Melanie Brauner

December 11, 2016

Verso Jewelry

25 Days of Paper 2016, Day 12

Melanie Brauner’s jewelry is made from abaca paper fibers cast onto metal. First, she fabricates three-dimensional shapes from copper, brass, and sterling silver, and beats abaca in her Critter beater for at least …

December 20, 2015

Dip-cast Paper Jewelry from VERSO

25 Days of Paper 2015, Day 21

Melanie Brauner combines her training in papermaking and metalsmithing to create VERSO, her line of paper and metal jewelry. The forms are inspired by the homes insects build, such as coccoons, chrysalises, and …

August 31, 2012

The Pop-Up Hand Shadow Book

 

This project took 16 years to complete (although there was a long hiatus in the middle) and touches on many facets of my career (collaboration and inspiration, to name two). My initial interest in paper came from pop-up books …