Galerie Rosemarie Jäger is having a series of shows of work by couples who are both jewelers. This current one is the 99th show the gallery has held since it began in 1989, and includes not only the couple Helen Britton and David Bielander, but also their studio mate, Yutaka Minegishi, so it was called […]
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Reinstein|Ross Gallery and the i-i team up to align the worlds of art jewelry and street art in a novel exhibition, Placement. In this interview, Bella Neyman of Reinstein|Ross Gallery and Will Atkinson and JB Jones of the i-i talk about the origin of the crossover exhibition and the similarities between the two fields. Olivia
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Lauren Tickle’s exhibition Is It Legal? is on display at Four in Gothenburg, Sweden. In this interview, Lauren discusses her concept of value, the different ways she has explored it, and the labor that goes into creating her intricately crafted pieces. Missy Graff: Can you please tell me about your background? What inspired you to
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The phrase “between the lines” conjures all kinds of associations—from films, songs, albums and books of the same name—to its definition of inferring meaning that’s not explicitly stated—to a literal reference to the use of line in making. Interpreting this theme, Between the Lines, for the current show at Taboo Studio, was the task of
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Avid Gallery is a recent addition to our list of galleries representing studio jewelers. It’s new to us, but has been around for many years. The new owner, Judith Carswell, gives us a bit of its history and her thoughts on the gallery and contemporary jewelry. New Zealand is emerging as a strong presence and
Melanie Isverding’s solo exhibition, In Other Smiles, was recently presented by Gallery Loupe at The Gallery at Reinstein/Ross. In this interview, Melanie discusses the process behind her meticulously crafted forms and how they relate to her questioning of values. She also provides us with a background story about a community tradition she grew up with,
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Thierry Vendome is a jeweler who shows his own work in a gallery connected to his studio in Paris. For this AJF interview, he was gracious enough to answer some questions about his work and how he approaches making his unique designs. Susan Cummins: What is the story of your early connection to jewelry? Thierry
Morphogenesis, Mi-Ah Rödiger’s exhibition at Galerie Rob Koudijs, is a sensory banquet overflowing with symbolic forms, pulled from nature and translated into Mi-Ah’s idiosyncratic aesthetic. In this interview, we talk about how Mi-Ah defines aspects of human nature through jewelry. Exhibition view, Over the Rainbow, 2012, Mi-Ah Rödiger, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Netherlands, photo: artist
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Born in Germany and now living in the UK, Simone ten Hompel is known for her metalwork that navigates the metaphorical depth of everyday vessels such as spoons and plates. Currently a Reader for Metal, Jewellery and Silversmithing at London Metropolitan University, Simone has exhibited metalwork internationally, given lectures on craft and metalsmithing, and participated
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Marthe Roberts/Shea took a long time to get to become a jeweler. Her show at Gravers Lane Gallery in Philadelphia is her first one with them, and displays a kind of jewelry that can look ancient or like something from an archeological dig. It has the look of something old but also maybe futuristic. Have
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Maureen Faye-Chauhan is an Australian jeweler who creates sophisticated geometric structures that play with optical illusion, light, and volume. Influenced by the rural Australian bushland and Asian culture and philosophy, her work marries the use of technology with precision hand work to create jewelry of steel forms and patterns. Her current solo show, Concurrence, is
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Pat Flynn is a master metalsmith and a meticulous craftsman whose work is all about dichotomies and contrasts—blacksmithing and goldsmithing, iron and gold, nails and diamonds—and combining them into organic jewelry forms that are at once rough-hewn yet sensuous. Raised on a dairy farm in rural Pennsylvania, he captures images and memories from his childhood
