Interviews

Tura Sugden: Silhouettes

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: Dermal

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

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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Italian Modern Masters and Post-War Artists’ Jewelry

Umberto Mastroianni, Meteora, 1970, necklace (detail), 18-karat white and yellow gold, made by Gherardi, diameter of disc 10 mm, depth of disc 25 mm, photo: Didier Ltd Didier and Martine Haspeslagh developed their gallery exhibitions around jewelry by artists and mid-century jewelers. Didier Ltd shows at fairs all around the world, including the TEFAF (The

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Apinya Boonprakob: Something about Jewellery and a Woman

Apinya Boonprakob, Untitled, 2008, shoulder brooch, fine silver, sterling silver, 24-karat gold, freshwater pearls, tourmalines, 100 x 50 x 15 mm, photo: Shinratna Kaewdirok Apinya Boonprakob is a Thai jewelry artist who holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art, London, and exhibits internationally. She now works as a professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

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In Conversation with Angelika Nollert

Portrait of Dr. Angelika Nollert, photo: Anna Seibel In May 2014, Dr. Angelika Nollert succeeded Dr. Florian Hufnagl as the director of what is arguably the world’s largest design museum, the Die Neue Sammlung—The International Design Museum Munich, including its internationally renowned jewelry collection in the museum’s Danner Rotunda. While Dr. Nollert’s early background did

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Mielle Harvey

Mielle Harvey, Golden Bird Ring, 2011, sterling silver, 23-karat gold leaf, oil paint, 51 mm, photo by artist Mielle Harvey is a sensitive jeweler with interests in the birds and the bees, with living and dying, and all the fragile and meaningful aspects of life. Her show at Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts consists of both

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