WELCOME
Fernanda Gaspar is an emerging craftsperson. She was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and now resides in San Diego, California where she enjoys that it is so close to its bordertown Tijuana. Gaspar received her Bachelor's degree from San Diego State University in Business Administration alongside a minor in Jewelry & Metalwork. She is very passionate about community, often employed by organizations that care for the people and care of the cultivation and sharing of craft. She was the Pocosin Arts Metals Artist in Residence for 2024-2025. Currently she is producing art in San Diego, Teaching at the San Diego Jewelry Academy as well as Coordinating the Summer Metals session at Idyllwild Arts.STATEMENT
Her objects and wearables share with the viewer a specific narrative. The stories expose you to an specific time and feeling in her life. Treating each piece almost like a journal entree. She has a deep care for concept and design thinking of how they come together to reveal the narrative to the viewer. The work reconciles my deep appreciation for craftsmanship and the practice of creating meaning-filled objects. I grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico amidst women that loved crafts, they instilled in me a deep appreciation for tradition. My work reflects those traditions by the techniques and topics I choose to talk about. I make conceptual work that..
shares a story. I have a deep care for concept and design thinking of how they’’ come together to reveal the narrative to the viewer. The work reconciles my deep appreciation for craftsmanship and the practice of creating meaning-filled objects. I grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico amidst women that loved crafts, they instilled in me a deep appreciation for tradition. My work reflects those traditions by the techniques and topics I choose to talk about.
BIO
My objects…
are experimental and often depart from a question. wondering if a certain technique will work, or if an idea can be developed in a certain material. Sometimes I enjoy making objects that don’t have a story attached to them and can just be beautiful.
