Violet Weiner is a Portland-based interdisciplinary metalsmith who works with a wide range of material, including taxidermy, stone, hair, plastic, silicone and precious metals. She is currently working on her BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry from Maine College of Art as well as training under Patricia Daunis-Dunning of Daunis Fine Jewelry. Her current body of work investigates abjection through objects that follow traditional jewelry typeforms, and is inspired by the soft, biomorphic forms of fungi and organs. Violet’s work aims to elicit a psychosomatic response in those interacting with the piece, simultaneous seduction and repulsion, the desire to touch and the desire to cringe away.