{"id":3642,"date":"2016-12-14T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2022-09-14T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T19:01:48","slug":"allison-norfleet-bruenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/allison-norfleet-bruenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearable Art: Allison Norfleet Bruenger, \u201908"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reading time: 3 minutes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The hunger to create is strong for Allison Norfleet Bruenger, \u201908, whose handmade jewelry is inspired by nature and her love of various fabrication techniques. Her mixed media jewelry combines original drawings and paintings with her distinctive style of fretwork, wire wrapping and metal work.<\/p>\n \u201cI start with sheet metal, a saw and a dream,\u201d says Norfleet Bruenger of her unique pieces. \u201cI am inspired by everything around me. Anything can trigger an idea. I might take a picture of a tree stump because I like the pattern of the bark. I have little sketches on receipts and old napkins everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n