Maia Leppo, "Amphora Charms"

Materials -  Silicone Cord, Steel Amphora Cut outs, Steel Clasp. Dimensions: 20" L x 1.5" W. About the Artist: Maia graduated from Tufts University in 2008 with a degree in Biology and Community Health. She received training in jewelry and metals from various craft schools, including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pocosin Arts, Penland School of Crafts and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and her Master of Fine Art from SUNY New Paltz.  She has participated in artist residencies at Arrowmont and Fallingwater and has taught around the country including Penland, Arrowmont, Pocosin, and Touchstone.  She currently works out of her studio in the Brewhouse Association on the south side of Pittsburgh. My process is dictated by the limits that I place on myself: the source of inspiration, my process of design and creating, my use of materials, colors and mechanisms. The forms are inspired by botanical elements, abstracted and simplified to their most basic shape. I design much of my w