ARTIST INFO
MICHAL LANDO
Brooklyn, NY
michallandodesign.com
METALS | Jewelry
Penland Affiliation | Former Penland Student
Artist Information | Studio artist; exhibitions: MAD About Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show (PA), WEAR | Contemporary Jewelry (Penland Gallery, NC), Bklyn Designs (Brooklyn Museum, NY), CraftNewYork (Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, NY), Guilford Craft Expo (Guilford Green, CT), American Craft Show (San Francisco, CA), Spring Craft Morristown (Morristown Armory, NJ), BIJOUX! (Norton Museum of Art, FL), Touchy Feely (Baltimore Jewelry Center, MD), Materials Hard + Soft (Denton Arts Center, TX), Kaleidoscope (Reinstein|Ross Gallery, NY); publications: Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 3 Wearable Art, Schiffer Publishing.
Artist Statement | Michal began making jewelry after falling in love with nylon mesh, a supple, dramatic and incredibly lightweight material that was once used as a purely structural element in hats and clothing. In my latest work, I use manipulated photographs to explore ways of seeing, and to play on the idea of material. The original material, nylon mesh, a 3-dimensional material which has formed the basis of my work for many years, gets abstracted through the camera lens, and further abstracted through computer manipulations and collage.
Technical Information | Nylon mesh, resin