Legacy Antique Sterling Jewelry

Margaret Paul has been an artist with Edgewater Gallery for seven years excelling at her unique style of making silver jewelry from antique sterling flatware. She takes trips regularly to Europe to seek out those special finds of ornate, intricate, well known old-world styles of sterling flatware which she then brings into her Ft Bragg studio where she creates her one-of-a-kind works of wearable art. In parallel to her jewelry for the September Featured Artist show, she will be bringing in some of her rarely viewed watercolor paintings and ceramic mosaics.

A few years ago, a visitor came to Edgewater Gallery who had recently lost her husband. She bought several of Margaret’s nicest, oldest rings. She was so inspired by Margaret’s work that she soon came back and commissioned Zodiac rings for all her children. She took them to the beach, and they arrayed their hands in the sand displaying the beauty of the rings. It was a sweet bonding moment for the family after the death of a loved one.

Margaret states, “I really love working with porcelain because it is so dense, it can be indoor or outdoor. I use unique crochet pieces to create extraordinary textures on my pieces. When the glaze is applied and fired, wonderful things happen! “The color of the glaze .”

In 2002, Margaret activated the Young Artists Program at the Mendocino Art Center, providing a wide variety of art experiences for the children here on the coast. In addition, she taught workshops in ceramic mosaics at MAC, culminating in a community public works project in Fort Bragg at the Veterans’ Memorial Hall in 2010.

You can view her work at Edgewater Gallery Fridays – Sundays 11-5, on their website, on Margaret’s website: www.antiquesterlingcreations.com or by appointment in her studio by calling 707 964-9483