Awards and Credits
Casey's jewelry has been shown nationally in over a dozen juried art exhibitions. She is pleased to have her pieces displayed alongside not only other jewelry, but also paintings and sculptures, furthering the perception of craft as equal to the traditional fine arts.
Casey Sharpe
Casey loves making jewelry because she feels it’s the one kind of art that we don’t become used to. We select it and see it every day that we choose to wear it, and we use it to convey our identity. Further, she finds metal itself fascinating, particularly silver and copper. People think of silver as a rigid and unyielding material, but once you have some technical skill, you can push it into fluid curves and fantastic shapes.
Most of her work incorporates some silver elements that have been chased and repousséd. Chasing and repoussé are ancient techniques that are used to create three dimensional forms from flat sheets of metal. The techniques Casey uses are essentially the same ones that have been used for thousands of years, but they've fallen out of favor recently because they take longer to master, and it takes longer to create a piece with. On the other hand, they can create pieces that are incredibly light and thin.
In 2009, Casey received her Bachelor's of Fine Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her major was Jewelry & Metalsmithing, and the skills she learned there have been invaluable in developing her own work. Her jewelry has been shown nationally in over a dozen juried art exhibitions in the last two years. She is pleased to have her pieces displayed alongside not only other jewelry, but also paintings and sculptures, furthering the perception of craft as equal to the traditional fine arts.