The questions in this interview are loosely inspired by the word pairings published on the exhibition announcement. They are: Corpus • Parallel Investigation• Reflection Activity • Still Objects • Abject Hidden • Reveal Shiny • Dull Volume • Space Missing • Present Skin • Surface Beyond • […]
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Valdis Brože, Untitled, 2015, ring series, gold-plated silver, mammoth bone, photo: Art Gallery Putti Valdis Brože makes jewelry about the passage of time. His forthcoming exhibition, White Pate, at Latvia’s Art Gallery Putti, features Brože’s series of intricately hewn rings. Each ring reflects minute progression in the artist’s craft: shades of difference realized in careful
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Marc Monzo, Blank Earrings Big, 2015, 18-karat gold, 37 x 15 x 15 mm, photo: artist Known for his insightful forms and well-designed jewelry, Marc Monzo is an artist living and working in Barcelona, Spain. After studying jewelry at the Escola Massana in Barcelona, he has gone on to give numerous lectures and workshops and
Monika Brugger is a fascinating and deep thinker about jewelry. What is its relationship to clothes and to sewing. She makes subtle but provocative work with violent underpinnings. It is quite unusual but thought provoking. In this show called Damage Control at Atta Gallery she pulls together a grouping that draws on memory and on
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Earlier this year, Mia Maljojoki, a Munich-based jewelry artist, spent 24 hours in a Munich subway station “performing” in a project called 1000 Stardust. What started as performance art has now been made over into a window installation at Galerie Spektrum in Munich. 1000 Stardust explores the concept of the equality of every human being
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Moniek Schrijer, Drop, earrings, 2015, white bronze teaspoons, brass, fine silver, each approximately 40 x 25 x 1 mm, photo: artist Moniek Schrijer is a jewelry artist hailing from New Zealand. With a background in printmaking and jewelry, Schrijer experiments with the intersection of the two fields through a humorous lens. Pearl Ear, her exhibition
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While AJF is not multilingual, our readership certainly is, and we often hear how unfortunate it is that our articles are not translated into other languages. We cannot afford to do that—but what we can do, when a piece is supplied to us in its English translation, is publish it in the original language as
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Seulgi Kwon, photo: Myoungwook Huh Seulgi Kwon was the Artist Award winner in 2014, and I have to say she has made very good use of this award by participating in numerous exhibitions and events. In fact, I can’t believe she isn’t staying up all night every night with all her obligations! This is just
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Ulo Florack, Smashed Investment on the Wall, 2002–2012, detail of an objectbox, acrylic/mixed media on wooden objectbox, casting investment, 14,8 x 17,5 x 5 cm, photo: artist Ulo Florack is a German jewelry artist and painter known for sculpting wildly fantastical creatures and characters in his jewelry. Florack studied under Professor Hermann Jünger and Professor Jörg Immendorff, and his work
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Tura Sugden, photo: artist Tura Sugden is an artist based in San Francisco who composes golden architectural spaces in her meticulously constructed jewelry. Sugden has studied advanced goldsmithing techniques in Belgium, Maine, Tennessee, Kansas, and California. Her show, Silhouettes, at Shibumi Gallery, gave me a chance to interview her. Olivia Shih: You were classically trained
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Jill Baker Gower, Fleshgem Brooch #1, 2013, rubber, garnets, pearls, silver, 69.9 X 85.7 X 19 mm, photo by artist Jill Baker Gower is an artist, metalsmith, and educator. Her jewelry, often based on the female experience, has been widely exhibited and printed in publications such as Metalsmith magazine and the book 500 Enameled Objects.
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Chiara Scarpitti, Ushabti, 2015, ornamental pendant, gold-plated silver, Plexiglas, steel, passementerie, 300 x 150 x 10 mm, photo: U. Puca With a PhD in design and innovation, Chiara Scarpitti is an artist who combines anthropological research with digital manufacturing in thought-provoking jewelry. She thinks of herself as a designer who specializes in contemporary jewelry and
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