Bergman, Patricia

My mission is to create hair accessories and complimentary jewelry which is both functional, fashionable and unique. Being a one person operation, my fabricated work is created by simply taking a piece of metal in hand. The metal is manipulated into a form which represents several steps, including, cutting, bending, soldering, hammering and buffing. Three lines of my work are verdigris, which is an oxidized copper or brass; tri-metal of brass, copper and sterling; and all sterling, which sometimes includes stone settings.