Joshua DeMonte Art?

Artist Joshua DeMonte has a portfolio filled with architecturally inspired jewelry which allows consumers to adorn themselves with their favorite building elements.
These pieces make one question the reality of space and proportion of the body by blending formal building structure with skin.
This Temple University trained artist started displaying his art at his Alma matter, Tyler School of Art. His work has since been shown all about the United States with his last exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences. DeMonte uses many of the same programs common to the students here at the USC School of Architecture such as Rhinoceros 3d modeling and Maya. His pieces are made out of a variety of materials including plaster and nylon.
Most of the art in his collection make one question if it is actually wearable jewelry or just a scale model wrapped around a wrist. DeMonte’s Arcade Coil bracelet makes one ask just that. This bracelet is the length of the models forearm and flares at the end to look like a dog cone surrounding a hand. The detailing of the arcade is gorgeous yet the bracelet looks more like a presentation model than a wearable piece of jewelry.
DeMonte, like former MOCA curator Brooke Hodge, explores the boundary between fields in a proactive way making people question if his work is either art, architecture, fashion or a blend of all three. Other works by Joshua DeMonte include aqueduct and cathedral collars and window and wallpaper bangles.
An entire portfolio of DeMonte’s work can be found at: http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=276125