Anne Pyne Irving is a Providence-based artist and maker trained in jewelry and metalsmithing. At the University of the Arts' Craft and Materials department in Philadelphia, her studies in craft began with fine woodworking and widened to metalsmithing, as she became attuned to the technical precision, bodily choreography, and material demands that set each discipline apart. Following the closing of the department, she continued on to receive her BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was a Windgate Foundation Scholar. She went on to complete the Alloy Fellowship at the Steel Yard, and now teaches metalsmithing to youth and adults in the Providence community. Her practice is drawn towards precious metals and biological ephemera in light of their intrinsic themes of grasping, possession, potential, and desire. Her work has been exhibited across the U.S. and internationally, including recent shows in New York USA, Munich DE, and Canberra AUS.
Anne Pyne Irving is a Providence-based artist and maker trained in jewelry and metalsmithing. At the University of the Arts' Craft and Materials department in Philadelphia, her studies in craft began with fine woodworking and widened to metalsmithing, as she became attuned to the technical precision, bodily choreography, and material demands that set each discipline apart. Following the closing of the department, she continued on to receive her BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was a Windgate Foundation Scholar. She went on to complete the Alloy Fellowship at the Steel Yard, and now teaches metalsmithing to youth and adults in the Providence community. Her practice is drawn towards precious metals and biological ephemera in light of their intrinsic themes of grasping, possession, potential, and desire. Her work has been exhibited across the U.S. and internationally, including recent shows in New York USA, Munich DE, and Canberra AUS.
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