This pendant is made of a handmade element using enamel over copper which moves on an oxidized sterling silver frame. Tanya hand-draws the design using a scratch away method called sgraffito. The pendant is fired in a kiln at 1500 degrees and Tanya adds an additional top layer of enamel that is fired to a sugar coat for added texture and interest. The oxidized sterling silver body gives the pendant depth and presence. The pendant hangs on at 31” oxidized sterling silver chain.

Tanya Monique Crane describes her art as existing in a liminal space between prejudice and privilege. As a child she experienced a “dual existence,” splitting her time between a white middle-class neighborhood and a predominantly working-class Black neighborhood in South Central LA. This experience has deeply informed her work, with many of her large-scale pieces reflecting on her lived experience with race.

Crane received her MFA in Metalsmithing + Jewelry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her BFA in Metal from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Crane is a Professor of the Practice in Metals at the School Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts.

Size: 4” long x 2-1/2” wide on a 31” sterling silver chain