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My Garden IV; Green is Good
1999 Sharon Boardway Born: St. Joseph, Michigan 1962 Died: Bremerton, Washington 2000 fabricated and cast sterling silver and carved lizard skin jasper 2 in. x 2 5/8 in. x 5/8 in. (5.1 x 6.7 x 1.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971-1986) 2003.12.1 Not currently on view
The trees, leaves, and shrubs of her garden inspired Sharon Boardway to create works that evoke, in the words of one critic, “an unspecified narrative . . . a mood or a moment in time.” Toward the end of her career, Boardway began experimenting with color; the title of this brooch reflects her love for her garden and her belief that green is good, in nature and in jewelry.
For more information about this work visit the Luce Foundation Center.
Keywords
Object - foliage - leaf
Object - written matter
decorative arts - jewelry
Crafts - Metal
metal - silver
stone - jasper
About Sharon Boardway
Born: St. Joseph, Michigan 1962 Died: Bremerton, Washington 2000
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