For more than seventeen years, renowned North- Carolina metalsmith Jack Jennings has taken precious metals to their limit. In return these metals have taught him about one of life's undeniable cycles, fire and rebirth. Jennings creates striking jewelry designs with an emphasis on texture and contrast. His textures are produced by fusing multiple pieces of metal with the intense heat of a torch. Since there is no exact science to fusing, it's unpredictability yields random results. It is this process of fire and rebirth that fascinates the artist. The ability to control fire and to create with it is what intrigues him most. Just like nature, fire destroys so that something new can emerge. Jennings is obsessed with the potential result from an intense and risky experience. His participation in the fire and rebirth cycle makes his work both intimate and inspiring. This is the artist's personal visual language.
