Robin Kranicki and Kim Overstreet started working together in 1985. They worked in the same department store. Finding a common interest in making jewelery from scrap materials, they began creating brooches with miniature narrative vignettes under the Lost & Found brand. They characterize the materials for their projects as “anything we could find” in boxes in attics, flea markets, yard sales, including antiques, hardware, broken clocks and jewelry, and cheap toys. Their practice now includes the production of larger wall works.
Brooch Flame Robin Kranitzky Kim Overstreet.
“We continued to make our decorations from found items, which became highly sought after and eventually evolved into our current narrative works. The very idea of turning junk into jewelry was the impetus for our partnership and became the title of the first article written about our work in 1985 in a local newspaper.”
Brooch Spirit of your heart Robin Kranitzky Kim Overstreet 2005.
Brooch Monocular I Stedelijk Museum s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 1990.
Brooch Bucket of toil 1992.
Robin Kranitzky Kim Overstreet 1993.
Houston Museum of Fine Arts 1992.
Brooch on stand Robin Kranitzky Kim Overstreet 1994.
Brooch Judgment of a Forgotten Saint Museum of Decorative Arts Montreal Canada 1990.
Museum of Art Philadelphia USA 2000.
Brooch King Kong II 2000.
Brooch Finding a Solution Robin Kranitzky Kim Overstreet 1991.
Ambiguity Brooch Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2005.
Brooch Wow Robin Kranitsky Kim Overstreet 2007.
Brooch Autobiography 2001.
Angkor brooch Robin Kranitzky Kim Overstreet 2014.
Brooch Flow 2014.
Mirage brooch Robin Kranitzky Kim Overstreet 1992.
Brooch Blind Robin Kranitzky Kim Overstreet Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art 2015.
Dial Brooch Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art 2016.
Journey Brooch Smithsonian American Art Museum 1990.
Materials acrylic wood bamboo shell paper brass copper porcupine needles glass thread wood putty acetate tin etc.
