Kit Carson - Studio Artist
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Design and Creation Specialties
Hand-engraved jewelry, exhibited in nationally recognized galleries Found-object metal sculpture for residential and commercial environments Professional Experience 1975 – Present Owner, Kit Carson Design 1998 – Present Freelance designer and Consultant, residential and commercial environments Shelby Wilson Architects, Carefree, Arizona 2001 – Present Freelance designer, Art Guitars Fender Custom Guitar Shop, Corona, CA 2003 & 2005 QVC Western Show 2005 Designed and built personal residence of steel, rock and found objects Awards, Honors, Presentations, Publications 2017 Raven and Skeleton 3-Panel Gate, Commissioned Work, Temecula, California 2017 Raven and Skeleton Gate, Commissioned Work, Calabasas, California 2016 Beverly Hills Art Show 2016 “Grill of My Dreams” completion, 10 years in the making 2015 Beverly Hills Art Show 2014 Fender Custom Shop - Steam Punk Guitar 2013 The Sonny Tuttle Spirit Award, Western Design Conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 2012 The Dream Factory: Fender Custom Shop by Tom Wheeler, Cover and Article 2011 True West magazine, Best of the West, “Best Engraver” Award Ornament magazine, Cover and Feature Articles (second appearance) 2010 El Camino College, Torrance, California - Visiting lecturer and workshop presenter Craft in America, lecture and presentation, Los Angeles, California True West magazine, Featured Article on Home Design Western and English magazine Cowboys and Indians “Horizon” editorial 2009 GRS Engraving Catalog cover Guitar Aficionado magazine, featured article on custom guitar for Billy Gibbons 2008 Judge for Jewelry Category, Indian Market (SWAIA), Santa Fe, New Mexico Arizona Commission on the Arts Recipient 2007 Best of Category in Jewelry, La Quinta Art Festival, La Quinta, California 2006 Craft in America/PBS, featured in Landscape series, Season One 2006 2004 Fender Frontline Catalog, feature article 2003 Best of Show, Conejo Valley Festival of the Arts, Thousand Oaks, California, Selected Bibliography 2002 Ornament magazine, Cover and Feature Articles (first appearance) Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine 2000 Memories of New York Show, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York City Attitude in Action Show, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, England/Dublin, Ireland Education 2009 Professional Development Study with Master Engraver Sam Alfano 1975 University of Oregon at Eugene, Metalsmithing/Engraving Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona, Metalsmithing/Engraving |
