McKenna Hallet

Artist's Statement
McKenna Hallett creates wearable art made without burning fossil fuels from stuff she finds.

That's right ... NO fossil fuels! This work comes from her hands (and feet) and heart ... For over ten years she has been re-inventing the wheel! She developed this (jewelry-making) "tool" by converting an old treadle-driven sewing machine. She also uses car bumpers, knitting needles, and rolling pins. She is dedicated to constructing each piece of jewelry in the most planet-friendly fashion. Oh, she uses plenty of brute force! But it is her own muscle power, ingenuity, and the occasional hand-made tool that replaces chemicals, soldering, torches and power tools.

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MISSION STATEMENT: I want to create objects of art with a minimum of impact on OUR PLANET and to this end I will never use electricity or heat or corrosive chemicals to construct my jewelry and I will use as few items as possible from newly manufactured sources.