About the Artist

ALICE ALPER-REIN	Alice Alper-Rein has been creating art jewelry and teaching jewelry making for over 25 years. When fabricating her small scale, sculptural and whimsical creations, she utilizes precious metals, gemstones, dichroic glass and surprise elements. Alice engineers motion, sound and hidden mechanisms into her award winning fine art jewelry, kaleidoscopes and music boxes. Through her work, Alice’s intention is to convey a story, make a political statement or simply to delight the senses. She considers herself a “maker,” who is always exploring and integrating new materials and techniques into her work to keep it current, fresh and challenging. Alice earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education and Fine Arts. She also holds a Juris Doctor degree. She can be found teaching introductory classes and master classes in metal fabrication and metal clay throughout the NY/NJ/PA area and at special events throughout the US. In 2004, Alice was invited to become one of just twenty Senior Instructors in the USA teaching the PMC Connection Metal Clay Certification Program. Some of her classes are now available online at CraftEdu.com A native New Yorker (in case you were wondering about that accent!), Alice now resides in NJ with her supportive husband, Sam and their precious pup, Princess. They are the proud parents of three grown sons and one grandson! Alice’s work has been published in several books and magazines: including: New Directions in Metal Clay, CeCe Wire, Lark Books 2007, Enameling on Metal Clay, Pam East, Kalmbach Publishing, 2007, Studio PMC Magazine, Exceptional Works in Metal Clay and Glass, Mary Ann Devos, April 2008, Picture Yourself Creating Metal Clay Jewelry, Tammy Powley, May 2008, The PMC Guild Annual, Vol 2 and Vol 3, Metal Clay Beads, Barbara Becker Simon, 2009 and Metal Clay Artist Magazine. Alice was honored to have her work featured in a Crafthaus online exhibit, “Featured Artist of the Week”, http://crafthaus. ning.com/. Her work was included in "Cultural Messages: Symbolism Through the Ages" a juried exhibition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana , Summer 2010. In July 2011, Alice's work will be included in a juried Crafthaus exhibit in Chicago, and catalog, "New Directions: Powder Metallurgy (Metal Clay) in a Sheet Metal World," with proceeds benefiting CERF+ http://craftemergency.org/ She is also the author of a quarterly column, Tips, Tricks and Techniques for Metal Clay, Metal Clay Connections Magazine. These tips (and her creations) can now be found on her website, here She's on facebook facebook.com/alice.alper.rein Click here to view a Youtube Slideshow of her work "What is art but a way of seeing?" Thomas Berger
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ART JEWELRY KALEIDOSCOPES MUSIC BOXES SCULPTURE

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