SILAGE

L U K E T O W N E

ARTIST | JEWELER

SELECTED WORKS

I grew up overturning stones to look for fossils in a creek bed outside my home in upstate New York. I felt stones marked with fossils and rounded by the flowing creek embodied a sense of place- their own histories briefly intersected with mine. My work bridges my curiosity of found objects with an exploration of the materiality of stone and metal as a response to the intangible qualities of objects, bodies and landscapes.

Mirage; Or A Slow, Uncertain Doom.
Composite stone made from bone ash and limestone powder.
Sterling silver, iron, steel.
Brooch.
75 x 90 mm.

Silage; Or Monoliths in the Worried Ground.
Composite bone ash and limestone powder, sterling silver, steel.
Brooch.
58 x 125 mm.

Charred Fields, Burnt Skies.
Composite bone ash and limestone powder, sterling silver, steel.
Brooch.
56 x 90 mm.

Cinders Fall on Empty Fields.
Composite bone ash and limestone powder, sterling silver, steel.
Brooch.
56 x 90 mm.

Dirge; Or Lashing Rye in the Downpour.
Composite bone ash and limestone powder, sterling silver, steel
Brooch.
50 x 120 mm.