Virginia Causey (Category: Jewelry | Metals)

Beginning - Advanced Jewelry/Metals, PMC

Teaching has been my foremost focus for decades. But creating and exhibiting my work locally, nationally, and internationally have also been important key aspects in my life. My art work starts with detailed record keeping in sketchbooks on how I view the natural world around us. Vague sketches develop into line drawings with hints of color. I then continue to draw and write a technical and mechanical outline on how to create the piece step by step. I began this detailed process when I lost the ability to create three-dimensional rotating and colored images in my in mind, which was something I had believed would be a constant throughout my life—surprise. I can’t quite accomplish it any longer so my pencil became my new best friend. I enjoy pushing myself to an artistic edge to create new and exciting work that I then share with my students. Most of my work evolves through a process of trial and error and involves many fabricating skills. I’m foremost a teacher, silversmith, and fabricating jeweler that uses non-ferrous metals and stones. I’m compassionate and committed to passing my skills and abilities on to my students.