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About Tom Odell
Tom Odell's work as a metal artist has evolved over thirty years from apprentice jeweler to goldsmith jewelry designer, silversmith, maker of hollowware, utensils and sculpture. His current work in jewelry falls into two major categories. The first is done exclusively in precious metals & often set with gemstones. The second is work fabricated with many different metals and traditional Japanese alloys to obtain various color values in compositions, and is often patined to obtain a greater range of color. The colors of the various metals and stones, along with the shape, texture, surface treatment and reflective qualities are the elements used to develop his compositions.
In 1973 after a four year association with jeweler Bemard Kelly, Tom Odell joined Carol Odell to establish joint studios and showrooms for his metalwork and her fine art painting and printmaking in Orleans, MA. In 1975 they opened expanded studios and gallery space in what is still their home in Chatham, MA.
After returning from a year working in Kyoto, Japan in 1987 the focus switched to making and exhibiting more one of a kind pieces in selected galleries and group shows as well as at their own gallery in Chatham. The range of work includes two distinct types of jewelry in both precious metals and specialty Japanese alloys which are treated with traditional patinas, hollowware, utensils and sculpture which are are both fabricated and cast.
The sculptural, three dimensional aspects of all the work are my main concerns. I consider my work as both art and craft as these are just different aspects of the same unifying quality of any truly complete piece of work. Art is the idea or concept, craft is the application of technical facilities to achieve those effects.
My pieces are not statements in themselves, they are compositions and a successful composition is achieved when the abstract qualities of harmony, rhythm and dynamic balance are expressed and integrated using the sculptural elements of three dimensional form, texture and color.
The technical inspirations of my work as a metalsmith come from my commitment to working with and emphasizing the qualities of the metals I use i.e. color, luster, hardness and malleability and extending the potential of these properties with the techniques of metalworking for more than merely mechanical purposes.
An important underlying principle in my work is the commitment to working with and experimenting with many different metals and alloys for their different color values used either singly or in combination, and particularly when patinated with various processes. As I have become familiar with the characteristics of the metals I use and sensitive to the properties of each, it is often these qualities which, in a very real sense, "shape" the work.
As an artist, one is not always working with what you know but with what you don't know. You make something to leam something, you create the thing that will teach you what you want to leam, and although I produce many different kinds of pieces which have a wide variety of "looks" I hope there is a certain quality to them which will identify them as being from my hand and I am always pleased when people can recognize them as such.
In 1973 after a four year association with jeweler Bemard Kelly, Tom Odell joined Carol Odell to establish joint studios and showrooms for his metalwork and her fine art painting and printmaking in Orleans, MA. In 1975 they opened expanded studios and gallery space in what is still their home in Chatham, MA.
After returning from a year working in Kyoto, Japan in 1987 the focus switched to making and exhibiting more one of a kind pieces in selected galleries and group shows as well as at their own gallery in Chatham. The range of work includes two distinct types of jewelry in both precious metals and specialty Japanese alloys which are treated with traditional patinas, hollowware, utensils and sculpture which are are both fabricated and cast.
The sculptural, three dimensional aspects of all the work are my main concerns. I consider my work as both art and craft as these are just different aspects of the same unifying quality of any truly complete piece of work. Art is the idea or concept, craft is the application of technical facilities to achieve those effects.
My pieces are not statements in themselves, they are compositions and a successful composition is achieved when the abstract qualities of harmony, rhythm and dynamic balance are expressed and integrated using the sculptural elements of three dimensional form, texture and color.
The technical inspirations of my work as a metalsmith come from my commitment to working with and emphasizing the qualities of the metals I use i.e. color, luster, hardness and malleability and extending the potential of these properties with the techniques of metalworking for more than merely mechanical purposes.
An important underlying principle in my work is the commitment to working with and experimenting with many different metals and alloys for their different color values used either singly or in combination, and particularly when patinated with various processes. As I have become familiar with the characteristics of the metals I use and sensitive to the properties of each, it is often these qualities which, in a very real sense, "shape" the work.
As an artist, one is not always working with what you know but with what you don't know. You make something to leam something, you create the thing that will teach you what you want to leam, and although I produce many different kinds of pieces which have a wide variety of "looks" I hope there is a certain quality to them which will identify them as being from my hand and I am always pleased when people can recognize them as such.