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My jewelry is inspired by the natural
world. I am fascinated by cliffs revealing layers of sedimentary
rock. I believe that the images that I see on my daily walks, give
me a vocabulary. I often stop to sketch , or pick up a stone or
a piece of bark. These small objects sit on my drawing table for
weeks, sometimes years. When I sit down to design new pieces I look
to them for inspiration, and try to convey something of what I see
in them to others. I am also drawn to architectural symbols such
as windows or doors.
 The
creation of art begins for me as a journey into a intuitive and
playful part of myself. I strive to remain open to the creative
process and let the pieces that I make come through me. To some
degree I will influence this creation with the experience I have
as a designer and perhaps more importantly through my experiences
of being alive. My sketches are loose, fluid, fast, using drafting
and colored pencils. Often these sketches also sit unused for many
weeks until I am ready to hone the designs to working drawings.
It
is the second phase of the process where I look for the beautiful
line, and the design elements that I find interesting. My work is
often described as painterly. I don't feel that I am a jewelry designer
more than I am an artist working on a very small scale with materials
I fell in love with at age nineteen.
I
saw my first enamels at a local craft fair some 26 years ago and
was inspired to purchase a kiln and sign up for a class. My quest
for knowledge took me to Buffalo to study with renowned enamelist
Bill Helwig, and on to an apprenticeship with Philadelphia jeweler
Barbara Mail.
I
attended Empire State College, a university without walls program
associated with the State University of New York System. Through
this program I was able to concentrate in the study of my chosen
media of enameling, and earned a BPA ( the equivalent of a BFA)
degree in 1978. I continued my study at the Penland School of Crafts
in North Carolina where I was a scholarship student from 1980-84.
Carly Wright lives in upstate New
York with her husband and two children.
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