The Identity Crisis Begins in School Craft is at a crossroads. We are at a moment when fields are expanding and constantly in flux, when departments are being defunded or cut entirely, and when academic programs are constantly forced to justify their existence. In the face of these demands, academic craft is in the crosshairs, […]
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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
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Nhat-Vu Dang Mill Valley, CA, August 19, 2013—Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2013 AJF Artist Award for Emerging Artists. One winner will be selected from this short list and announced on September 1, 2013. Applications were received from 134 artists in 34 countries. This is the first year
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Tarja Tuupanen, Wilhelmina, Mathilda, and Karolina, objects, constructed coral, 115 x 80 x 65 mm (one piece), photo: Lassi Rinno Susan Cummins: What is so special about the town of Lahti, Finland, that it inspired you to curate a show about it? How did the project evolve? Anna Rikkinen and Helena Lehtinen: Lahti is our
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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This year’s week-long jewelry gathering was slightly sadder for being so well mapped out. The Handwerkskammer provided the program, Current Obsession, a newly launched magazine, came with a large foldout map, which was a nice complement to the street finder published and given out by gallerist Kinga Zobel. To be absolutely certain of your itinerary, it
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Rebecca Hannon, Flower Beard, 2013, beard ornament, cone 10 porcelain, sterling silver, 228.6 x 177.8 x 25.4 mm, photo: Laura Macdonald Susan Cummins: Can you tell the story of how you discovered that you wanted to be a jeweler? Rebecca Hannon: I grew up in Virginia, and my high school art teacher took me to
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Ramón Puig Cuyàs, network no. 1430, 2011, brooch, oxidized German silver, 580 x 72 x 20 mm, photo: artist Susan Cummins: Ramon, please tell us the story of how you became a jeweler? Ramón Puig Cuyàs: I think I’ve always been a lucky person. When I was young, I had three ideas of what I
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Réka Fekete, Liaison, 2013, brooch, steel, laminate, silver, 94 x 85 x 12 mm, photo: artist Susan Cummins: Réka Fekete, you are Hungarian by birth, and I understand that you moved to Amsterdam in 2004 when you were 22 years old. Do you think you brought something particularly Hungarian to your studies at the Gerrit
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