1. Between 1947 and 1948, Renk co-founded 750 Studio at 750 N Dearborn Street in Chicago with Olive Oliver and Mary Jo Slick.
11 Facts About Merry Renk
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In 1948, Merry Renk traveled to Europe and eventually settled in San Francisco.
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Merry Renk started creating organic forms in her jewelry and they grew in popularity.
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In 1954, Merry Renk served as President of the Metal Arts Guild.
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Merry Renk remained active in the group until age 90.
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Around the mid-1950s Merry Renk began creating intricate tiaras and crowns.
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Merry Renk created a wedding crown of interlocking gold petals and 240 pearls, White Cloud.
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Either in the 1960s or in a car accident in 1974, Merry Renk sustained an eye injury.
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In 1994, Merry Renk was elected a fellow at the American Craft Council.
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Merry Renk's work is in many public museum collections including the Renwick Gallery, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among others.
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Merry Renk died on June 17,2012, in San Francisco of congestive heart failure.