Linda Van Hart - Silver Smith

Grapes

GRAPES

Grapes are an ancient symbol of bountiful harvest and its celebration. Spanning thirty years of sculpting precious metals, this prolific grape series has many incarnations, the most recent being the Cabernet Sauvignon series.

French Grapes

This is the first series that features spring fresh leaves without the grapes, and it is one of my most realistic plant portraits. When collector Carol Wilson, owner of Elk Run Vineyards in Maryland, viewed the first circlet, she said, “Linda, I had no idea you were carving Cabernet Sauvignon leaves!”

Cabernet Sauvignon

LINDA'S PROCESS

Seduced by the beautiful vineyards of The Castle of Chalon in the east of France, I set up a workshop nearby.

Patterns were drawn from the spring grape leaf specimens.Over a period of three weeks and working with a minimum of tools, thirty-six grape leaves were cut, and sculpted.

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