Marcia Lewis

Author of CHASING: Ancient Metalworking Technique with Modern Applications, Marcia Lewis has been working with metal for over 35 years. Her undergraduate education was at San Diego State University and she completed graduate school at Cal State University at Long Beach. Following graduate school, Marcia worked in Switzerland as a goldsmith's apprentice and in London as an Assistant Silversmith. She received a George C. Marshall Memorial Fellowship to work in Copenhagen and a National Endowment for the Arts Grant before taking up her career teaching post at Long Beach City College where she devoted 25 years to establishing the Jewelry/Metalsmithing and Functional Arts programs in the art department.

Marcia's work, both jewelry as well as functional pieces can be found in collections such as the Oakland Museum of Art in California, the National Museum at the Renwick in Washington DC, the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York, the National Ornamental Metals Museum in Memphis as well as many private collections.


Neckpiece by Marcia Lewis, silver, netting, porcelain

For more information about Marcia Lewis, see her web site at www.chasingmetal.com

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Last Update: June 09, 2007

 

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