10 Most Exciting Juxtapositions at Schmuck
Click on the first slide to enter the slideshow. 10 Most Exciting Juxtapositions at Schmuck 2014, Munich
March 2014
Nina Sajet: Still Life
Nina Sajet, Aardbeicollier, 2013, necklace, porcelain, nylon cord, pigment, 240 x 240 x 55 mm, photo: Jos van Beusekom Susan Cummins: Can you tell us the story of how you became interested in making jewelry? Nina Sajet: Jewelry has always been a part of my life. When I was a little girl, I loved to …
The Stereo Leg
Sophie de Oliveira Barata, Stereo Leg, 2012, silicone, cast resin, studs, rhinestones chains, two old speakers; Viktoria Modesta wearing Stereo Leg, the Alternative Limb Project, 2012, photo: Rosemary Williams A new article format was launched in January 2014. This series, called “One on One,” consists of 500-word analyses of specific works that lend themselves to …
Anya Kivarkis: September Issue
Anya Kivarkis, Wynona Ryder, Lost Jewels, 3 views, 2008, 2010, ring, silver, 44.5 x 88.9 x 44.5 mm, photo: Kevin Sprague Susan Cummins: Can you give us a snapshot description of your background. Were you trained as a jeweler? Anya Kivarkis: I received an undergraduate degree in craft with a focus on jewelry and metalsmithing …
More Than One to Make One
After 35-years experience working as an artist, I realize in preparing this talk that I can now be an anthropologist—a cultural and material anthropologist of my world of work. I have the opportunity to examine it, analyze it, and give it some sense that might not have been apparent at the time of making. I …
Beate Klockmann and Philip Sajet: Couples in Jewelry—Frühling March 22, 2014
Rosemarie Jäger had been noticing how many couples there are in the jewelry world, and suddenly one day, she realized that it was a great idea for a series of shows. This one, with Beate Klockmann and Philip Sajet, is the first, and appropriately it is called Frühling or “Spring” and is the beginning of …
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Rutger Emmelkamp
In 2013, Rutger Emmelkamp took over the direction of the jewelry department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. The success of the academy’s alumni, on the one hand, and the glowing reputation of the department’s former directors—Ruudt Peters, Iris Eichenberg, Manon van Kouswijk, and Suska Mackert—on the other, has made the “succession” a matter of …
Polly Wales and Jo Hayes Ward
Polly Wales, Rapunzel Stack, 2013, rings, crystals, gold, 2mm wide, photo: Polly Wales Missy Graff: Please tell me about your background. How did you become interested in making jewelry? Polly Wales: I initially studied sculpture, but I couldn’t really come to grips with the convoluted language of fine art. It felt so removed. After a …
Jewelry and Life: An Uncanny Connection
A new article format was launched in January 2014. This series, called “One on One,” consists of 500-word analyses of specific works that lend themselves to in-depth study. One review will be published every month. “One on One” is a form of testing area. We believe that the field of contemporary jewelry will benefit from developing …
ART JEWELRY FORUM PUBLISHES BEST OF INTERVIEWS
Myra Mimlistch-Gray spread, AJF Best of Interviews Dorothea Prühl spread, AJF Best of Interviews “We culled 18 provocative conversations with luminaries in the field from the more than 70 interviews we have had published with luminaries in this field since we began reporting more than 15 years ago,” said AJF Board board Chair chair …