Stefani Kimche lives and works in the beautiful mountains of Park City. Her work consists mostly of traditional bronze sculpture and unique artisan bead assemblages. She attended Cornell University and concentrated on fine art, archeology and history.

With a lifelong passion for the visual arts, Stefani embraced an opportunity to combine her wanderlust with creativity. Her collegiate studies of archeology and fine art fueled a fascination with the historical importance of bronze sculpture and beads. Both have lasted throughout the millennia and provide a window to cultures long past.

Stefani’s unique bead strands are a combination of collected and artist-created beads. They reflect the constant cultural significance of these items as a form of trade, worship and beauty. She is especially drawn to vintage rosaries, mala chains and prayer beads and each strand features an ancient Hebron trade bead hundreds of years old and made from the sands and salts of the Dead Sea. These beads were traded all over the African and European continents. The curated selections are thoughtfully strung together; allowing their combined history to continue in someone else’s story….

Stefani’s bronze work is a mix of limited edition bronze cast fine art pieces and bronze cast reproductions. They are all individually hand poured in the lost-wax method of bronze sculpture and uniquely patinaed at the Art City Bronze Foundry in Utah.

Stefani lives in Park City, Utah. She sits on the board of the Kimball Art Center and was the founder of the Elementary Visual Art program currently implemented in the Park City School District. She thrives on living in a mountain resort town and getting to meet residents and visitors from all over the world. She especially loves to travel.

LINKS
www.saambeads.com

IMAGES

Utah Artists Directory

Artist listings in our Utah Artists Directories are open to all visual artists who reside part-time or full-time in the state of Utah. The listings will remain on our site as long as the artist resides in the state. There is no annual fee for the artist listings. A one-time setup fee is required to create an artist listing. To learn how to create your listing click here.