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Turbulence, Shield Series. Formed and chased bronze. Sculptural pendant form. Diameter: 2.5"

Christine Pedersen is a Calgary metal and clay artist. Her pieces are typically one of a kind, or form part of an on-going series of related forms. Christine also creates private commissions, and public art projects.

Christine has a lifelong connection to working in clay. As a teenager, she made clay animal models and figurines for a local pottery in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, UK. After emigrating to Canada, she studied in the Jewellery + Metals Program at Alberta University of the Arts (formerly Alberta College of Art + Design). Christine is a professional member of the Alberta Craft Council, the Vancouver Metal Arts Association and is part of LEXM, the artist collective created and lead by Jeff de Boer.

Christine writes and photographs extensively as part of her studio life, and for publication. Commissioned works are often accompanied by video—for the love of documenting both the making process, and the personal stories that lead to their creation.

selected publications:

Narrative Jewellery: Tales From The Toolbox by Mark Fenn. Published by Schiffer Books.

The Society of North American Goldsmith's Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey Vol.2 includes a scuptural Plum Tree Screen made by Cory Barkman and Christine.

The Crafted Dish by Carole Epp in Partnership with National Clay Week. Published on demand by Blurb.

Reading the Clues. Article about team-firing John Chalke's wood-fired noborigama kiln. Ceramic Review 218.

Click here for Youtube videos, and see more from my studio on instagram.


Opening ring-box, private commission. Formed, repousséd, and chased. Brass and aluminium. Design inspired by the Golden Snitch, the ring-box body has removeable wings and presentation stand. Christine Pedersen & Jeff de Boer.

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narrative jewellery: tales from the toolbox book launch

For every piece of jewellery I make there is a story. It can be simple, just a note on the “why?” that led to the forms and textures, or the feeling that I want to remember. Sometimes the single idea that could become a piece, conceived way before the act of making, can become so over-whelming that I need to write a whole new reality for the jewellery to exist within. That’s how it was for “Pull”, the first piece of jewellery in a body of work that became the ReFind Collection *. It caused me to look at materials in my home, especially the things that were routinely thrown away, very differently. It was like waking up to realize I just hadn’t been paying the right kind of attention to all the “stuff” in other areas of my life; realizing that maybe jewellery could be linked to something as obscure as industrial-scale food-processing and packaging—if I allowed my mind to receive the information, differently. I am very honoured that my necklace has been included in Mark Fenn’s new

my brand: I am a nerd

His & Hers Nerd Pendants. Sterling silver. 2011. There is no point in denying it: I am a nerd. I designed these pendants for the "Branded" exhibition at the fabulous Influx Gallery in Calgary this summer. I like to bring my background in science and natural history into my art work, and in this case, I also brought some political advocacy. In an era in which some cultures still deny females equal access to education, I used the loaded motif of the apple to create a context to present the writing to the viewer. Here's the full artist statement: His and her “ nerd ” pendants confidently declare affiliation with a tribe that delights in knowledge, education and technology. Nerdism nourishes the world around us, and we are proud of that contribution. His “ nerd ” pendant is about strength in identity. Styled after a traditional branding iron, the pendant is a rugged and substantial piece of silver, designed to perpetuate this important meme beyond one life

Beaux Arts sculptural metal exhibition now open at Il Centro Art Gallery, Vancouver.

The Beaux Arts exhibition, curated by Angela Clarke at Il Centro Art Gallery, Vancouver, was developed with the Vancouver Metal Arts Association . The work of nineteen artists is included, and I am very honoured to be one of them. Huge thanks and kudos to the volunteer members of VMAA who have managed to organize and install a professional show under the current incredibly difficult conditions. To quote from Il Centro’s web-site : As the first exhibition in our Charles Marega 150 celebrations series Il Museo at Il Centro presents Beaux Arts: An Exhibition with the Vancouver Metal Arts Association. This exhibition features the sculptural metal art form both large and small. Entitled Beaux Arts in honour of the artist style of which Charles Marega was an interpreter, this juried show integrates traditional metal work with non-traditional styles and elements, true to the Beaux Arts form. Throughout the exhibition space there is a continuous juxtaposition of traditional and non- traditiona

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