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Bonnie Meltzer
Artwork and Writing Portfolio |
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Bonnie Meltzer
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Bonnie Meltzer makes mixed-media constructions from a variety of unusual materials: crocheted wire, recycled computer parts, painted surfaces and digital photography. The juxtaposition of all these materials and techiques makes for fascinating subject matter and rich surfaces. She uses a Macintosh computer both as a design tool and to make photographic elements of her constructions. Computer parts make up a line of one-of-kind computer jewelry. See her fun, gorgeous and unique computer jewelry on the jewelry page. Although many of the pieces on this site are happily hung on walls or on necks throughout the country, some of the works are available for sale. Commissions are gladly accepted. To better understand the design process of a commission see the Portrait of a Commission page on this site. It is the actual proposal that was submitted to a client. |
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Several long term series make up Bonnie Meltzer's artwork. |
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Some of the works inspired by Northwest totem poles from an exhibition at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center in June 2003 |
Drowning In Paper Installation |
One of a kind jewelry made out of the recycled materials. Fun to wear, always attracts attention and is affordable, too |
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Commemorative & Ceremonial Artworks Works made with the client, location, idea and budget in mind. Two works shown were gifts to institutions. |
Digital Photography is a major part of this group of mixed- media constructions. See paper portraits printed on maps. Have your portrait taken and printed on a map. |
Very partisan social & political commentary |
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Long before Meltzer was a Macintosh user she would buy surplus computer parts because of their beauty. This series uses those found objects but also uses computers as subject matter. |
Amphora Series
Ideas in form and content from Greek Vases. Some of these are crocheted wire while others are cut out circuit boards combined with digital photographs that portray life as it is now rather than as it was in ancient Greece. |
Memory Quilt Series
coming soon |
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Artisan Northwest
Winter 2006 Summer 2005 A beautiful new magazine about art in Oregon, Idaho Alaska, Montana and Washington. Read the article from the Summer 2005 issue, Everything Old is New Again, in pdf format |
Oregon Public Broadcasting 2005 Calendar
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American Style, August 2004
"An Evergreen Scene" |
Crafts Report, March 2004
"Crafts Looking up in the Pacific Northwest" |
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Textile Tecniques In Metal
Arline Fisch The second edition of this book has two works New book on crocheted jewelry by Arline Fisch will be out in 2006 |
Meltzer uses her Macintosh computer and her Nikon digital camera to make artwork. Print Computer Bits, not in publication, article soon as pdf. |
Crochet Books from the 1970's
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Recycler Art:
Dead computer parts come alive, April 2001 An article written by Meltzer in Computer Bits Magazine about how Bonnie Meltzer and other artists use computer parts as art materials. In pdf format |
An article written for Computer Bits Magazine about Portland Open Studio's artists who use computers to create artwork. Print and web. soon in pdf format |
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Art and Computer Education Articles Written by Bonnie Meltzer
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Article about teaching kids to make original art on a computer. originally published by the International Society for Technology in Education in Learning and Leading with Technology. This article is in PDF format and is on this site. |
Another article about teaching art on the computer originally published in Library Talk by Linworth Publishing, Inc. |
Article on "From Now On" Site, Originally published in Learning and Leading With Technology |
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