Emmanuel Lacoste’s exhibition The Seven Deadly Sins showed his provocative and sinful work at Art Gallery Putti last month. In this interview, Emmanuel describes the inspiration for his series and the close relationship between adornment and his work. Missy Graff: Tell us about the seven deadly sins. Is the temptation or passion to own jewelry […]
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“Stay curious, and a pure idea will automatically come to you.”—Sigurd Bronger Known for his juxtapositions of contradictory objects— such as a heavy-duty metal clamp holding a goose egg —Sigurd Bronger trained as a goldsmith but found his calling in constructing wonderfully absurd contemporary jewelry. In this interview on the occasion of his exhibition at
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Jonathan Wahl showed his large charcoal drawings at the Pulse fair last month with Lenox, Massachusetts-based Sienna Gallery. Jonathan was trained as a jeweler but explains how he became interested in drawing instead, and the conflicts he encountered along the way. His work is beautiful and the story is a tale filled with intriguing twists
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Winfried Krüger is showing his most recent work at Galerie Marzee after receiving the Marzee Prize four years ago. This prize also allowed him to produce a monograph with Arnoldsche documenting his progress as a progressive jeweler for the past 50 years. He is an important jeweler and it is wonderful to have this beautiful
In this interview, curator Madeline Courtney discusses her concept for the exhibition Outer Limits, which was recently presented at Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Outer Limits showcased work by Jana Brevick, David Choi, Rebecca Hannon, Arthur Hash, Shayna Illingworth, Tia Kramer, emiko oye, Rachelle Thiewes, and Myung Urso. Missy Graff: Outer Limits usually
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Suska Mackert enjoys the dubious privilege of being considered a standard-bearer of conceptual jewelry. Performative, installational, fragmentary, her work regularly uses absence as a strategy and reproduction as a tool. The archives it uses as source material and the “works” that repurpose them into installations, posters, or editions form the bulk of her last solo
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Karin Seufert, no title, 2010, necklace, plastic, silver, press-button, 230 x 15 mm, photo: artist Olivia Shih: How did you find your way to jewelry? Karin Seufert: As a young girl, I was fascinated by jewelry, something I could adorn myself with, something that would make me beautiful and attract attention. I quickly started making
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Tarja Tuupanen, Untitled, 2014, necklace, readymade marble tableware, velour sticker, steel wire, brass, stone part 110 x 65 x 65 to 35 mm, necklace length 550 mm, photo: artist Olivia Shih: Could you talk about your education as an artist, and how you found your way to jewelry? Tarja Tuupanen: I was first educated as
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Arturo Borrego, Blue Star No. 1, 2013, brooch, aluminum, ebony, silver, resin, magnets, lacquer, 60 x 50 mm, photo: artist Bonnie Levine: For its current exhibition, Studio Fusion chose the theme Blue and Black. How did you come up with this idea, and what’s behind it? Joan MacKarell: In 1996, six enamellists opened the gallery
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The winner of the 2014 Artists Award is Seulgi Kwon. AJF asked the four young Artist Award finalists, as well as Seulgi, to give us their thoughts on the future of the field. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of contemporary jewelry. This interview with Seulgi is the fifth and last one in
Fritz Maierhofer is one of the most important protagonists of the international art jewelry scene. In 1969/1970, he was among the first European artists to use nonprecious materials in an innovative and demanding way. After training as a goldsmith in Vienna, his native city, he wanted to leave his background in traditional jewelry-making behind and
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AJF asked the five young Artist Award finalists to give us their thoughts on the future of the field. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of contemporary jewelry. This is the third of five interviews, including one with Seulgi Kwon, the winner of this year’s award. For this, the 14th annual AJF
