Interviews

Lauren Kalman Talks About Dichotomies of Place and Object

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Lauren Kalman is curator of Dichotomies of Place and Object, an exhibition of South African contemporary jewelry that is currently showing in the United States. AJF asked her some questions about the exhibition and the work featured in it. Nanette Nel, Verkeerdom Protea Brooch, 2007, silicone, silver Dichotomies of Place and Object: Contemporary South African Studio […]

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The French Connection

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Benjamin Lignel is curator of Also Known As Jewellery*, an exhibition of French contemporary jewelry that has been traveling the world. AJF asked him some questions about the exhibition and the work featured in it. Damian Skinner: What is Also Known As Jewellery*? Frédéric Braham, Beauty Tool: Per Abbellire e Purificare Le Parole, 2006, metal lipstick (by Terry),

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EAA Winner 2009

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As a Pittsburgh-area native who had left some time ago I was thrilled to have the opportunity to return there to meet and interview Sharon Massey, this year’s AJF Emerging Artist Award winner and a recent transplant to the Pittsburgh-area. While this interview focuses on the emerging artist award, during our conversation I was excited

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The World Wide Web

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Leo Caballero and Amador Bertomeu, both from Barcelona, met in the late 1990s while sharing a studio-workshop. In 2003 they began the website Klimt02, which has become the go-to website for all matters that involve art jewelry worldwide. Last year they opened a gallery space in Barcelona. At the 2009 SNAG conference in Philadelphia, Leo gave

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Elizabeth Shypertt

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Elizabeth Shypertt is co-owner of Velvet da Vinci, a contemporary jewelry gallery in San Francisco. (The name was inspired by an old Perry Mason television episode.) She is also the outgoing AJF treasurer. Elizabeth recently answered some questions posed by Sally von Bargen. As always, her point of view is insightful and wonderfully light-hearted. As

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Rika Mouw

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Homer, Alaska, is a fishing and art community near Bristol Bay. The vast and breathtakingly beautiful Bristol Bay ecosystem is home to immense fisheries, the world’s largest concentration of brown bears, massive herds of caribou and countless species of migratory birds. Homer is where jeweler and conservation advocate Rika Mouw lives. As Rika ends her

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