New series necklace by Tanya Crane. The wood and enamel beads can be moved along the vinyl-beaded cordage for a chance to reconfigure your composition. Wear it how you like it! The vinyl beads used are reclaimed from vintage vinyl records.

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.

WARNING:

Cancer and Reproductive Harm www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

Materials: Cotton cord, reclaimed vinyl beads, enameled copper, wood, silver

32” long