pinswithapast

History

Member for

37 weeks 3 days

Artist

Artist Name(s): 

Judith Klein

Location: 

Beverly, MA

Judith Klein hangs out on street corners, at busy intersections and auto body shops, in breakdown lanes and motorcycle graveyards, on construction sites and junkyards, collecting small pieces of metal that have fallen off speeding cars or been discarded from old homes. She then treats the metal before combining pieces and adding semi-precious stones - amethysts, garnets, peridots, opals, pearls - to create one-of-a-kind pins, pendants and earrings.
Her favorite haunts? Route 128 in her hometown of Beverly, MA, the intersection of Routes 133 and 1, the lower East Side of New York, Maurice Avenue in Queens, and the street in front of Bagel World in Danvers, MA. “It’s a risky business,” she admits, “but someone’s got to do it.”

Website: 

http://www.pinswithapast.com