B1
THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, JuNE 5, 2021
CONTACT US
FOLLOW US
Alyssa Evans
aevans@dailyastorian.com
facebook.com/
DailyAstorian
THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2021 • B1
‘Preserved Tradition’ is one of Kate Speranza’s sculptures.
A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING
Speranza creates paintings, jewelry and more
By ZOË BUCHLI
For The Astorian
I
A pendant Speranza created using vault light glass from downtown Astoria.
VIEW SPERANZA’S ART
RiverSea Gallery, 1160 Commercial St.
Astoria Sunday Market, 12th St.
KateSperanza.com
f you stop by the Astoria Sun-
day Market or RiverSea Gal-
lery, you’ll likely find a booth
with a fresh collection of unique
jewelry.
Each piece is one-of-a-kind, made
of sterling silver and enameled. The
pieces, created by Astoria artist Kate
Speranza, are just one example of her
talent. Speranza’s portfolio stretches
across mediums, including paintings,
small sculptures and other jewelry
collections.
Speranza’s historic glass jew-
elry collection is on display at River-
Sea Gallery. Using purple glass from
vault lights placed along sidewalks
downtown, Speranza created rings,
bracelets and pendants.
One of Speranza’s friends gave her
the glass when it was being removed
from a sidewalk. Speranza appreci-
ates being able to turn the glass into
wearable pieces instead of it going to
a recycling center, she said.
“I love the history of the glass. To
me that feels like a gemstone in and
of itself,” Speranza said. “I love the
idea of creating a piece of jewelry
where people can have a little piece
of Astoria’s history.”
Speranza has a separate collection
of jewelry at her booth at the Astoria
Sunday Market. The booth gives her
space to create a new jewelry collec-
tion, something that has been a fun,
new design challenge, she said.
A bit of everything
ABOVE: ‘Out of Reach’ by Speranza,
part of a painting collection at RiverSea
Gallery. LEFT: Speranza.
Speranza keeps herself busy by
bouncing in between three mediums:
jewelry, painting and photography.
This helps keep variety and balance
in her work and portfolio, she said.
“I’ll put all of this effort towards
one project and then I’ll kind of
switch gears once a deadline has
come and gone,” she said.
A painting series she recently com-
pleted is also on display at RiverSea
Gallery through Tuesday.
See Speranza, Page B4