Audrey Peck

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Audrey Peck is a jewelry artist living and working in Oklahoma. For the past 20 years, she has been an active member of the metalsmithing community, participating in exhibitions and teaching jewelry and metalsmithing. 

Peck’s work explores the tension in the edges of our environment, where man-made structures and Mother Nature overlap. With metals and mementos, she explores a balance where natural forces and our built world can sustain each other through a mutual determination to thrive. She uses a combination of new wood pieces and found natural objects collected from her time outside, sometimes on walks or from her family’s land in NE Oklahoma.

Artist Statement

I am a jewelry artist living and working in Oklahoma. In 2014 I completed my MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University and a BFA in Studio Art from Oklahoma State University in 2004. For the last 20 years I have been an active member of the metalsmithing community, participating in exhibitions and teaching jewelry and metalsmithing. My work has appeared in a variety of publications such as the Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey Vol. 2 & 3 as well as the St Louis Post-Dispatch. My work has also appeared in many exhibitions including the Baltimore Jewelry Center, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design, Wayne Art Center, Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center, the Greenville Museum of Art, The Fuller Craft Museum, The Mint Museum, and The Racine Art Museum.

My work explores the tension in the edges of our environment, where man-made structures and Mother Nature overlap. With metals and mementos, I explore a balance, where natural forces and our built world can sustain each other through a mutual determination to thrive. I use a combination of new wood pieces and found natural objects collected from my time outside, whether from a walk or from my family’s land in northeastern Oklahoma. My use of wood is a form of recycling and I enjoy the meditative, tedious nature of piecing the individual bits of wood back together. Finding new bonds for pieces previously cut apart. The material lends itself to being molded and shaped into something new always, as nature finds a way to come back and reclaim its place. In our ever-updating lifestyle that includes fewer quiet moments to enjoy nature unencumbered by technology.

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