THE ARTIST

Krista Gambrel first started exploring her contributions to art at a young age through music, dance, poetry and the performing arts. Her fascination with shape and form were inspired by a distinct moment in her life, when at around 10 years old, she discovered Michelangelo's marble carvings on the internet. She quickly took to filling and freezing balloons to then chip away at the frozen material with her father's hammer and nails. 

Her propensity for exploring creative processes and her desire to articulate ideas in the third dimension influenced her to study Spatial Arts, Sculpture and Metal Casting at San Jose State University. In these years, Gambrel became obsessed with the process of metal casting and fascinated with concepts of technology and cognitive culture. The nexus of art and science, along with female empowerment and subjectivity, are profound themes found in her body of work.

Coupled with her restless imagination, her conviction for designing and developing forms have inspired her newest endeavor. This season, the artist has applied her sculptural prowess to releases her debut jewelry line as Ende Collective.  

Artist statement

My jewelry is designed and handcrafted to draw upon the curiosity and wonder of our world. Principles of design are my playground and the spark to my creative process as I build. Clean lines, sleek forms, and distinctively architectural shapes are common elements found throughout my collections as this is what ‘wholeness’ feels like to me.

With close attention paid to purity of form, a cohesive theme arises throughout my artwork that denotes flow, movement, and energy. While minimalist in aesthetic, each piece embodies a deeper and more evocative concept behind the exactness of its structure; each with its own individual personality to portray. I approached materials as a means to give shape to intangible emotions like intuition, freedom, passion, and possibility.

If you’d like to follow my personal journey and see my inspirations as I live them, you can find me @mskristgambrel.