Damselfrau, Liorin, 2015, mask, mixed media, selfie Magnhild Kennedy, a.k.a. Damselfrau, is a Norwegian artist living in London. A self-taught maker of masks, Kennedy dances on the blurry lines of fashion, design, and craft, a space she isn’t wanting to define. Although she doesn’t consider herself a jeweler, her work has a strong dialogue […]
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(left) Nellie Peoples, Take the Lead, 2016, brooches, sterling silver, stainless steel, 30 x 20 mm; (right) Zoe Brand, What You Have Here Is a Genuine, Quality, Brand, 2016, set of three charms, GENUINE: painted aluminum, QUALITY: sterling silver, BRAND: 24-karat gold-plated sterling silver, 82 x 30 mm, photo: Bilk Gallery Nellie Peoples and Zoe
Vered Kaminski, Untitled, 2006, brooches, cement, sand, stones, stainless steel, 30 x 90 x 20 mm, photo: artist Vered Kaminski is perhaps the most recognized and influential Israeli jewelry artist. She has a decades-long career as an educator. Her jewelry is internationally renowned, and she is the recipient of numerous awards—including her recent acclaim as
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Kathleen Faulkner, Night Life, 2016, shadow box with two brooches/pendants, sterling silver, oil pastel, colored pencil, mica, glass lens, block: 178 x 178 x 44.4 mm, brooches: 50.8 mm and 69.8 mm wide, photo: artist Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery recently presented Nocturne, an exhibition of new work by Kathleen Faulkner exploring her visions of the
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Jasmin Matzakow, Base Unit: Object, 2016, necklace, tattooed linden wood, sawed silver, 250 x 400 x 200 mm, photo: Bettina Schwalm In Jasmin Matzakow’s body x necklace x intention = base unit, currently on show at Galerie Ra, words are equally as important as the work exhibited and foreground a tighter focus, in the artist’s
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From left to right: Heng Lee, Yung-Huei Chao, Han-Chieh (Joy) Chuang, Ying-Hsun (Zita) Hsu, Mei-Fang Chiang, Wen-Miao Yeh, Cai-Xuan Wu (Molly), Ying-Hsiu Chen, photo: anonymous 886 Bench is a collective of 10 emerging jewelry artists from Taiwan, a subtropical island known for its semiconductor chips and complicated relationship with China. The group has exhibited at
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Piret Hirv at her bench, photo: Urmas Lüüs Piret Hirv is one of the standard-bearers of Estonian jewelry. International audiences will identify her as part of the trail-blazing õhuLoss collective, and will know her powerfully melancholy low-reliefs in silver: paper-thin silver shrouds draped over passing souls. I met Piret on a trip to Estonia in
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Nikki Couppee, Diffraction Necklace, 2016, Plexiglas, brass, leather, film, 216 x 178 x 6 mm, photo: artist The jewelry of Oakland-based Florida native Nikki Couppee employs vibrant colors and illusory surfaces that simultaneously evoke preciousness while coyly giving it the finger. In this conversation, Couppee discusses the underlying nostalgic impulses and material fascinations in her
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Sarah Hood, Three Wreaths, 2016, mixed media, dimensions variable, photo: artist Botanical Illustrations is a group show, curated by Taboo Studio, of five international jewelers—Laura Baxter, Janice Ho, Sarah Hood, Kyunghee Kim, and Maia Leppo—who reinterpret this theme from the perspective of their own individual aesthetics. One of the artists, Seattle-based Sarah Hood, discusses her
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Alissa Lamarre, Tiara, 2013, copper, housing wire, 227 x 178 x 152 mm, photo: P.D. Rearick Alissa Lamarre’s exhibition at Brooklyn Metal Works, Dividing Gravity, features work with conflicting qualities; it’s large and tactile but dreamlike—exploring escapism but anchoring you in place. Lamarre shows both jewelry and sculpture, creating a landscape that transports you forward
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Māris Šustiņš, Raining Stars, 2016, promotional image, Art Gallery Putti, Latvia, photo: Art Gallery Putti The infinite possibilities of metal as a material for exploration and the magical aspects of the creative process underlie and inform Māris Šustiņš’s jewelry. In Raining Stars, his latest solo exhibition on show at Putti, each jewel is charged with
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Kevin Hughes, Kevin’s Music, 2015, photo exploration, Monk’s Music album cover, 1957, photo: Kevin Hughes/Thelonious Monk Known for his fondness for blending humor, found objects, and traditional craft, Kevin Hughes is an American studio artist who strives to make work with the form and depth of jazz. With an MFA from the Rhode Island School
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