Signs of Civilization Series

“Signs of Civilization” Series Artist Statement
“Civilization is what remains when all else is gone”
Not many signs endure: one digs mostly pottery shards, the occasional tool.
But always there is jewelry, a sign of status, civility, interaction, worship, of a deity or another’s supreme beauty.
When you dig, one inch is roughly a hundred years: in the same place near a stream one people lived in peace; much later another came and took over; then others came and conquered, then others and others again, leaving their mark in the same place.
Their styles vary, their understanding of the world, their powers of abstraction, and I remain fascinated by those signs, layers accumulated in a roped-off square one meter wide.
-Eve J. Alfille
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“Alexander & Roxane” 18 karat gold necklace
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“Byzantium” sterling silver pendant
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“Canopic Jar” 14 karat gold pendant
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“Dawn of Time II” sterling silver amulet
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“Emerald Amulet” 18k green gold pendant
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“Mood Ring” ruby and sapphire ring
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“New Growth” sterling silver pendant
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“Opus Interrasile” 14 karat gold earrings
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“Opus Interrasile” 14k gold ring
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“Opus Interrasile” 18k gold and diamond earrings
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“Opus Interrasile” sterling silver earrings
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“Opus Interrasile” sterling silver earwires
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“Out of Nubia” African opal earwires
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“Red Hot” ruby necklace
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“Rosette” 14k rose gold earrings
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“Rosette” 18 karat gold earrings
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