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Caitie Sellers
In 2008 I spent the summer teaching jewelry-making lessons to women in rural communities near Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, and helping them create a line of fair trade jewelry that is now sold in the U.S. My memories of that experience inform the work I am currently making.
I am interested in highlighting the overlooked beauty of urban Guatemala. All the gritty, rusted, and stubborn signs of humanity that get overlooked by the tourist and taken for granted by the resident are my curiosities. I find this city beautiful for its inhabitants and the way they shape my memory. Each piece in this series memorializes a place, a person, or a feeling that I still carry with me years later.
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Caitie Sellers
Backstreets, wall sculpture with removable brooch
Steel and sterling silver
8” x 10” x 5”
Caitie Sellers detail
Street View, brooch with wall mount, 2009
Steel and sterling silver
5” x 4.5” x 1.25”
Caitie Sellers
detail of brooch
Backstreets, wall sculpture with removable brooch
Steel and sterling silver
8” x 10” x 5”
Caitie Sellers
Detail of Backstreets, wall sculpture with removable brooch
Steel and sterling silver
8” x 10” x 5”
Caitie Sellers
Window Bar Jewelry Series
sterling silver, steel
earrings
bracelets
rings
sizes vary
Caitie Sellers detail
View from Parque Central, wall sculpture
Steel and sterling silver
6.25” x 6” x 3.5”
Caitie Sellers detail
La Iglesia, wall sculpture
Steel and sterling silver
7” x 6” x 4”
Caitie Sellers detail
Tejutla, wall sculpture
Steel and sterling silver
6.25” x7” x 5”
Caitie Sellers detail
Dona Mileda’s Flowers, earrings with stand
Steel and sterling silver
6.5” x 6.25” x 2”