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  Rachelle Thiewes

  HEAT #373

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, automotive 'Kandy' paint.

  2" x 4.25" x 3.75"

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  Rachelle Thiewes

  Slipstream #462

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint

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  Rachelle Thiewes

  Slipstream #462

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint

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  Sliced #465

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint

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  Sliced #465

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint

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  Sliced #471

  Earrings. Steel, auto paint

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  Sliced #471

  Earrings. Steel, auto paint

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  Sliced #472

  Earrings. Steel, auto paint

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  Sliced #477

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint

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  Sliced #477

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint

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  Sliced #449

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  2 3/4" diameter x 1 1/2" high

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  Sliced #449

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  2 3/4" diameter x 1 1/2" high

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  Slipstream #417

  Necklace. Steel, auto paint

  9 7/8" diameter x 1 1/2" h

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  Slide #448

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  1 7/8" h x 3 3/4" w x 2 7/8" d

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• Rachelle Thiewes

  Slide #448

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  1 7/8" h x 3 3/4" w x 2 7/8" d

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  Slide #448

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  1 7/8" h x 3 3/4" w x 2 7/8" d

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  Slipstream #446, 2015

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint.

  2.25" h x 3.75" d

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  Slide #445, 2015

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint

  2" h x 3" d

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  Slide #445, 2015

  Bracelet. Steel, auto paint

  2" h x 3" d

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• Rachelle Thiewes

  Slipstream #423, 2014

  Brooch. Steel, silver, auto paint

  4.25” x 3.5” x 1.5”

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  Slipstream #432

  Earrings. Steel, 18K gold, silver, auto paint

  2 5/8” x 2 5/8” x 5/8”

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  Slipstream #423 & Slipstream #432, 2014

  Brooch (#423): Steel, 18K gold, silver, auto paint
  Earrings (#432): Steel, 18K gold, silver, auto paint

  Brooch: 4.25” x 3.5” x 1.5”
  Earrings: 2 5/8” x 2 5/8” x 5/8”

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• Rachelle Thiewes

  Slipstream #439, 2014

  Brooch. Steel, silver, auto paint

  3.25” x 2.75” x .75”

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  HEAT #380, 2009

  Earrings. Steel, silver, 18K white gold posts, auto paint

  3” x 3” x 1.75”

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• Rachelle Thiewes

  Slipstream #439 & HEAT #380

  Brooch: Steel, silver, auto paint
  Earrings: Steel, silver, 18K white gold posts, auto paint

  Brooch: 3.25” x 2.75” x .75”
  Earrings: 3” x 3” x 1.75”

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  Slipstream #433, 2014

  Earrings. Steel, 18K gold, silver, auto paint

  2.75” x 2.75” x 3/8”

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  Slipstream #433, 2014

  Earrings. Steel, 18K gold, silver, auto paint

  2.75” x 2.75” x 3/8”

  Viewed under different light.

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  Slipstream #433, 2014

  Earrings. Steel, 18K gold, silver, auto paint

  2.75” x 2.75” x 3/8”

  Modeled by Yuri Tozuka.

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  Slipstream #440, 2014

  Brooch. Steel, silver, auto paint

  2.75” x 6.25” x .75”

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  Slipstream #434, 2014

  Earrings. Steel, 18K gold, silver, auto paint

  2.5” x 2.5” x .5”

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  Slipstream #440, 2014

  Brooch. Steel, silver, auto paint

  2.75" x 6.25" x .75"

  Modeled by Yuri Tozuka.

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  Slipstream #434 & Slipstream #440

  Brooch: Steel, silver, auto paint
  Earrings: Steel, 18K gold, silver, auto paint

  Brooch: 2.75" x 6.25" x .75"
  Earrings: 2.5” x 2.5” x .5”

  Modeled by Yuri Tozuka.

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  Slipstream #435, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.5” Inner: 2 3/8”

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  Slipstream #435, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.5” Inner: 2 3/8”

  Viewed Under different Light

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  Slipstream #435, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.5” Inner: 2 3/8”

  Viewed under different Light

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  Slipstream #435, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.5” Inner: 2 3/8”

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  Slipstream #436, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 5” Inner: 2 5/8”

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  Slipstream #436, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 5” Inner: 2 5/8”

  Viewed under different light.

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  Slipstream #436, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 5” Inner: 2 5/8”

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  Slipstream #437, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.5” Inner: 2 3/8”

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  Slipstream #437, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.5” Inner: 2 3/8”

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  Slipstream #438, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.75” Inner: 2 5/8”

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  Slipstream #438, 2014

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.75” Inner: 2 5/8”

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  HEAT #389, 2010

  Earrings. Steel, 18K white gold posts, silver, auto paint

  2 7/8” x 2 7/8” x .5”

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  HEAT #389, 2010

  Earrings. Steel, 18K white gold posts, silver, auto paint

  2 7/8” x 2 7/8” x .5”

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• Rachelle Thiewes

  HEAT #398, 2010

  Brooch. Steel, silver, auto paint

  4.25” x 4.25” x 1 1/8”

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  HEAT #398, 2010

  Brooch. Steel, silver, auto paint

  4.25” x 4.25” x 1 1/8”

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• Rachelle Thiewes

  HEAT #411, 2012

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  4 1/8” x 4 1/8” x 1.5” Inner: 2.5”

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  HEAT #411, 2012

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  4 1/8” x 4 1/8” x 1.5” Inner: 2.5”

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• Rachelle Thiewes

  Mirage #365, 2007

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.25" Inner: 2.5" Height: 2.5"

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  Mirage #365, 2007

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4.25" Inner: 2.5" Height: 2.5"

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  Mirage #366, 2007

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4” Inner: 2 5/8” Height: 2 1/8”

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  Mirage #366, 2007

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4” Inner: 2 5/8” Height: 2 1/8”

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  Mirage #366, 2007

  Bracelet. Steel, silver, auto paint

  Outer: 4” Inner: 2 5/8” Height: 2 1/8”

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• Rachelle Thiewes

  Slipstream Brooch #441, 2014

  Steel, silver, auto paint

  3.5” x 3.75” x 1.25”

  Private Collection

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  Slipstream #441, 2014

  Brooch. Steel, silver, auto paint.

  3.5" x 3.75" x 1.25"

  Private collection

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Rachelle Thiewes is a graduate of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale where she earned her bachelor’s degree, and of Kent State University where she earned her MFA. She went on to teach as a professor of metal arts at the University of Texas for nearly 40 years. Thiewes has been the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and residencies.

Her current work features bold, dynamic pieces fabricated from steel and finished with specially selected automotive paint that changes color with the movement of the wearer. The jewelry’s surfaces and angles create a perceived motion not unlike a sleek car that seems to be on the go even when standing still; the shifting colors only add to the illusion.

Statement

“The Chihuahuan desert of west Texas, where I live, has played a pivotal role in shaping the way I approach my jewelry. The barren mountains with the desert pushed up to their edges are bold, dramatic, aggressive and seductive, providing a continual source of inspiration and study. The luminous energy of light that bathes the desert can swiftly transform from sharp and shrieking to subtle and sensual, all within a day’s time. Capturing the refraction and dispersal of light with my jewelry through the orchestration of body motion has held my fascination for decades and continues to challenge and inform my ideas of light.”

Selected Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Smithsonian Institute Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
Victoria and Albert Museum, England, UK

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