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dataJK[1] = new data("images/collaboration/jk01_l.jpg","<font><strong>Kenneth Johnson</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;October 1999<br><br>&quot;My name is Kenneth Johnson. I'm Muscogee Creek – Seminole raised in Oklahoma, now living in New Mexico. I apprenticed with a Choctaw man named Johnson Bob out in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I hung around his shop a little bit too long and he put me to work. I started off on my own after a few months there at his shop. I work out of my home and I've been doing this full time now for eleven years.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[2] = new data("images/collaboration/jk02_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is a three tiered, free hanging, copper gorget. I used about a 16 gauge piece of copper and stamped it out and cut the shapes out. The crescent shaped gorgets were European influenced. Indians would take them off British and French officers in battle or they were given to Indians during treaty negotiations and talks. I made this piece with turtles in the center and the Seminole patchwork designs representing either fire or water. The edges have the ric rac design. The turtles represent our Stomp Dance and the turtle shell shakers that are worn by women during the dance.<br><br>Other tribes refer to North America as Turtle Island. Turtles are known for their longevity and for the hard shell covering that protects them. In the center of each turtle are Indian head pennies from 1899, 1900, and 1901 in that order. People are sentimental about coins. They're a theme in my work; I always incorporate coins. The chain is handmade. I loop brown wire into an 's' shape and then I put some coiled copper wire in the center.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[3] = new data("images/collaboration/jk03_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is a set made of copper. It's a large gorget with handmade chain with matching arm bands. I used a 16 gauge copper plate for the crescent shaped gorget. In the center, I soldered a round wire and then stamped the Seminole patchwork design along the center, up to the edge.<br><br>On the edge, to represent the ric rac, I used a wriggle engraver. The center piece can also be worn as a pin. In the center of each piece is a turtle design on top of the four directions symbol which is surrounded by a star design. This represents the elements of the Stomp Dance. The turtle represents the turtle shell shakers worn by the dancers and the four directions design represents the four logs which are placed on the fire in the center.<br><br>The chain holding the gorget is held on by 's' shaped copper hooks. It is made out of one single piece of wire that's crocheted into rope. The caps on the chain are handmade with the Seminole patchwork design also.<br><br>The arm bands have matching designs of the Seminole patchwork and I diamond textured the area in between the four directions design. It's faceted so it glitters like the stars in the night sky. The arm bands are lined with leather. This set went to a Creek family living in California.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[4] = new data("images/collaboration/jk04_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is a crescent gorget in which I used rolling mill texture for the overlay of the turtle and the wave. The stone in the center is chrysocolla. It looks like the earth and I used it for the shell of the turtle.<br><br>Again the turtle represents the turtle shell shakers worn in the dances. The wave represents the song, and the stars indicate that the dances occur at night. At the top ends are sun symbols which signify that the dances occur from sun down to sun up; all night. I used a moon stone on the right with a water design around it. The water is always longing for the moon and it follows the moon around like in the tides. The chain is all hand stamped. I used a double link system and an 's' hook for the catch.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[5] = new data("images/collaboration/jk05_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This pendant is made out of a 24 carat gold coin. It's a half ounce maple leaf from Canada.<br><br>The tools I use are made of high carbon steel which I carve. You can make any kind of shape; it's kind of like forming a paint brush out of metal. You see the edges are triangle shapes made by a stamp filed into a triangular shape and I put lines into it. I use either an 8 ounce or a 12 ounce hammer to strike it. This 24 carat gold is very soft and the coin expanded a lot so, I worked from the outside in.<br><br>I stamped the edges going in a counter clockwise motion around the center. The center represents the sun or the fire and the four directions which the logs are laid in. I used a coping saw; jewelers saw, with a number 4 blade to saw out four sections. The sections of gold that I sawed out I melted again and made a disc. I soldered the disc to the back of the coin so that I could inlay it with sugilite and opal. The top has a sun symbol with a corn design on each side. The top is hinged on with a 14 carat gold rivet and it's set on a commercial gold chain.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[6] = new data("images/collaboration/jk06_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This bracelet is sterling silver with San Carlos Apache gem stones of peridot and garnet. It's rolling mill texture overlay. I used an engraver to texture the background. I also sawed through and pierced, then stamped the inside of the piece with Seminole designs.<br><br>This piece has to do with the creation story. The turtle represents the turtle shells used in our dances. The wave that you see coming off the sides represent the songs. The engraving represents the rhythm that you feel when you're there. The stars represent it happens at night. The garnet in the center represents the fire and the peridot represents the four directions.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[7] = new data("images/collaboration/jk07_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is a turtle motif with a wave representing the song. The inside represents the square grounds - I call it the Creek Knot. It's sterling silver wire fused onto a silver quarter. I then serrated the edge of the quarter and soldered it onto the center of the turtle.<br><br>I used a rolling mill texture to texture the turtle and the wave design. I reticulated the surface of the metal and then brushed it away to make a comet on the upper right side of the bracelet. The black background creates a good contrast. I used three levels of stars with overlay, then pierced the overlay and then piercing all the way through the piece. The inside is stamped with Seminole patchwork designs.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[8] = new data("images/collaboration/jk08_l.jpg","<font>&quot;Inside view of the turtle bracelet showing the Seminole patchwork designs.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[9] = new data("images/collaboration/jk09_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This image is a turtle with the four directions design in the center. It's made from an 1888 silver dollar.<br><br>I took the coin, stamped the image, drilled holes, and sawed out the image with a coping saw. I usually use a number 4 blade for fine detail. The whole piece represents elements of the Stomp dance. The center represents the sun or the fire. The fire is built on four logs placed in the four cardinal directions. The turtle is symbolic of the turtle shells that are tied around the legs of the dancers to create the rhythm. The dancers always go around the fire in a clockwise fashion. I use this motif in a lot of my work.</font>")
dataJK[10] = new data("images/collaboration/jk10_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is an 1886 US gold 5 dollar piece that I made into a hair-tie. It has a feathered headdress design with fire over the date and feathers around the edge. I enjoy this style because it keeps the original date evident and you can still see lady liberty in the background. You can also see the milled edge on the side of the coin. I stamp each piece with my initials and my tribe.&quot;</font>")                                                                      
dataJK[11] = new data("images/collaboration/jk11_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is an eagle design. The image is actually the reverse side of an 1886 Morgan silver dollar. I used the original image that was on the coin by cutting around it. I carefully stamped the edge so that the wing tips of the eagle are still evident and flow with the rest of the star design around the edge. I then beveled it and cut around the inside of that bevel. In the eagles claws is a snake. The little symbol underneath it represents the power emitting from the eagle and snake.&quot;</font>")                                                                                                               
dataJK[12] = new data("images/collaboration/jk12_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is an 1885 US morgan silver dollar with a bear design. The bear connotes power and strength, and is the symbol for one of our clans. I use a lot of animal designs in my work to honor the different clans of the people.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[13] = new data("images/collaboration/jk13_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This was made for a donation to the Santa Fe Indian Market, so I incorporated Southwest designs into it. The body of the box has Seminole patchwork in which I've taken strips of gold overlayed onto silver. I used the Seminole patchwork method to make the design where you cut the metal the same way you'd cut patchwork. The lid has a lip. The top is a gold bezel holding a piece of charoite stone. It's about 3 1/2 inches long and 2 inches wide. It also has little half circle feet so it sits off the ground a little bit.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[14] = new data("images/collaboration/jk14_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is a sterling silver box with a Mound Builder motif. The theme is water and it's based on a Pre-Columbian shell gorget design. The woodpecker freed water from a reed. The man in the center is spearfishing.<br><br>This piece is a 1972 commemorative coin of the Cocopah tribe. The sun symbol, woodpeckers, and the three lines that circle the box are all overlay surrounded by wriggle engraving. The sides of the box are textured to represent water. The legs of the box are stair step shaped to represent the clouds that bring water. On the inside of the box is a turtle swimming in the water, stamped into the bottom. The center coin is detachable, it pins inside the lid and can be taken off and worn separately.&quot;</font>")
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dataJK[16] = new data("images/collaboration/jk16_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This is a sterling silver cigar tube. You can see the star design on top with a 1964 silver quarter. It incorporates the Seminole patchwork designs of fire and smoke. Very appropriate for a cigar. I used silver coins for the top and bottom caps, a hinge, and an inside lip to secure the lid.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[17] = new data("images/collaboration/jk17_l.jpg","<font>&quot;“These 5 bracelets are made with the overlay process. I roll out my own gold and alloy it down from pure gold down to 14 carat. Then I roll it out on a rolling mill and mill the gold so it's soft enough to work with. I cut out my shapes first, overlay them onto the silver, and then stamp it. The silver is 6 gauge, so it's very thick. Each bracelet weighs 4 to 6 ounces. I flair the ends out with a hammer, which gives a softer edge to the bracelets and also helps them stand up for display. I polish the pieces to a high sheen and use regular nitric acid oxidizer to blacken the background.<br><br>The first two bracelets are a pair. The designs tell a story of a seed of corn that's planted. It germinates in the ground. It breaks ground. It pollinates and then it returns back to the ground. It's nourished by the rainbow along that path. The two bracelets go together because on the other bracelet the seed comes back from the earth. It germinates. It breaks ground, and it pollinates and returns back to the earth. When you put the two bracelets together the designs form a circle. It's a cycle of life.<br><br>The third bracelet has a Seminole patchwork design which means either fire or water. It has a patchwork motif in the center with ric rac designs on both edges. On the inside of the bracelet, in the background, is a sun symbol that lines the interior. I stamp the inside and outside, and on some bracelets the edges as well.<br><br>The fourth one is the Path of Life bracelet. Each section represents a certain piece of time in a person's life. This last bracelet has a lightning and arrow design. The lightning represents a blessing on the arrow to assure the hunter a successful hunt. Today people hunt with computers and words. So, this represents having the lightning in your arrow, whatever your arrow might be.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[18] = new data("images/collaboration/jk18_l.jpg","<font>&quot;This piece is called the Bow Hunter. It is a pin/pendant combination, made of 14 carat gold, overlayed onto a sterling silver base. The center stone is a chrome pyrope garnet from the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona and the green stones are peridot.<br><br>This piece represents a man with a bow. Along his outstretched arms is an arrow. On the left side is the bow. On the right side, off his head, is a feather. On the lower right is a cape covering.<br><br>I used a wriggle engraver to create a texture inside the bow to represent the tension in the bow string. The piece is a fertility symbol and was influenced by a Mound Builder copper piece from the Etowah Mound in Georgia. I just incorporated these native stones into this old design and made it a contemporary style.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[19] = new data("images/collaboration/jk19_l.jpg","<font>&quot;My experience here as a participant in the Native Artists Fellowship Program has been great. I've really been able to gather a lot of good information about my culture from the largest resources in the country. The fellowship program has allowed me to see the collections of the Peabody Museum in Andover, Massachusetts, and the Brooklyn Museum and the American Museum of Natural History in New York.<br><br>I came to New York to research Mound Builder excavations. You can see the Mound Builder designs and motifs in my work. I like to incorporate new things along with the old. I find it interesting that I have all these modern tools at my disposal, yet I study the ones who didn't have the things that I do and yet they were master artists.&quot;</font>")
dataJK[20] = new data("images/collaboration/jk20_l.jpg","<font>&quot;I plan to use my experiences here and incorporate them into a community project working with the Creek Council House Museum in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.<br><br>I'm a graduate of Sequoyah Indian High School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and I remember every year there was a student art show. One year Kelley Haney, a Seminole artist, came and spoke to our art class and that influenced me. I'd like to use this experience as a community project and talk to the kids who are sitting in a place were I used to sit; let them know that they do have their own culture to draw from, and there's a lot out there they can utilize.&quot;<br><br>For more information about Kenneth Johnson and his artwork see:<br>http://www.kennethjohnson.com/<br><br>Mr. Johnson can be contacted directly at:<br>kenneth@kennethjohnson.com</font>")                                                                 
                                                                                                                                      
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