I make one-of -a-kind fabricated jewelry in sterling silver,gold,mixed metals and enamel copper.
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 | | Removable enamel pins in hand-crafted frame |
 | | Enamel Sculptures |
 | | large enamels in hand-crafted frames |
 | | fabricated sterling,gold and mixed metal jewelry |
 | | fabricated mixed metals wearable sculptures |
 | | "Maggi metal" samples |
 | | New work-Framed enamels that were shown at the Delaware Center for Horticulture at a 3 women show in October 2011
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| | zhibit.org/maggidebaeckestudio
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Media, PA
United States
| I graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969. My major was illustration and after graduation I moved to Philadelphia to begin a career as a fashion illustrator. I worked for Wanamaker and Lit Brothers department stores and within a few years, illustrations for newspapers were replaced with photography. I, and many other illustrators had to find other careers in the arts.
For the next twelve years, while raising 2 daughters,I taught illustration,costume history and design at the Studio School of Art and Design, the Hussian School of Art and the Philadelphia College of Textile and Science.During this time I also began experimenting with metals and jewelry design. Eager to learn more about jewelry making I enrolled in the metals program at Tyler School of Art.To augment my education and hone my technical jewelry making skills I took workshops at craft schools, such as, Penland, Haystack, Peters Valley and Touchstone.Gradually I began to improve my skills as a... |
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