Be.Jeweled

First: It’s the people in the photographs. Mixed Media Artist, RICHARDSON collects the black & white images at estate sales and second hand stores. The people in the photographs call her name: “Are you curious, Gae?” She is, and she takes them home and studies the slight smiles. The vacant stares. The quiet hands. The chairs. The tables. The clothes. They are someone’s lost friends and family. Gae decoupages the antique photographs to create a layer of texture and depth that brightens the scuffed and faded patina on the paper - revealing long forgotten curtains hanging in the background and soft curls in carefully pinned hair. Second: It's the story. How are the people related to each other? GAE observes the frozen expressions and the uncomfortable stiff postures in the photographs, and at once she understands what they are trying to say, she sets the stage. RICHARDSON reveals the secret they are keeping by attaching a piece of abandoned vintage jewelry to the photograph that will tell the story to her audience. You. GAE matches each embellished photograph to a deconstructed vintage frame and tucks it inside a black shadow box to create the finished: BE.jeweled “THINK BOX” - adding a carefully chosen quote that narrates the story. The rest is up to You, Dear Curious Friend, as you think about what an old photograph has to say aver being discovered again. Is this the beginning... or the end of a story? At CSPS Hall Fri, Feb 13 @ 5:30 p.m.