CHOC of the BLUES ! Raïssa Bump

Raïssa Bump

« My work is an investigation of clothing patterns, weave structures, architecture and bits of nature. I allude to these explorations without suggesting a literal reference. Front could be back, top could be bottom, what is visible, what is concealed; many layers are parts to a whole. My process allows for me to add and take way, to see, feel, respond, question and remember.
I get clues from the inherent nature of different materials. Using them within the same piece, employing repetition and shifting of scales to highlight these intrinsic qualities. Surfaces reflect light or absorb it…shadows that distort or accentuate. Various patterns, colors, textures and surface treatments interact; their juxtaposition is key and often surprising. It is a way of organizing thoughts and guiding ones eye throughout a piece. Collage.
What is seen depends on the light, the color the clothing that is being worn, or the mood ones in; there are multiple solutions to the same problem. It is about acknowledging a moment in time. Working with materials in hand, labor, an unfolding of ideas. The act of dressing and adorning. These expressions of nonverbal communication become a record, a reflection. They connect us individually and as a culture with our past and with our future. »

ACTUALITY : RAÏSSA BUMP « Seeing the Familiar » May 24–June 19, 2014 at Sienna Gallery

Raïssa Bump – Brooch: Together Constellation, 2013 – Sterling silver, silverlined crystal beads – 16.5×2.5×1.3cm

Raïssa Bump – Necklace: Confused Constellation, 2013 – Oxidized sterling silver, 24k & copper lined crystal beads, glass beads

 

Raïssa Bump – Necklace: Variation Constellation, 2013 – Oxidized sterling silver, glass beads

 

Raïssa Bump – Necklace: Together Constellation, 2013 – Sterling silver, glass beads

 

Raïssa Bump – Brooch: Sky Constellation, 2013 – Oxidized sterling silver, glass beads – 6.4×4.6×3.2cm

 Raïssa Bump – Brooch: Opposite Constellation, 2013 – Oxidized sterling silver, glass beads – 5×7.6×2.5cm

EXPO ‘Sparkle Plenty 8’ – Quirk Gallery, Richmond (US) – 31 Oct.-24 Dec. 2013

‘Sparkle Plenty 8′  at  Quirk Gallery

Our annual Sparkle Plenty Show is back with a sparkly vingence. This years show features six of our newest most sparkly Quirk Represents Jewelry Artists :  Ashley Buchanan – Raissa Bump – Rachel Timmins – Meghan Patrice Riley – Tara Locklear – Nikki Couppee 

One of the earrings made by Tara Locklear for « SparklePlenty8″

Nikki Couppee

Ashley Buchanan – Decorative Bangles 2012 hand-cut brass and powder coat 

Rachel Timmins rings – « Metamorphosis, mutation, otherness, comfort and building a place to belong are concepts that are prominently featured in my work and in how I choose to live my life. Modification has changed the way that I see myself and the way the rest of the world responds to my appearance. »

Rachel Timmins « diamond » ring

 Meghan Patrice Riley

Quirk Gallery

311 W BROAD ST.
RICHMOND, VA 23220 – USA

RAISSA BUMP selected works at Sienna Gallery (Lenox, MA, USA) – 21-25 Aout 2013

Sienna Gallery – August 22  RAISSA BUMP selected works

Raissa Bump is an artist born in the North East who is currently working in the San Francisco Bay area. She works in collaboration, joining materials and techniques of the clothing and jewelry she is making. Her inspiration often stems from the incredible history of all that is worn on the body–she is thrilled to contribute her own designs to the rich history of adornment! Raissa received her BFA with honors from Rhode Island School of Design and also studied in Florence, Italy at Alchimia School of Contemporary Jewelry with Giampaolo Babetto. Enriched by a curiosity in the parallel, yet sometimes blurry line between jewelry and apparel, Raissa’s work is fueled by a direct response to contrasting materials that when together create complementary relationships.

Raïssa Bump

« My work is an investigation of clothing patterns, weave structures, architecture and bits of nature. I allude to these explorations without suggesting a literal reference. Front could be back, top could be bottom, what is visible, what is concealed; many layers are parts to a whole. My process allows for me to add and take way, to see, feel, respond, question and remember. I get clues from the inherent nature of different materials. Using them within the same piece, employing repetition and shifting of scales to highlight these intrinsic qualities. Surfaces reflect light or absorb it.shadows that distort or accentuate. Various patterns, colors, textures and surface treatments interact; their juxtaposition is key and often surprising. It is a way of organizing thoughts and guiding ones eye throughout a piece. What is seen depends on the light, the color the clothing that is being worn, or the mood ones in; there are multiple solutions to the same problem. It is about acknowledging a moment in time. Working with materials in hand, labor, an unfolding of ideas. The act of dressing and adorning. These expressions of nonverbal communication become a record, a reflection. They connect us individually and as a culture with our past and with our future.« 

Raïssa Bump

Raïssa Bump

Raïssa Bump

 

 

Sienna Gallery
80 Main Street
Lenox, MA 01240 USA
[phone] 8386
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EXPO ‘COSTUME COSTUME’ – Sienna Gallery, Lenox (USA) – 4 Juill.-31 Aout 2011

COSTUME COSTUME Part II
Guest curated by Arthur Hash.

COSTUME COSTUME (an opulent project) is a collection of work made by emerging contemporary art jewelers. It is an exploration of costume jewelry as subject ; jewelry about jewelry.
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We are thrilled to have Arthur Hash curate a selection of new designers and artists to expand the COSTUME COSTUME collection! View select pieces online or model entire collection in the Costume Costume Photobooth at Sienna Gallery in Lenox, Massachusetts..

« Pink Thinks » – Erin Rose Gardner for TOP  (The Opulent Project)

 

Current and past artists include Sarah Abramson, Mikael Arsjö, Kate Bauman, Michael Dale Bernard, Thyra Bessette, Allyson Bone, Jenny Bradley, Raissa Bump, Sarah Kate Burgess, Alice Jee Chung, David Choi, Meg Drinkwater, Anne M. Fiala, Erin Gardner, Maricha Genovese, Anna Hinkes, Rory Hooper, Soyeon Kim, Courtney Kemp, Seohee Koh, Tara Locklear, Sarah Loertscher, Julia Elizabeth Louise, Edgar Mosa, Jimin Park, Mary Hallam Pearse, RT Peters, Katie Poterala, Cynthia Rohrer, Earl Ross, Leslie Skalin, Theresa Sterner, Monika Strasser, Kristi Sword, Islay Taylor, Melissa Tolar, Stephanie Tomczak, Ben Ulsh
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Sienna Gallery debuted the project last April at SOFA NY where we installed a photobooth. This format provided visitors with an experience outside of the typical museum-like presentation of jewelry and objects at SOFA. We encouraged people to have fun interacting with our jewelry. Viewers instantly became wearers, modeling our jewelry for a printed souvenir photo-strip. And in some sense the wearer became a « collector » and jewelry became « collected » through physical printed image and solidified through social media.

Islay Taylor  – pro nailz – gold plated bronze, hand painted acrylic nails

 

Sienna Gallery
80 Main Street
Lenox, MA 01240
T [413] 637-8386
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