Chain

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Chain

John Paul Miller, born Huntingdon, PA 1918-died Brecksville, OH 2013

1993

This chain was woven using the ancient "loop-in-loop" method, in which hundreds of pieces of wire are wrapped, heated, and then knit into alternating opposing loops. The seam of the chain is produced using a unique process of granulation, a technique that John Paul Miller perfected through years of experimentation. See accession number 1992.107.1 for the pendant that accompanies this piece.

My purpose as an artist craftsman is simply to enjoy the experience of working to bring a degree of presence, life and vitality to a form." Artist quoted in Metalsmith, Fall 1984

Miller, John Paul

Smithsonian Institution

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