Ashley Buchanan

Ashley Buchanan combines the handmade with the industrial and the digital, resulting in pieces that speak to the past, present, and future of craft, while maintaining the seductive quality that jewelry possesses.

When making her powder-coated, metal jewelry she focuses on images, patterns, and decoration in order to reference ornamentation and historical jewelry. Buchanan’s goal is to create wearable works of art that push the boundaries of jewelry while maintaining a clean, contemporary aesthetic.

Her work has been published in two Showcase 500 Series books, Ornament and Metalsmith magazines, and she was featured in American Craft magazine as one of the short-listed artists for the Emerging Voices Award.