Articles

Henriette Schuster, Plug, 2005, pendant, blackened silver, elastic, 340 x 80 mm, photo: Katie Scott Susan Cummins: Henriette, what is your story? What compelled you to become a jeweler, and what was your path to learning how to do it? Henriette Schuster: I have known I wanted to be jeweler since the age of six

Flora Sekanova, J, 2013, brooch, Japanese newspaper, silver, mixed media, 60 x 35 x 5 mm, photo: artist Missy Graff: Can you please describe how you came to be a jeweler? Flora Sekanova: I became a jeweler on the way to finding my true expression of what this life is about. You have lived in

Jessica Stephens, Orange Burst Brooch, 2011, plastic, copper, enamel, silver, smoky quartz, 38.1 x 57.15 x 76.2 mm, photo: artist Susan Cummins: Jessica, you have been out of school now for about five years. Since graduating from SUNY New Paltz, have your ideas about making jewelry changed? Jessica Stephens: I definitely think more about wearability.

Linda MacNeil, Magnificent, 2013, brooch, acid polished glass, polished Vitrolite glass, 24-karat gold plate, 114.3 x 82.55 x 12.7 mm, photo: Bill Truslow Susan Cummins: Please give us some idea of how you became the unusual combination of a glassblowing jeweler. Linda MacNeil: To clarify, I don’t do any glassblowing. I work with glass in

Helen Britton, Shell Garden with Loops, 2012, brooch, silver, diamonds, paint, 90 x 60 x 30 mm, photo: artist Susan Cummins: Helen, can you explain Heterogene as the title of your current show at Galerie Rob Koudijs? Helen Britton: Heterogene is really from the word heterogeneous and refers to the diverse preoccupations in my work.

Myra Mimlitsch-Gray portrait, photo: artist Susan Cummins: You are a forceful person and seem to have been born fully formed out of the head of Vulcan, but the baby Myra must have had a journey to get to your position of great silversmith and professor. Can you tell me how that happened? Myra Mimlitsch-Gray: Wow