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 BARBARA BRIGGS has had a life-long fascination with clothing and jewelry. As a child she created wearable treasures of buttons, shells, beads, and found objects. Vogue and Bazaar were her favorite bedtime stories. Today, she is still enamored with wearables.
“It is the process of creating these adornments that I find so exciting. Creating jewelry and knitting wearable art has allowed me to experiment with color, texture, and form to my heart's content!”
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Formally trained in jewelry making, Barbara is self-taught in fiber arts, silk painting, and free-form basketry and owned and operated a knitting and weaving studio for eight years.
Barbara has taught children's jewelry classes at DeCordova Museum of Art, Shibori silk dyeing and free-form basketry at the Milwaukee Art Museum, and sculptural basketry at the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art in Racine.
Her work has been exhibited fairs and galleries in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New York, Washington D.C., and Michigan.
Barbara creates one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces in precious metal, polymer, and beaded jewelry, and loom knit wearables.
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Jewelry making, DeCordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, MA |
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Jewelry making, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL |
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PMC (Precious Metal Clay®) Certification, 2005 |
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Bead & Button - Dec 2007 |
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PMC Guild Annual (Premier edition) - 2007 |
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Bead & Button - April 2007 |
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Studio PMC - Summer 2006 |
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Galena Gazette - Dec 26, 2007 article "Letting Creativity Reign" |
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