ABOUT
THE ARTIST
Megan McGuinn is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in San Francisco. Her eponymous jewelry collection draws inspiration from architectural ornament, materiality, mechanical connections, and imaginary worlds. Irresistably drawn to the miniature, she renders artifacts at a scale that invites a closer look. Each piece is crafted at her bench overlooking a postage-stamp-sized garden, cats by her side—a sort of modern St. Jerome in the Study tableau.
Her work shows a devotion to the mark of the hand, but doesn’t eschew the possibilities presented by modern technology. Trained as an architect, Megan practiced in the city before leaving the field to pursue furniture and jewelry. Along with her partner, she is also one half of Medium Small, a furniture and lighting studio.
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“Thus the miniscule, a narrow gate, opens up an entire world. The details of a thing can be the sign of a new world which, like all worlds, contains the attributes of greatness. Miniature is one of the refuges of greatness.” —Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space