
2023. Brackett was a resident artist at Sou’wester Art in
Washington and is currently a Glean Artist in residence in
Oregon. Brackett has been published in numerous books,
magazines and online platforms. She was published in SNAG
Jams 2018, and How Art Heals, by Andra Stanton.
Water Series
During my art residency at Arteles, I created a body of work
based on the shapes and lines of water. I created small
scale sculptures, contemporary jewelry, line drawings and
polaroids. The polaroid camera I used to capture images
of water while exploring the Finnish countryside either on
boat or by foot. The images I used as my source materials to
create the series of water.
Primarily, I used hand dyed indigo fabrics, gel medium,
thread and steel mesh to create line, texture and volumetric
forms. Once the fabric components were completed, I sewed
them together and attached them to already fabricated silver
components I made. In addition, I also explored layering,
embroidering and sewing together felt, silk and cotton
fabric. Afterwards I cut away layers of the fabric to expose
the colors and textures beneath to represent the forms and
shapes of water.
Lastly, I created a small modular sculpture made from
hydraulic pressed silver bowls that I pierced and formed. One
form is embossed with an etched image of water, pierced
and oxidized using boiled egg yolks. While another form is
holding translucent white quartz I found alongside the road
on my daily walks to the nearby lake. I am grateful for the
space and time spent at Arteles developing this long awaited
body of work.