LYDIA MARTIN
United States

“My jewelry is a record of intentions and consequences, of what happens when skill meets material. Manipulating silver into enlarged, exaggerated traditional forms, I seek to bring focus to small moments that might otherwise be overlooked. Applying external, physical pressure creates distortions that reveal the limits of materiality, while skillful reconstruction seeks to make whole what was fragmented.’’

Martin has exhibited national and internationally, featured in shows in Rochester, New York City, California, Switzerland, the Netherlands, London, Denmark and Germany, among other places.