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| A r t i s t: Tai Vautier I recently moved to Lake Oswego, Oregon with my husband and two children..I was born in Denia, Spain in 1974 to eclectic hippie parents. My family spent many years traveling and living in the East and in Europe before moving to Santa Cruz, California, where I grew up. I have been raised in an environment rich in cultural artifacts and spiritual treasures. I hope to capture in my creations the depth of expression of my individuality mixed with a taste and methods of the ancient, which I so love... |
| J e w e l r y All my jewelry is handcrafted by myself. Each piece is unique and one of a kind. I use old world and primitive techniques to achieve my forms. I'm crazy about texture, it's juicy and it's what I enjoy most about making jewelry. My work includes fusing, reticulating, forging, etching, stamping, pressing, embossing, chasing and forming. |
| B a c k g r o u n d My family comes from a long line of artists and art collectors. My father in his younger years was an innovative architect and a merchant with a weakness for antiques. My uncle, Ben Vautier, is a well known dada artist living in Nice, France. And my great grandfather was the Swiss Ambassador to Japan collecting extensive works of Asian art. I am primarily self taught but have taken some metal smithing classes through the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. I have been making and selling my work for 13 years. |
| My work is on display and for sale at these following boutiques and galleries: Corrales Bosque Gallery - Corrales, NM Diane West Gallery - Durango, CO Taos Museum of Art - Taos, NM Sixtysix Sirens - Santa Fe, NM JJ Wells - Boulder, CO Small Craft Advisory, Stone Harbor, NJ Enchantment Resort, Sedona, AZ As Kindred Spirits, Rockville, MD Fire and Rain, Folsom, CA March i Jewelry, Philadelphia, PA Out of Hand, Mt. Pleasant, SC |
