Arctic
Transformations
T h e J e w e
l r y o f D e n i s e & S a m u e l
W a l l a c e
by Lois Sherr Dubin
Original Photography by
Kiyoshi Togashi
Arctic Transformations:
The Jewelry of
Denise and Samuel Wallace
is
a new book featuring the intricate sculptural jewelry created by Denise
Wallace, a Chugach Aleut, and her husband and partner, Samuel Wallace.
The Wallace's innovative jewelry explores a
contemporary style that is rooted in the traditions of Denise's Chugach
culture. It's designs are inspired by the people, animals and the natural
environment of Alaska. The Wallaces are storytellers
who use fossil ivory, silver, and richly colored stones as their medium
rather than words. "My grandmother used to tell work,"
Denise explains, "My main goal
is,me
stories when I was young, and I incorporate some of them into
through my work, to express Alaska Native culture."
page spreads. Each belt is illustrated with its historic and contemporary influences as well as being grouped with the pieces that originally came from or were influenced by it. The belts, which are seen together here for the first time, are artistic and technical masterpieces. Arctic Transformations will accompany a traveling exhibition of the same name.
About
the Author:
Lois Sherr Dubin is the author of the best-selling The History of Beads:
From 30,000 B.C. to the Present (Abrams, 1987); North American
Indian Jewelry and Adornment (Abrams, 1999) and Jesse Monongya:
Opal Bears, and Lapis Skies (Hudson Hills Press, 2002). She is currently
co-curator of "Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry
Arts of the Northwest and Southwest" at the American Museum of Natural
History, New York.
Exhibition Tour Dates:
Anchorage
Museum of History and Art
March 13 -June 19, 2005
Mingei International Museum, San Diego
July 30 - October 16, 2005
Heard
Museum, Phoenix
October 27 -February 6, 2006
National Museum of the American Indian, New York
February 23 - July 30, 2006
Institute
of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe
August 16 - November 5, 2006
hardcover $60 US, $75 CAN
ISBN 0-9743806 -2-8
9 1/2 x 11
240
pages
330 images (300 full color) 3 maps
Foreword: Patricia Wolf, Director, AnchorageMuseum of History and Art
Foreword:
Chuna McIntyre. Central Yup'ik Eskimo
Preface: Roslyn Tunis, Curator, "Arctic Transformations"
Available May 2005
Published
by Easton Studio Press / Theodore Dubin Foundation
To Place an order for an artist and author autographed
copy: Long Ago and Far Away 802-362-3435
or email: longago@sover.net
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