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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Karin Johansson, Alva, 2015, necklace, gold, anodized aluminum, acrylic, 860 mm, photo: elStudio Karin Johansson’s jewelry is subtle and elegant. Harmony of colors, tactile textures, lightness, and dynamic shapes define her new Soundtrack collection, on view now at Jewelers’Werk Galerie in Washington, D.C. The work is a playful continuation of her Abstractions of a City
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Becky Bliss, photo: Sandy Connon Photography New Zealander Becky Bliss first trained as a graphic designer before becoming a contemporary art jeweler after completing a bachelor’s in applied arts at Whitireia Community Polytechnic in 2010. The works in the exhibition Found, at Avid Gallery, Wellington, further develop Bliss’s exploration of surface using traditional and found
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Robert Baines, Perception 4 & 5, 2015, pendants, silver, powder coat, electroplate, (left to right) 50 x 45 x 23 mm, 50 x 51 x 25 mm, photo: Jeremy Dillon Renowned Australian goldsmith Robert Baines is an artist-goldsmith, scholar, and commentator on the field of contemporary crafts. He has won numerous international awards and, in
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Felix Lindner, Gold, 2016, bracelet, silver, anodized aluminum, plastic, 44 x 200 x 12 mm, photo: Samantha Font-Sala German artist Felix Lindner creates colorful jewelry that combines common materials, such as pieces of plastic toys, with exquisitely hand-fabricated findings. In this interview, Lindner reflects on his life-long immersion in jewelry culture, the influences that culminate
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Marjorie Schick, Tribute to Professor Alma Eikerman, 1995, necklace, papier-mâché, paint, 464 x 502 x 114 mm, photo: Gary Pollmiller Gaudy. Oversized. Humorous. “So American.” Marjorie Schick has been making louder work than anyone else in the field for the last 55 years. She also worked with performance as early as 1977, and tested
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Christina Odegard and Bronze Sculptures, undated, bronze, 406 to 914 mm tall, photo: Matin Christina Odegard’s deep appreciation for the beauty and elegance of natural materials, as well as her extensive exploration of form, is apparent in her work. Meanwhile, “shibumi” is a Japanese word referring to a particular aesthetic of simple, subtle, and unobtrusive
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Samantha Skelton’s jewelry booth at ACC Baltimore, photo: artist A maker with a background in large-scale sculptural work and an avid interest in graphic design, Samantha Skelton was awarded the Halstead Grant in 2015. In this interview, the Pittsburgh-based jewelry designer and artist talks about her career after receiving the grant, and what a day
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Pile of Anna Norrgrann’s A4 aluminum sheets/necklaces in her studio, photo: artist Anna Norrgrann, an emerging Swedish jewelry artist, is already making waves as the 2015 Graduate of the Year at Klimt02 and by exhibiting her collection of deceptively simple jewelry in the Netherlands, Spain, and China. In this interview, we talk about Anna’s favored
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Carlier Makigawa, Rings, 2016, necklace, 18-karat gold, blackened silver, photo: Fred Kroh The visual presence of Carlier Makigawa’s jewelry is situated comfortably between purely precise architectural constructions and organic geological formations. In this interview, the artist discusses her latest works, on view at Gallery Funaki, and her intuitive process for creating dynamic structural compositions in
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Rocks at a small cove on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, photo courtesy of Nancy Mēgan Corwin Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery recently presented Marine Life Evolved, an exhibition of new work by Nancy Mēgan Corwin inspired by the artist’s extensive travels, collection, and study of sea-based life. With a close attention to detail and pattern, Corwin
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Patti Bleicher, Thomas Gentille, and Petra Hölscher, Die Neue Sammlung—The Design Museum, Munich, photo: AJF The overview of Thomas Gentille’s work at the Neue Sammlung provided an unprecedented access to the American artist’s 50-year career, and an excellent opportunity to revisit our understanding of his work. Minimal, formalistic, two-dimensional: These are some of the qualities
