Artist Biography

Anastasia Azure interlaces textiles with jewelry metal arts. She combines an ancient cloth-making technique with metalsmithing and contemporary materials to create dimensional weave jewelry.  The gracefulness of supple curves and the beauty of geometry are expressed through undulating forms of metal and monofilament.

Her work has won many awards, most recently two pieces were selected as 2008 Niche award finalists.  She will be featured at the ACC Baltimore show as a 2008 Searchlight Artist. AmericanStyle magazine featured her in the August issue, “Emerging Artists 2007: 10 to Watch.”   Her artwork is published and exhibited nationally as well as internationally.

Presently, Anastasia is beginning her third year as the Fibers Artist in Residence at the Appalachian Center for Craft.  She has earned degrees from the Revere Academy of Jewelry Art in San Francisco in and the California College of Arts and Crafts.

Artist Statement

My artwork revolves around the seamless continuity of a circle.  The universal circle offers protection and perfection, while representing oneness and dynamic balance. 

Weaving embodies rhythm and order.  My jewelry is hand-woven using a traditional floor.  The dimensional-weave technique is an arduous and complex weave structure in which two sets of warps interlace with two sets of wefts, simultaneously producing two distinct layers.

The myriad combinations of interlocking strands and intersecting planes drive my exploration of form. The durability and strength of metal paired with the luminosity and flexibility of monofilament come together as multilayered woven adornment.