About

Dierra Jones utilizes storytelling and place as the driving force in her studio practice. The medium of jewelry is transformed resulting in delicate, small-scale, wearable objects and non-traditional installation works, containing her identity and emotions. She uses her practice as a method to achieve freedom and control from her past experiences, reflecting a keen eye for autobiography, processing her life stories through a variety of perspectives. Jones’s ability to create engaging and thoughtful works causes each story to be a continual, encouraging reflection and transformation within the viewer.

Dierra additionally uses her studio practice and background in jewelry to create everyday wear jewelry that is fun through color experimentation with enamel and bead + wire techniques (a self-taught skill that she has developed over the years.)

Dierra is an artist and visual arts teacher based in Savannah, GA. She holds a BFA in Ceramics from Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia as well as a MFA in Jewelry from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA.