About: Artist Robert Farrell

MFA/Metals and Jewelry, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, 1989
BA/Studio Art summa cum laude, University of Wisconsin, 1987
BA/English summa cum laude, University of Wisconsin, 1987

Robert Farrell grew up in a small Wisconsin town and was raised in the house built by his great grandfather. He was raised surrounded by antiques and that atmosphere is the root of his appreciation for the handmade, unique objects that, when passed from generation to generation, become treasured reminders of the past.

I am a traditionalist at heart - a lover of antiquities and of objects made with only modest tools and a human being's hands. I strive to keep alive an understanding of and appreciation for one of a kind, hand made objects.

The inspiration for my work comes from several areas: the ceremonial objects unearthed from centuries long past; the ideas of family heirlooms and treasured objects; and the knowledge that objects made from metals last forever and will survive long after I am gone. My work is both celebration of past history and my legacy left for future generations.

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