Towson Professor Leslie Boyd and her jewelry students will have their work showcased in two upcoming exhibitions: Radical Jewelry Makeover: Baltimore/New Works at the Baltimore Jewelry Center Nov. 10 6-9pm and Provenance: A Study in Stories: Tales and Work from the Radical Jewelry Makeover Project in the Storage Space Gallery in the Center for the Arts Monday Nov 13th from 6-8pm.

In collaboration with the community jewelry mining and recycling project, Radical Jewelry Makeover, and the Baltimore Jewelry Center, Professor Boyd and her students worked with local jewelers and designers to transform ten thousand pieces of unwanted, broken, and discarded jewelry. Collected from128 individual donors, the old jewelry served as source material for new pieces. In keeping with COFAC’S theme, ‘What’s your story’, the work examines the stories behind each piece of jewelry and encourages people to consider their habits of consumption. Sales of jewelry from the exhibition will benefit Ethical Metalsmiths and the Baltimore Jewelry Center.