SHIRLEY GOBBLE (NC) SIGNED STERLING & 18KYG ANGEL PENDANT; DESIGNER AND GOLDSMITH SHIRLEY GOBBLE (WINSTON SALEM, NC) CREATES SMALL SCULPTURES AND JEWELRY FROM PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS METALS AND STONES. HER WORK IS BOTH CAST AND FABRICATED. AMONG THE TECHNIQUES SHE USES ARE "MARRIAGE OF METALS", MOKOME, ROLLER MILL TEXTURES, BI-METAL CSTING, FORGING, SURFACE EMBELLISHMENTS, PATINAS, GOLD PLATING, FIBER TECHNIQUES, AND STONE SETTING.
GOBBLE'S WORK CAN BE FOUND IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF BARBRA STREISAND, ERMA BOMBECK, AND IN GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, CHURCHES AND CORPORATIONS FROM SANTA FE TO NEW YORK TO JAPAN.
"MY WORK IS AN EXTENSION OF MYSELF, AND ONE OF MY GREATEST PLEASURES IS DERIVED FROM SEEING ONE OF MY CREATIONS WORN BY SOMEONE WHO ENJOYS AND APPRECIATES IT," GOBBLE SAID.
GOBBLE'S CREATIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN EXHIBITIONS AT SUCH PLACES AS SECCA, NC MUSEUM OF ART, MINT MUSEUM OF ART, ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF ART, RICHMOND CRAFT FAIR, GREEN HILL CENTER FOR NC ART IN GREENSBORO, AND THE BALTIMORE WINTER MARKET.

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