If you want an article about how the 3D printer will change our world and usher in a New Industrial Revolution go elsewhere. There is no dearth—on the web, in the news, or in print—of literature that compares 3D printing to the second coming. As for me, I’m not sure whether we have really […]
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Atelier Zobel, Ring, 22k and 18k gold, sterling silver, black diamond (2.5ct), champagne colored diamonds VS1 (0.12ct total weight), black diamonds (0.12ct total weight), size 7, photo: Andrea Marx Susan Cummins: Peter, what is your role at Atelier Zobel? Peter Schmid: I am the new face of Atelier Zobel. I worked for Atelier Zobel for
Yvonne Joris Died: September 29, 2013 in Leuven, Belgium It was June 1982 when I first met Yvonne Joris at my eponymous gallery in Philadelphia. Within minutes, I fell under her enthusiastic spell and passion for the arts. She was accompanied by Evert van Straaten, who eventually became the director (now retired) of the Kröller-Müller
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Sponsored by Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Jewelry Forum In this talk, Mònica Gaspar uses the term “object-ography” (writing about objects) to describe her practice, which finds her curating around and researching on the encounters and “dis-encounters” between people and things in everyday life. She introduces the audience to some of the art jewelry,
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Melissa Tolar, Crystal Dimension with Red, 2012, brooch, enamel, copper, sterling silver, plastic, copper leaf, glass, Swarovski crystal, quartz, 88.9 x 63.5 x 25.4 mm, photo: artist Susan Cummins: How did this curatorial collaboration come about? Please describe a little about yourselves in the process. Brian Weissman: Every now and then, Erin and I like
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Sponsored by California College of the Arts and The Rotasa Foundation Marginalized from mainstream culture, contemporary jewelers have started colonizing the spaces available to them to (re)define their practices and the field at large. In this joint lecture, Liesbeth den Besten and Benjamin Lignel, contributors to Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, look at two facets of
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Contemporary jewelry is doing OK. It does not need another pat on the back in the form of a 300-page book of images. When taking on the task of editor in 2010, Damian Skinner decided to treat Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective as an opportunity to examine jewelry as a mature, fully developed practice. Rather than
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Simon Cottrell, Layer clump leg, 2013, brooch, Monel 400, mirrored synthetic polymer resin, stainless steel, 110 x 80 x 50 mm, photo: artist Susan Cummins: Before we start with the more in-depth questions, please tell me how you came to be where you are, doing what you are doing. Simon Cottrell: In 1997, I completed
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Contemporary jewelry is doing OK. It does not need another pat on the back in the form of a 300-page book of images. When taking on the task of editor in 2010, Damian Skinner decided to treat Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective as an opportunity to examine jewelry as a mature, fully developed practice. Rather than
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Suzanne Klemm studies nature, and specifically in this show at Galerie Ra called Oceanum, she is paying attention to deep-sea life. The mysterious world of sea creatures has inspired many jewelers over the centuries. However, Suzanne doesn’t claim to be interested in any precursors and finds her own way to a translation from the deep
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The contemporary jewelry field is much less resilient to the use of words and texts than its craft heritage would have us believe. Words help us define our practice and describe (or dress up) our things. In fact, words are what we use to help these things graduate to the status of cultural goods. They
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J. Fred Woell, Founding Fathers, 2006, brooch, Eagle Brand can lid, copper, steel, nickel, 69.9 x 69.9 x 6.4 mm, photo: Madeline Courtney Susan Cummins: Signs Of Life is the ninth in the series of publications from Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery. How did it start? What compels you to continue? Karen Lorene: For a number
