Deborah Lozier, Keepsake in Pairs, 2015, necklace, enamel on copper mesh, waxed cotton string, artificial sinew, 457 x 229 x 51 mm, photo: artist Oakland, California-based artist Deborah Lozier draws inspiration from moments that can only be observed while remaining attentive to the present, working in an intuitive, responsive manner to create both jewelry and […]
Caroline Broadhead, Tufty Earrings, 1979, photo: artist Caroline Broadhead is a creative visionary who moves with ease across many disciplines, including jewelry, textiles, furniture, installations, and even collaborations with live performers. Her retrospective exhibition at CODA Museum in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, through April 15, 2018, showcases work that spans four decades and dives deep into the
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Jelizaveta Suska, Frozen in Amber 5, 2017, brooch, 70 x 50 x 30 mm, photo courtesy of the artist Jelizaveta Suska, Frozen in Amber 3, 2017, brooch, 60 x 80 x 20 mm, photo courtesy of the artist Jelizaveta Suska, Frozen in Amber 1, 2017, necklace, 30 x 70 x 20 mm, photo courtesy of the artist Jelizaveta
Aurélie Guillaume, Chat Pfff!, 2016, brooch, 100 x 104 x 18 mm, photo: Anthony McLean Aurélie Guillaume, Albedo: The Swan (front), 2017, brooch, 85 x 88 x 10 mm, photo: Anthony McLean Aurélie Guillaume, Le Nuage Triste, 2017, brooch, 85 x 106 x 10 mm, photo: Anthony McLean Aurélie Guillaume, Barbe Mauve, 2015, brooch, 120 x 95 x 20
AJF just announced this year’s five 2018 Artist Award finalists: Karin Roy Andersson, Bifei Cao, Corrina Goutos, Aurélie Guillaume, and Jelizaveta Suska. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of contemporary jewelry. For this, the 16th annual AJF Artist Award, the jurors were Swedish collector Inger Wästberg, Australian curator Su san Cohn, and American
AJF just announced this year’s five 2018 Artist Award finalists: Karin Roy Andersson, Bifei Cao, Corrina Goutos, Aurélie Guillaume, and Jelizaveta Suska. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of contemporary jewelry. For this, the 16th annual AJF Artist Award, the jurors were Swedish collector Inger Wästberg, Australian curator Su san Cohn, and American
AJF just announced this year’s five 2018 Artist Award finalists: Karin Roy Andersson, Bifei Cao, Corrina Goutos, Aurélie Guillaume, and Jelizaveta Suska. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of contemporary jewelry. For this, the 16th annual AJF Artist Award, the jurors were Swedish collector Inger Wästberg, Australian curator Su san Cohn, and American
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April Wood, Brooch, 2017, repurposed costume jewelry, photo: Erica Bello Our final Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant finalist interview is with Susie Ganch. Susie, who works in Richmond, Virginia, in the US, is an educator, maker, and passionate advocate for raising awareness about the ongoing need for sustainability of material sourcing, use, and consumption in
Kristen Baird, the winner of the 2017 Halstead Grant, hails from Savannah, Georgia. Her Southern upbringing and immersion in nature led to the organic flow in her jewelry collection, which incorporates ethically sourced gemstones and silver reticulation techniques. Winning the Halstead Grant helped Baird launch her new fine jewelry collection, a long-awaited dream. In this
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Christoph Zellweger is an internationally renowned Swiss artist and professor currently based in the UK and in Switzerland. Born into a family of goldsmiths and fifth-generation jewelry shop owners, Zellweger found his way to interdisciplinary, experimental jewelry in London and continues to create work informed by material research, technological innovations, and challenging processes. Zellweger’s works
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Lauren Kalman, Devices for Filling a Void…, 2015, inkjet print, gold-plated electroformed copper, earthenware, 50.8 x 40.6 cm and 10.2 x 10.2 x 15.2 cm, photo: courtesy of the artist Lauren Kalman, a visual artist and educator based in Detroit, is celebrated for her innovative work, which lies at the juncture of art jewelry and
Anya Kivarkis, Marcus Gunther Sketch, c. 1711, 2007, brooch, silver, white gold, auto paint, 82.5 x 63.5 x 25.4 mm, photo: Kevin Sprague Anya Kirvakis works with appropriated source images, from Baroque sketches to modern photographs. Her jewelry captures, deconstructs and re-creates glamour pieces as representations of representations, with all their invocation of yearning social
