ALLISON READ SMITH

ALLISON READ SMITH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WHERE HER UPBRINGING WAS A CREATIVE AND CURIOUS ENVIRONMENT. STORYTELLING AND A STRONG SENSE OF HUMOR ALLOWED FOR LONG CONTEMPLATIONS OF ELEMENTS OF LIFE. IN HER JEWELRY COLLECTION, ALLISON USES FOUND OBJECTS AND MATERIALS TO CREATE A UNIQUE AND IMAGINARY WORLD WHERE THE OBJECTS THAT SURROUND US TAKE ON A NEW AND GREATER SIGNIFICANCE. BOTH NAIVE AND POIGNANT, THESE ODD SCALED OBJECTS FORM A WITTY AND UNSETTLING GROUP, ADDING UP TO A LARGER NARRATIVE. EVERY WEARABLE JEWELRY IS SCULPTED BY HAND AS A UNIQUE PIECE. WHILE PERTAINING TO THE SAME SERIES, NO TWO PIECES ARE THE SAME: THESE SYMBOLIC OBJECTS ARE EACH INDIVIDUALLY SIGNIFICANT.