Kiff slemmons biography of rory

American metalsmith

Kiff Slemmons (born 1944) is an American metalsmith.

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She received her B.A. in Art and French at the University of Iowa, but is primarily known for her career in jewelry and metals. Slemmons currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Her work is collected by many notable museums and personalities, including Robin Williams.^[1]

Childhood and early life

Slemmons was born in Maxton, North Carolina, but grew up in Iowa.^[2] The child of a pharmacist and newspaper publisher, Slemmons developed a love of the printed word and the Linotype early in life.^[3]

Education

In 1962 Slemmons enrolled in Scripps College in Claremont, California for comparative literature, but left shortly for the Sorbonne in Paris, France in 1963.^[4] She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968 at the University of Iowa and later attended an eight-week metals program in Japan through Parsons The New School for Design i