What is Art Jewelry?
The term “art jewelry” can mean a lot of different things to different people. How would you define it? What does art jewelry mean to you?
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July 2014
Kerianne Quick’s Fob
In the past week, I witnessed Che Guevara’s face on a hand-painted locker at my son’s middle school, stenciled on a derelict building, printed on a wine bottle label, and silkscreened on organic cotton onesies. Unmoored from its original context, Alberto Korda’s original black-and-white photograph of Che Guevara is obscured in a morass of commercialism:
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2014 ART JEWELRY FORUM ARTIST AWARD
Mill Valley, CA, July 1, 2014—Art Jewelry Form (AJF) is accepting applications for its 2014 Artist Award for an Emerging Jewelry Artist. This is the fifteenth year that AJF will be providing a cash award to a contemporary jewelry artist. The amount of the 2014 award will remain at $7500 this year thanks to the
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Rudee Tancharoen: Tales of the Truth
After years of studying contemporary jewelry in Europe, Thai artist Rudee Tancharoen returned home to share her passion for art jewelry with the people of Thailand and established Atelier Rudee, the only international academy for art jewelry in Thailand, to do just that. Her current solo show, Tales of the Truth, is on exhibition at ATTA Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand, through July 5, 2014. Here she talks with Bonnie Levine about the show and the important work of Atelier Rudee.
Bonnie Levine: Tell me about your background. How did you become interested in making jewelry since there is not a long tradition of art jewelry in Thailand? Who has had a major influence on your work?
Rudee Tancharoen: My introduction to art jewelry is quite a delightful coincidence. After I graduated in industrial design from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, I worked as a designer for a while. However, I found that there are some aspects of industrial work that did not quite agree with me. I wanted to try something else where I could still use my creativity, but involved less in industrial business. I then decided to take a three-year course at the Alchimia school in Florence, Italy, where I was introduced to and graduated in the art of contemporary jewelry.
During my last year at Alchimia, I had an opportunity to study with Manfred Bischoff for a whole year and his philosophy has had a major influence on my work in several aspects.
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