Platina gallery’s Sofia Björkman took advantage of the recent publication Contemporary Swedish Art Jewellery by Inger Wästberg to present an exhibition of pieces featured by the artists mentioned in the book. Many of these artists she already shows, and in some cases, she got to pull pieces out of the drawers to put them together […]
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TWEEX 2 exhibition, photo: Xavier Ury Susan Cummins: How does TWEEX 2 expand on the theme of the transmission of knowledge from the teacher to the student in the jewelry programs in Belgium, which you began with TWEEX 1? Françoise Vanderauwera: Using the theme of transmission, the whole TWEEX project contributes to a better understanding
Donald Friedlich, Aqua Series Brooch, 2013, glass, 22-karat gold, 18-karat gold, 14-karat gold, 57 x 60.3 x 9.5 mm, photo: Larry Sanders Missy Graff: Please tell me about your background. How did you become interested in making jewelry? Donald Friedlich: In my early 20s, I met a jeweler while ski bumming in Stowe, Vermont. Up
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Laura Deakin, Our Planet on Tuesday the 14th August 2012, 2012, necklace, polyester resin, newspaper pigment, silver, 660 mm, photo: artist Missy Graff: Please tell me about your background. How did you become a jeweler? Laura Deakin: My parents have always been a huge influence in my life. My dad is an illustrator and retired
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Marie-Louise Kristensen portrait, photo: Jeanette Land Schou Susan Cummins: Please describe your project called BANGKO{K}LLECTION. Why did you choose Bangkok? Marie-Louise Kristensen: Well it’s more like Bangkok chose me. In 2011, a while after I finished working on CPH:DUCKS (a solo exhibition at Goldfingers in Copenhagen), I got in contact with Atty, the director of
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Agathe Saint-Girons, Révolution ring, 2005, pink gold, moonstones, 580 mm, photo: Elsa Vanier Missy Graff: What is the Circuits Bijoux, and who organized it? Elsa Vanier: Circuits Bijoux is presented by Ateliers d’Art de France in partnership with Les Arts Decoratifs Museum and the Un Bijou à l’Autre Association. Circuits Bijoux will be presenting around
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Joyce Scott, photo: John Dean Susan Cummins: Joyce, when did you first know you were going to be an artist? Joyce Scott: In vitro. I was born with one of the best-decorated placenta. I know you have repeated the story of your mother and her influence on you many times, but would you mind repeating
Marian Hosking Susan Cummins: Please tell the story of when you knew you wanted to make jewelry. Marian Hosking: While at high school, I was interested in architecture, Le Corbusier and the Modern movement. I started an architecture degree at Melbourne University, only for a few weeks, in 1967. I believed I could be studying
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Anne-Marie Rébillard, Series Trace, 2013, brooch, driftwood, plastic, epoxy, pigments, cotton, 70 x 70 x 30 mm, photo: Michel Gauvin Missy Graff: Please tell me about your background. How did you become interested in making jewelry? Gabrielle Desmarais: When I first began college, I studied administration while making fashion jewelry for small shops in town.
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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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