Images(2)

Pins

Artist Jeff Markel

Dateca.1945-48

Mediumvarious media embedded in clear acrylic

Dimensions2 1/4 × 2 × 1 3/8 in. (5.7 × 5.1 × 3.5 cm)
2 × 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.1 × 5.7 × 1 cm)

ClassificationsJewelry & Adornment

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum; gift of Armand G. Winfield

Object numberPC2002.46.4

DescriptionA pin with two elements made from a piece of wood encased in plastic by Jeff Markel. The wood is worked into an organic shape with raised vertical and horizontal lines throughout. A portion of the wood has been carved out to create a lower register. Attached to the center of the wood is a form made from a green and brownish-green material that looks like it is organic.

The second element of the pin is made from a piece of wood with black fabric layered over a significant part of the surface of the wood. A metal wire runs along the bottom of the wood material and intersects the surface of the pin at the top of the form. These layered elements are encased in plastic. The wood, fabric, and metal are worked into overlapping organic shapes. Jeff Markel collaborated with Armand Winfield who is known as a pioneer in using embedded plastics to make jewelry. He and his brother Rodney assembled a group of art students from the Cooper Union in New York to make miniature artworks that were then embedded in plastic.

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