Denise Wallace | |
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Born | 1957 |
Nationality | American ( Sugpiaq) |
Known for | Jewelry |
Denise Wallace (born 1957) is a Native American jeweler and member of the Sugpiaq tribe.
Wallace, of Alutiiq descent (also called Sugpiaq Eskimo) was born in 1957 in Seattle. [1] After high school she spent time in Alaska where her grandmother lived. [2] She studied lapidary work and silversmithing in Seattle, and at age 19 began to study at Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe. [3] She received her AA in fine arts from IAIA in 1981. [1] Wallace lived in Santa Fe for twenty years before moving to the Big Island of Hawaii in 1999. [4]
A notable jeweler, Wallace's work exhibits the "major motif of transformation", [5] with movable components including doors, latches, removable parts and hidden compartments. She has stated that the doors are based on traditional masks which sometimes include a face which opens to reveal another face, and described this motif as "a way to show the transformation of the inner spirit of an animal, person, or object". [6] She creates pieces from gold, silver, fossil ivory, coral and semiprecious stones. [1] [7] Wallace also uses fossilized mammoth and mastodon ivory and walrus tusk in her work. [4] The jewelry sometimes includes depictions of figures dressed with Native American textiles and embroidery. She has been called "among the finest jewelry designers of the twentieth century". [2]
Wallace married Samuel Wallace from Virginia, with whom she has two children. [7]
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Denise Wallace | |
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Born | 1957 |
Nationality | American ( Sugpiaq) |
Known for | Jewelry |
Denise Wallace (born 1957) is a Native American jeweler and member of the Sugpiaq tribe.
Wallace, of Alutiiq descent (also called Sugpiaq Eskimo) was born in 1957 in Seattle. [1] After high school she spent time in Alaska where her grandmother lived. [2] She studied lapidary work and silversmithing in Seattle, and at age 19 began to study at Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe. [3] She received her AA in fine arts from IAIA in 1981. [1] Wallace lived in Santa Fe for twenty years before moving to the Big Island of Hawaii in 1999. [4]
A notable jeweler, Wallace's work exhibits the "major motif of transformation", [5] with movable components including doors, latches, removable parts and hidden compartments. She has stated that the doors are based on traditional masks which sometimes include a face which opens to reveal another face, and described this motif as "a way to show the transformation of the inner spirit of an animal, person, or object". [6] She creates pieces from gold, silver, fossil ivory, coral and semiprecious stones. [1] [7] Wallace also uses fossilized mammoth and mastodon ivory and walrus tusk in her work. [4] The jewelry sometimes includes depictions of figures dressed with Native American textiles and embroidery. She has been called "among the finest jewelry designers of the twentieth century". [2]
Wallace married Samuel Wallace from Virginia, with whom she has two children. [7]
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