First Jewelry Piece Submitted to Inspired Art

Originally a painter, Kathleen Gatliffe turned engineer and then metalsmith.  Her preferred medium is enamel on copper. For this year’s Inspired Art Auction she has chosen to create a pendant inspired by “Fruit” by Kimberly C.


“I really enjoyed how vivid Kimberly’s poem evoked ripe fruit eaten with great joy … perhaps picked fresh from a tree. In addition, the poem I illustrated last year referenced wolves, and it seemed fitting to illustrate another wolfchild’s work. I etched enamel so it would have the soft look of a mango’s skin and to represent the bight fibrous fruit inside I stuffed in with wool roving. ”


Read more about Kathleen Gatliffe and the Inspired Art Project at www.inspiredartdenver.wordpress.com.