Sterling silver fractal leaf necklace, 2 1/4” x 2 1/4” x 1/4” pendant, 16” sterling silver chain

Ilana Krepchin received her BA from Hampshire College in photography and anthropology. She currently lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

My creations combine a sense of fun and purpose with essential interests from my past. As a kid, I wanted to be an architect when I grew up - now I make miniature buildings. I've always been drawn to mathematical concepts - now they inform my art, as in the miniature Mobius strips I make. I have been a photographer for many years, accumulating piles of photographs that I could never throw away - now I chop them up and set them or transfer them to silver and etch their likenesses. I always thought that something could be done to recycle used technology - now I take the chips and capacitors from discarded computers, and combine them with sterling silver in traditional jewelry formats. It satisfies my disparate interests, it's fun and it's ecological.