Liz Clark is a maker and metalsmith living and working in Providence, RI. She received her BFA in Crafts/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Liz’s work investigates and celebrates the language of flowers and their meaning. Often incorporating kinetic elements, her work creates a symbiotic relationship between it and the wearer. The jewelry relies upon the wearer for movement that sets the kinetic elements in motion. Without the wearer, the work remains dormant.
Flowers are more than objects of beauty and admiration, they are objects of rhetoric and speak their feelings with far more force and tenderness than words can describe. In Victorian times, flowers were used to send messages. From the simple ‘Forget Me Not’ whose name denotes its meaning to the Asphodel lily which symbolizes ‘remembered beyond the grave’; a bouquet can convey a wide array of intention and meanings that are relatable across cultures and gender.
Flowers mark occasions in life, both joyous and melancholic. They have an immediate impact on our happiness, calmness, intimacy and wellbeing. They awaken our inner garden of emotions as we experience them in the wild or as we navigate interior spaces. Their impermanence is a reminder to be attentive and to take in life’s moments of beauty and stillness.