Interview with Dixie Darling – one third of Fancy’s upcoming show ‘Accumulation’

First, lets start with where you get started, where’d you go to school?

dd: I got my BFA, in painting, at the University of Montevallo in Alabama. After that I decided after spending two weeks at Penland that jewelry was for me, so, i moved to Chicago and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, then transfered to the University of Oregon’s jewelry program.

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Interview: Dixie Darling

Sterling silver, steel, gold, ebony. I feel like silver and I are old friends now- we have been working together for 8 years or so. I like gold a lot, but have much to learn to feel comfortable and confident with it. Ebony is so satisfying to carve, and I love the way that wood smells, versus metal- wood is so much softer, and you seal it with delicious-smelling oil… it’s a treat to work with.

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Interview with Sarah Loertscher