However, since the '70s, this alpine haven has blossomed into an artist enclave home to dozens of painters, sculptors, jewelry designers, metalsmiths, and other craftspeople. The town fosters an organic lifestyle that, in turn, fosters Boyd's natural flair. Boyd's studio has evolved from a rustic open space into a full, street-front gallery where Boyd and gallery partner Geraldine Alexander feature contemporary innovative works of art, objects, and jewelry by Boyd as well as other regional artists. Perhaps Boyd's well-rounded lifestyle has shaped his desire to create rounded objects. Boyd scoffs and makes light of the idea of functionality, never taking himself too seriously.
Jewelry is functional as far as being body adornment.
In the same sense, my objects are functional. But in many ways, the idea of function is a joke. They're both functional. But in some ways, they serve totally different functions. From the collection of Gloria and Sonny Kamm, courtesy Mobilia Gallery.