Tod Pardon: Brooch/Sculpture with Stand ‘White Feather Dancing’

From Pardon’s limited 2010 series of brooch/sculptures influenced by Native American references, ‘White Feather Dancing’, a brooch in sterling silver, with its graceful curved sterling tendrils, topped by the colorful owl-like form in Tod’s classic technique of pigmented inlay, here in ivory resin, with wood square, 14K gold, and pearls. The pin measures 2-1/2″ at the widest by 5″ high. Accompanied by rosewood stand to mount as sculpture when not being worn. Tod Pardon (1952 – ) creates jewelry that reflects the myriad intellectual and visual influences for the artist of the twenty-first century. His anthropomorphic brooches and sculpture are strongly influenced by African sculpture, imagery and color; by contemporary pop culture, including video, music and computer graphics; by the influences of Modernism and Surrealism; and directly or indirectly by the artistic career of his father, Earl Pardon.