Knitted, Knotted, Twisted, and Twined: The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu by Catalani, Stefano; Falino, Jeannine; Koplos, Janet - 2012

Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Arts Museum, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. 4to; 10.75 inches tall; 94 pages.. The book traces the evolution and refinement of Hu's processes and skill from her earliest experimental pieces in the late 1960s capturing the spirit of a time when craft and lifestyle were so passionately intertwined to the confidence and movement of her contemporary creations.

Knitted, Knotted, Twisted, and Twined features exquisite earrings, rings, brooches, and neckpieces drawn from public and private collections internationally.

Background Information:
Over the past 40 years, Mary Lee Hu has affirmed her distinctive voice in the world of jewelry with her elegant, voluptuous creations.

Using wire the way hand weavers use threads, Hu has blazed a trail as both artist and innovator, exploring the nexus between metalsmithing and textile techniques, often through the recovery of historical precedents from an ancient past, and inspired by her innate aspiration to perfection and her stubborn curiosity.

Hu's apparently effortless and graceful creations, resulting from twining, weaving, knotting, and braiding, investigate both the possibilities and limits of wire by melding fiber art and jewelry, structure and pattern, light and line.

Mary Lee Hu taught metalsmithing at the University of Washington until her retirement in 2006.