Inspired by the Past: The Copper Art of Annie Keifert
Inspired by early copper works of the Native Americans, artist Annie Keifert brings new life to a primitive style of Native American metalmaking.
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Inspired by the Past: The Copper Art of Annie Keifert
Inspired by early copper works of the Native Americans, artist Annie Keifert brings new life to a primitive style of Native American metalmaking.
For Keifert, it all began when she discovered the copper roots of Jameson, Virginia, where she traces her family's lineage. Back in the early 17th Century when the English settlers first arrived to the area, they came bearing sheets of rolled copper, which were then introduced to the Native American Indians. Keifert began studying this unique style of early Native American copper art and today continues this tradition with her contemporary metalworks.
Kieferts foray into copper arts began in the mid-1990s, when she was living in Arizona. She noticed that a workman installing air conditioning at her home had a 1x3 foot piece of sheet copper in his truck. Though she had never formally worked with the material, she demanded to buy the copper, and her career began.
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