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SUZANNE CHESSLER

Special to the Jewish News

I

magine a scarf made of small,
sterling silver squares, and you'll
begin to understand the work of
jewelry artist Flora Book.
Necklaces, bracelets and broaches are
her specialty-, and each one is very big
to allow the artist more surface space
to individualize her three-dimensional
techniques.
A line of interlocking silver circles,
for example, stays close around the
neck and then loosens up as each end
reaches below the waist (Slinky Boa).
Long, thick strands of silver tie in cir-
cles that give way to arcs (Ring Around
the Collar). Stiff, curling lines of silver
meander out to the shoulders (Wings

can go from morning to night in the
same outfit by just changing the
[accessories]."
Book believes her artistic talents
derive from her mother, who demon-
strated craft skills in many disciplines,
including sewing and knitting. When
Book showed an interest in painting,
her mother enrolled her in Saturday
classes in New York, and the two
would travel to the city from their
New Jersey home.
Part of their Saturday excursions
were visits to museums. Looking back
to those early years, Book realizes that
her fascination with jewelry was pre-
sent then.
"When we were at the
Metropolitan Museum, I would
always go to the Egyptian jewelry,"
Book recalls. "I just loved it."
Book earned her bachelor's degree in
fine arts at Ohio University, where her
focus was painting. After her first job as
a de4ner for McCall's Patterns, she

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Book, whose metallic talents have
traveled to other countries, is showing
in Michigan for the first time at the
Sybaris Gallery in Royal Oak. The
gallery has titled the exhibit "Frippery"
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to denote finery that is a bit showy.
"I love to see people
wearing jewelry," says
Book, 73, whose silver
Flora Book: "I think of my jewelry as silver garments
is merged with nylon
for the body"
filament so that each
piece can move with
the body as clothing
does. "Regardless of
where I go, people will
stop me and ask about
the jewelry I wear. It's
really a terrific icebreak-
er if I'm in a large
crowd with people that
I don't know," says the
Jewish artist.
While her early
works were very flexi-
ble, they gradually
became far more archi-
tectural.
"A limited wardrobe
can get completely dif-
ferent effects with
changes in jewelry,"
Book says. "My hus-
band and I travel a
great deal, so I always
have a limited wardrobe
and lots of jewelry and

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