An ongoing series of jewelry featuring historic glass salvaged from the sidewalks of downtown Astoria, Oregon.
Historic Glass
After the great fire in 1922, Astoria had to completely rebuild the downtown area. Vaulted glass lights were installed in the sidewalks to illuminate the underground tunnels. The glass was originally colorless, but after decades of UV exposure the glass changed to an amethyst hue. In 2020, a building owner was having the damaged glass removed from the sidewalk and intended to throw it away, but I was able to salvage the fragments and turn it into a jewelry collection. Read more about the history of this glass here.
Astoria Underfoot brooch Series
2022
A selection of sterling silver and mixed-media brooches featuring the sidewalk glass from a 100-piece installation, originally shown at RiverSea Gallery in Astoria, Oregon. Each grid in the sidewalk has 100 squares of glass. The brooches are representative of the current condition of the squares in the grid.
Hinged bracelet
[sold]
historic sidewalk glass, sterling silver, concrete, resin
fragment ring
historic sidewalk glass, sterling silver