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A necklace
made from
multi-
coloured
wire balls.
A pretty, heart- Joan's 'Pretty
shaped pendant. Penny Purse'.
Joan Dulla jewellery
D
iscover the award-winning artist,
Joan Dulla, who’s used crochet to
turn wire into these beautiful metal
sculptures and wearable art.
“
bills (called MY 401K), and crochet purses using US
When I coins. Every piece Joan makes is original and one
crochet, noise
of her most intriguing works is a life-size, crocheted
spinal cord, called ‘Emily’s Fine’, made when her
Based in Arizona, USA, Joan started by making disappears as daughter fell out of a tree and broke her C-5 vertbrae.
jewellery, using 18k gold, fi ne silver, niobium and
I get lost in
Joan certainly enjoys her work and says: “When I
coloured copper wire. She says: “In 1986, I started crochet wire, it soothes me. As the wire runs through
classes as a metalsmith. People said my pendants the process, my hands, I feel the coldness of the metal heat as I
were amazing and deserved a handmade chain, but
which fi lls
stretch and pull. The air seems to fl oat as I shape the
it took me three years of bleeding fi ngers and much metal. Noise disappears as I get lost in the process,
cursing before I mastered it. Now, after many years, my soul and which fi lls my soul and makes my heart sing.”
I can make a chain in three hours. I am still learning
makes my
Joan’s work is on display at many galleries across
about the process though. It is so exciting!” the USA, from Florida to Illinois, as well as at www.
She’s since extended her range to include teapots, heart sing. joandulla.com. A small portion is available to buy on
various sculptures, jewellery using shredded dollar
”
Etsy, at www.joan963.etsy.com, from around $25.
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