Here’s a little sample

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30493123@N04/sets/72157624218857636/

http://www.atcrux.com/2010/04/23/dead-pieces-of-cables-speak-in-self-portrait-of-an-artist/

sweet use of recycled wires!

that’s all for now

xoxo

Okay well! Let’s see here….life is delightfully falling into place lately, so time to return to full dedication to this blog. I’ve posted some new necklaces [in the One of A Kind section] and as always we’d love your feedback. I’ve been having a lot of fun lately creating sculptural pearl work, taking an old, traditional favorite of mine and reinventing it. I’m also getting back into using different materials, such as fibers, to create crocheted pieces. More or less, this spring is about full on experimentation, and working to combine and fuse together a whole variety of the different types of “crafts” that I have gotten familiar with over the year.

In addition to the work Nathan and I have been producing, I’m going to just take a minute and share some other awesome work that I’ve stumbled across…..

Take a look!

My latest finds, since everyone who knows me knows I’m always after something different….. [click images for more info n stuff ]

Love these

This too!

Anyway, I thought I would offer up some of the art I’ve been working on this year, hope you enjoy…

much love

Nathan

I wanted to give you all a sneak peak of something new I’m working on. Each of these sterling charms represents something near and dear to me, and I hope you enjoy them. I have a bunch of new work that should be hitting the shelves very soon!

xo,

Mel

With our store hopefully opening in the next few days, Melanie and I wanted to put up all of Melanie Lynn Design’s general policies to clear up any confusion on the retail side of things. This information will remain up as a reference, and if any subsequent changes are made, we will notify everyone via this blog.

Shipping

Items will be shipped, whenever possible, the next business day after their order.
We will always contact you ASAP to let you know when the item will be shipped. Items are shipped USPS at this time.

Shipping is free.

Refunds and Exchanges

All sales are final. Exchanges are welcome. Refunds are only offered if there is an error on our part or if an item arrives broken. If an item is faulty you must contact us within 3 days of receiving the item for a refund/exchange.

Refunds will not be given without prior written consent.

Melanie Lynn Design, LLC cannot be held responsible for lost packages. With regards to international mailing, customs seem to have been moving very slow lately, especially going through Royal Mail to the UK. Your patience and understanding is appreciated on international orders.

There are no returns or exchanges on custom items. Please consider this when ordering a custom item.

Additional Policies and FAQs

If you have a query regarding your order, please email the date of purchase and the item(s) purchased. This makes things much easier for everyone.

If your purchase is a gift and you would like to exclude the price from the invoice, just let us know.

Never hesitate to contact us at melanie@melanielynndesign.com if you have any questions or comments!

You Stay Classy Internet,

Nathan

The following is my artist’s statement concerning the body of work and what inspired me in this process. While this blog will mostly express thoughts and visuals relating to Melanie Lynn Design, I would love to share as much of myself as an artist, as possible with you all.

Entropy: Endemic, Epidemic, Pandemic

Entropy explores the concept of entropy and its place in and on the human body. Many of the patterns in Entropy are inspired by medical imagery, primarily enlarged views of cell colonies (particularly those of diseases) reproducing, developing and overtaking their host. I was initially drawn to a series of images revealing close-up views of a variety of diseases. These images are incredibly beautiful, filled with repeating patterns and fractal-like designs. That beauty can be found in something considered so debilitating is a very intriguing juxtaposition. I have since been working with these models to design several pieces of jewelry referencing these patterns. This body of work is an attempt to bring that which lies beneath the skin to the surface, changing the destructive into the beautiful.

In finding beauty in the unlikely place of the world of microscopic diseases, I hope to subvert traditional stigmas regarding what is socially accepted as “beautiful”.  I was curious in creating this work to see if conceptions of what is attractive would shift when viewers are informed that the work is based on the structure of debilitating diseases. If the viewer does, on first look, find the work “beautiful” will this remain to be the case upon finding out what the work is based on, or would the viewer be appalled that beauty could be found in devastating organisms.

Additionally, several of the patterns that were used in composing Entropy were developed in response to results gained from my use of John Conway’s “Game of Life”. “Life” is a physics model that, upon being set with starting variables, creates a visual representation of the way diseases spread through a given population. These three pieces,

Endemic, Epidemic and Pandemic, will follow the stages of growth of a disease, visualized as growth on the body, starting with endemic, moving to epidemic and finally pandemic.

In, Endemic, phase one, the outbreak is isolated, and is represented by a neckpiece and a wrist piece displayed on an extended hand that reaches towards phase two, Epidemic. Epidemic contains a neckpiece, two hand pieces and a variety of assorted brooches, representing the more widened spread of the outbreak. Finally, the last phase, Pandemic, contains one wrist piece and a vast quantity of brooches, varying in size from 5mm to several inches, both in 2D and 3D to showcase different levels of outbreak. This phase of the exhibition also includes tiny brooches each representing a cell cluster. These will be available to be worn by viewers enabling them to interact with this phase and expand the spreading of the “disease” throughout the exhibition.

By working in great quantities of small silicon rings I am able to not only create the illusion of growth, but also create a “fabric” of sorts, a highly flexible object that moves as its wearer moves, appearing fragile yet remaining incredibly resilient. This flexible nature allows pieces such as the larger pins, each having more than one pin stem, to be fixed around curves of the body, so that they follow the movements of the wearer.  Each piece captures a frozen moment in this simulated expansion, yet will leave viewers with the feeling that the cells may shift at any second.

Thanks for stopping by,

Melanie

]]> http://melanielynndesign.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=25 0 http://melanielynndesign.com/blog/?p=17 http://melanielynndesign.com/blog/?p=17#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:31:55 +0000 Nathan http://melanielynndesign.com/blog/?p=17 Welcome to the beginning!

This website has been long in the making and we’re excited to finally have the proper outlet to share our current and future art. Many thanks to our web designer, Cody Schatzle, for all his hard work.

When we decided to go into business together, one of the first things Melanie and I discussed was customer interaction; it is all too common for there to be a disconnect between people and product. The purpose and hope of this blog is to offer you a direct look at what Melanie Lynn Design essentially is: two emerging artists excited to share their craft with the world.

Check back often. We’re hoping to fill this page with updates, insight, the occasional rant, future designs and photographs of jewelry and our workspace.

We’re incredibly proud of the jewelry we have to offer and you can expect new lines as our business grows; Mel has been blessed with a mind that never stops creating.

Feel free to e-mail with any questions, comments, or feedback.

Happy Holidays,

Nathan