Estelle Vernon 

Awards:

• Equal Merit Award the Art League Student Faculty Show 1999, Fine Silver PMC Pendant with 24k Keum Boo Accents
• Equal Merit Award the Art League Student Faculty Show 2000, Pearls in Motion- Ring
• Honorable Mention Fusion 2001, Confetti Brooch-PMC with 24k Keum Boo Accents

  Exhibitions:

• Washington Guild of Goldsmiths Biennial Show 1988-96, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008
• The Art League Student Faculty Show 1999, 2000, 2001
• Fusion 2001 February, 2001
• Target Gallery Torpedo Factory Alexandria, Virginia
• New Artists Work March 2001
• Millennial Metal Brookfield Craft Center 2001
• Positively Precious Metal Clay May 22-July 3 2003
• TFAC@30: A Juror's Choice December 1, 2004-January 16, 2005
• PMC: The New Alchemy January 4-March 12, 2005
• Creative Crafts Council 25th Anniversary Show 50 Years of Crafts
  May 28- July 9, 2005
• The 8th Exhibition of Hanyang Metal Art Association With Metal
  Artists from America and Canada October 16- October 25, 2005
• Rossdhu Gallery Holiday Show, November 17-20, 2005
• Rossdhu Gallery Celebration of Craft, December 1-30, 2006
• Creative Crafts Council 26th Biennial Exhibition May 26-July 6, 2007
• Rossdhu Gallery Celebration of Craft, December 7-23, 2007

  Memberships:

• Washington Guild of Goldsmiths 1988-Present, President 2000-2003
• Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
• Precious Metal Clay Guild
• Resident Artist and Member Torpedo Factory Artists Association

  Publications:

• Studio PMC-“Keum Boo and PMC” Spring 2003 Studio PMC Article 2003
• "We're Serious About This"-Barbara Becker Simon, presenter CD
  Catalogue
• Friends of the Torpedo Factory 2006 Calendar (1 of 13 selected artists)November 2006.
• "The Art and Craft of Making Jewelry: A Complete Guide to Essential Techniques"by Joanna Gollberg 2006 Japanese Textile Series: Grasses Brooch With Triangular Keum Boo, Japanese Textile Series Petals Brooch.

  Education:

• Montgomery College Rockville, Maryland
• Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, Maryland
• Touchstone Center for Crafts Farmington, Pennsylvania
• Washington Guild of Goldsmiths Workshops
• The Art League School Torpedo Factory Alexandria, Virginia
• Certified Precious Metal Clay Artisan since 1999.

  Artistic Influences:

       My jewelry designs are influenced by both the visual and the tactile Whether it's the leaves on trees, the roughness of tree bark, or the intricacies of Japanese textile design, I distill these images into my jewelry with an elegant simplicity.

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