Elisabeth Arzt
She/They
Adamstown, MD, USA
“Elisabeth Arzt is a Maryland-based multidisciplinary artist and founder of Fine Arzt Studio. Raised on a Western Maryland farm, she developed a lasting reverence for nature that continues to ground her work. With a BFA in sculpture from the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Elisabeth’s practice spans monumental chainsaw carvings to finely wrought jewelry, blending woodworking and metalsmithing to honor material, memory, and transformation. Sustainability is central—she crafts with recycled sterling silver, salvaged wood, and ethically sourced stones, creating heirlooms that connect past and present. Each piece reflects her fascination with time, history, and story, from wood rings that carry nature’s rhythms to metals endlessly melted and reimagined. Elisabeth’s work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Craft Week, Strathmore Mansion, and Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, and belongs to private collections in the U.S. and abroad.”
“My work explores memory, time, and transformation through jewelry and sculpture. Using recycled sterling silver, 14k gold, salvaged wood, and ethically sourced stones, I create pieces that honor material and story. Rings of wood echo nature’s role as a timekeeper, while silver and gold—melted and reshaped countless times—carry the imprint of many hands. Each piece is both adornment and talisman, a reminder that what we carry connects us to history, place, and one another. Rooted in sustainability and craft, my practice seeks to preserve memory while offering new forms of beauty.”
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How does your work relate to the theme of restoration?
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"Primordial Egg", aluminum, copper, enamel paint, wood, 4" x 4"x 3", How does your creative practice allow you to restore (renew, return, reclaim, recover)?
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As a queer+, artist, what do you see can be, needs to be, or cannot be restored?
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Photographs Courtesy of the Artist
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