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About the artist
Stay up to date with Sue on her blog, SueLacy Wired.
Sue Lacy is a jewelry artist and metalsmith living in Dublin, OH. She specializes in Foldforming and creates original designs from copper, sterling and fine silver, 14k gold, and gemstones. Her favorite projects use a wide range of techniques and are completely hand crafted, right down to basic components like earring wires, chain, and clasps. Signature looks? Mixed metals, especially copper with silver. Organic designs that are stylish, comforting, and earth-beautiful. Sue has four lively daughters and a husband who keeps her laughing. She enjoys art, gardening, biking, and kayaking. Metal work is her favorite form of play. Sue is an alumnus of The Ohio State University and received metalsmith instruction at Columbus College of Art and Design.
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"The WPA's Federal Art Project ... brought the avant-garde into small-town America, and started an aesthetic revolution ... FAP employed 5,000 artists across the country... They created murals, sculptures and paintings, taught community art classes to millions, and produced 2 million posters from 35,000 designs..." (Civilization Magazine, Apr/May 1997)
A Library of Congress (LC) write-up features 16 of those posters, one of which is his. The LC record for it is here. The piece is dated Sep 7, 1937, so he was just 24 years old at the time. |
I love owning these few pieces of his jewelry and I often wonder what he might say about mine. I have a long way to go, but I think he would be pleased to see me working at it.
Although he is long gone, I still feel close to him as I enjoy things he shared with me. Listening to the Nutcracker Suite. Reading Desiderata (attached for your enjoyment.) Watching birds at my backyard feeder. Last winter I was able to visit the San Diego Art Museum and stand inside the place he worked for so long. It was a nice little connection across the years.
Although he is long gone, I still feel close to him as I enjoy things he shared with me. Listening to the Nutcracker Suite. Reading Desiderata (attached for your enjoyment.) Watching birds at my backyard feeder. Last winter I was able to visit the San Diego Art Museum and stand inside the place he worked for so long. It was a nice little connection across the years.
Harry Reminick, 1913 - 1981
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...click to read Desiderata
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Acknowledgements
Charles Lewton-Brain: world-renowned goldsmith and educator who is also part MacGyver, part Mythbusters, and part Leonardo da Vinci... for intensive foldforming instruction in July 2011 and again in August 2012 at New York's Center for Metal Arts.
Lexi Erikson: Contributing Editor of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine and internationally renowned educator and jewelry artist... for five wonderful days of intensive one-on-one instruction in June 2012.
Sharilyn Miller: author of Bead on a Wire and former editor of Belle Armoire Magazine, for her wonderful classes on the fundamentals of wire-wrapping.
Sharon Abood: talented jewelry designer, Delaware Ohio, for a skilled and passionate introduction to metalsmith fundamentals. Sharon passed away in October 2011, and I miss her terribly. I could not have asked for a better mentor and friend.
Kelly Malec-Kosak: Associate Professor, Columbus College of Art and Design, for small metals instruction.
Kathy Robinson: talented daughter, for expertly modeling SueLacy Designs jewelry in publicity photo shoots.
Lexi Erikson: Contributing Editor of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine and internationally renowned educator and jewelry artist... for five wonderful days of intensive one-on-one instruction in June 2012.
Sharilyn Miller: author of Bead on a Wire and former editor of Belle Armoire Magazine, for her wonderful classes on the fundamentals of wire-wrapping.
Sharon Abood: talented jewelry designer, Delaware Ohio, for a skilled and passionate introduction to metalsmith fundamentals. Sharon passed away in October 2011, and I miss her terribly. I could not have asked for a better mentor and friend.
Kelly Malec-Kosak: Associate Professor, Columbus College of Art and Design, for small metals instruction.
Kathy Robinson: talented daughter, for expertly modeling SueLacy Designs jewelry in publicity photo shoots.
Member, Ohio Designer Craftsmen
A not-for-profit organization with over 2100 members, one of its programs is the Ohio Craft Museum. "Our mission is to promote the fine crafts aesthetic by establishing a standard of excellence, encouraging creative growth, providing professional support to craft artists, and building public awareness, appreciation and collection of fine craft." Visit the web site here.
Member, Etsy Team Columbus
This team is comprised of over 60 talented, local Columbus artists with work in many art mediums, including jewelry, pottery, photography, textiles, mosaics, painting, and much more. Click here to visit the team blog.
