EXPO ‘Nikki Couppee: Hologems’ – Gallery Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (USA) – 11 Mai-19 Juin 2016

Nikki Couppee: Hologems
Velvet da Vinci

Artist’s Reception: Friday, May 13, 2016, 6-8pm

 Nikki Couppee’s recent work talks about the different functions jewelry performs in society. Objects of personal adornment have the ability to define a person’s social statues, serve as a redeemable investment and perform on a psychological level. Working with everyday materials like Plexiglass, brass, and found objects in place of precious gems and metals she intuitively creates her own versions of gemstones, hand cast and faceted in luminescent plastics. In the series Hologems, Couppee combines holographic and synthetic materials with resins, creating fantastical frozen corsage brooches, lustrous, glow-in-the-dark gems, and collaged ornaments that are at once over-the-top and elegant. The work is further inspired by growing up on the beach in Florida, the 90’s, Crown Jewels, and costume jewelry

Nikki Couppee Large Corsage Brooch, Plexiglass, brass, found object, steel, (glow in the dark)

 Nikki Couppee Beach Kid Brooch, Plexiglass, brass, found object, steel

Nikki Couppee, Neogem Crystal Drops, Plexiglass, brass, sterling silver, fine silver, film

Nikki Couppee, Glow Brooch, 2016, Plexiglass, brass, sterling silver, fine silver, film (and  as seen in the dark)

Nikki Couppee Hologem Necklace with Red Leather

 

Nikki received an MFA in Jewelry/Metals from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (2011) and a BFA from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia in Jewlery/Metals (2007). Her work has been featured in publications such as American Craft, Metalsmith Magazine, Modern Magazine, Vogue Brazil, Dailycandy, and Lark Book’s 500 Enameled Objects. Couppee has taught enameling and jewelry/metals techniques at Kent State University, The Cleveland Institute of Art, and The Crucible in West Oakland, CA. Originally from Pensacola Beach, FL, Nikki currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area

 

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