BIOGRAPHY
Melody Armstrong graduated from Alberta College of Art and Design with Distiction, majoring in Jewellery and Metal
in 1999. Working with silver, gold, titanium, and stones, Melody's style is best described as Industrial-Organic.
Melody maintains a professional studio and is the jewellery instructor and artist in residence at the
Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Melody Armstrong's recent accomplishments include being selected for the "Prairie Excellence:
The Today and Tomorrow of Prairie Craft" exhibition, being published in "Art Jewelry Today 2" by
Schiffer Books, "Anodized!" by Lark Books, "New Rings" by Promopress, and receiving an "Independent Artists Grant"
from the Saskatchewan Arts Board.
ARTIST STATEMENT
What is particularly distinctive about my jewellery is its naturalness of form,
free from fashionable compromise and extravagance.
My jewellery designs testify to the textural dynamic and technical volition behind my work,
seemingly to have evolved from organic origins taking on an industrial influence.
The ever changing interplay of colors and textures creates dynamic contrasts
– evoking a vividness of exquisite dimensions –
is rich, alluring and of the utmost elegance.
