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Linda MacNeil | |
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| Born | April 14, 1954 Amesbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | University of the Arts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
| Alma mater | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Spouse | Dan Dailey |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Linda MacNeil (born April 14, 1954)[1] is an American abstract artist, sculptor, and jeweler. She works with glass and metal specializing in contemporary jewelry that combines metalwork with glass to create wearable sculpture. Her focus since 1975 has been sculptural objets d’art and jewelry, and she works in series. MacNeil’s jewelry is considered wearable sculpture[2] and has been her main focus since 1996.
MacNeil is married to American glass sculptor, Dan Dailey.[3] “MacNeil’s artistic relationship with her husband is distinguished between their very different aesthetic approaches to glass as medium. Dailey is known for his often witty use of glass in narrative constructions. MacNeil is more abstract, allowing the material to be itself. It is a philosophical divide between the celebration of form and materiality and the championing of human intellectual vector as applied to the material”[4]
It is noted that MacNeil is “A master metalsmith in every respect. MacNeil focusses on jewelry which allows her to create wearable sculpture.” Modern Magazine, and “Linda is considered one of America’s foremost jewelry artists, a reputation earned through her emphasis on imagination and technical virtuosity.” The Mint Museum, Sculptural Radiance exhibition.[5] The impact of her work is acknowledged, “the development of this innovative jeweler’s stunning aesthetic and her position within the history of jewelry and adornment enhances both the fields of glass and jewelry.”[6][7]
- ^ Taragin, Davira Spiro; Brite, Jane Fassett (1993). Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection. Hudson Hills Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-55595-073-6.
- ^ Ilse-Neuman, Ursula (Spring 2017). "Glass Rocks". Modern magazine. pp. 84–88 – via issuu.
- ^ Klein, Dan (1989). Glass: A Contemporary Art. Random House Incorporated. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8478-1081-9.
- ^ Taragin, Davira Spiro (2017). Linda MacNeil : jewels of glass. Museum of Glass. Tacoma, Washington. ISBN 978-3-89790-471-2. OCLC 946478368.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Sculptural Radiance: The Jewelry & Objects of Linda MacNeil". www.mintmuseums.org. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ "Archive: Jewels of Glass". Museum of Glass. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ "Linda MacNeil: Wearable Glass Jewelry". showcasemedialive.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.