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BIOGRAPHY:
Eleanor Moty
Moty was drawn to jewelry and metalsmithing as an undergraduate student at University
of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana. She was particularly interested in electroplating and
photoetching. While at University of Illinois, Moty became acquainted with an expert
technician in photoetching that worked in a well-equipped engineering lab. Moty worked
with this equipment to produce high-quality photoetched plates and combined it with her
electroformed and fabricated pieces. Eleanor Moty is noted for bringing the photoetching
process into the metalsmithing field and integrating the process into her work. During her
graduate education at Tyler School of Art she researched and developed photoetching
equipment for the studio. Her first major electroformed and photoetched piece was shown in
the Goldsmith 70 exhibition at the Minnesota Museum of Art. This research and development
of the photoetching process was the basis of her entire professional development. Moty
found a new direction for her work and uses rutilated quartz as a focus for her pieces.
Moty is the recipient of numerous grants and in 1975 the National Endowment for the Arts
Craftsman Fellowship. She is published in several publications and has lectured on
photoetching and her work. Moty is a distinguished member of the Society of North American
Goldsmiths and the American Craft Association. Her exhibition record includes over one
hundred solo, group, international and national exhibitions. |
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