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Collection includes pottery from “Jugtown,” a 60-year-old pottery community in Seagrove, N.C. Considered my many to be the folk art center of early Americana, Jugtown includes many third and fourth generation potters.
“Folk art is indigenous people art and these people work in a spirit of cooperation similar to Native Americans,” Ms. Greene says.
She aims to provide quality, uniqueness and reasonable pricing. Her collection will rotate periodically due to the size of her collection and her desire to keep her selection fresh for local interest.
In addition to avidly collecting artifacts from the world’s indigenous peoples, Ms. Greene spends much time designing her own jewelry lines. Her designs include necklaces, watches, earrings, bracelets, and pins. They are colorful creations made with antique beads, artifacts, gems, minerals, and mixed metals. She calls then “wearable art,” and hopes that people will pass them on as they would a painting or other heirloom.
As a designer Ms. Greene makes reproducible jewelry, but as an artist she creates “one-of-a-kind” only. One of her specialties is power necklaces, which are pieces made with a particular intent, for example rose quartz for the heart, amethyst for balancing energy or relieving anger and excesses, and lapis for healing. “I find it very interesting to watch how people
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