San Francisco, California, USA–AJF is pleased to announce the 2018 Artist Award guidelines and jurors. Applications will be accepted starting September 1, 2017. The AJF Artist Award is offered through AJF’s award and grant program and celebrates innovation in jewelry by a young artist. Through the AJF Artist Award, AJF hopes to recognize new and […]
Announcing the 2018 AJF Artist Award Read More »
Karin Seufert, Untitled, 2016, necklace, PVC, thread, 90 x 110 x 27 mm (without the thread), photo: artist Karin Seufert is a German artist who received her training in the Netherlands and currently lives in Berlin. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions worldwide and has also included curatorial projects and lectures around the
Carina Shoshtary, In the Beginning there Was Red, 2017, headpiece, spruce bark, almond shells, graffiti, glass, paint, photo: Laurens Grigoleit I had the pleasure of interviewing Carina Shoshtary a year ago as one of the finalists for the AJF Artist Award. Fast forward a year and here we are again, this time with her as
AJF was very excited by the response to the first ever 2017 Susan Beech Mid-Career Grant competition. Not only was the number of proposals beyond our expectations, but the breadth and depth of the proposals proves that the art jewelry field is indeed a dynamic community of diverse, innovative, and creative thinking. The ideas presented
AJF Presents the 2017 Susan Beech Mid-Career Grant Finalists Read More »
Sergey Jivetin, Spectacle. Chart Dividers, 2016, sculptural utensil, antique optical device, vintage navigational instrument, brass, 200 x 100 x 120 mm, food by John N. Novi, photo: artist Sergey Jivetin is recognized for masterfully manipulating unlikely materials—such as watch hands, eggshells, needles, and steel jeweler’s saw blades—into poetically articulated forms exhibiting a softness contradictory to
Cristina Filipe interacting with her piece Faith (A Chain of Rings that Belongs to Her) during the exhibition Abaixo as Fronteiras. Vivam o Design e as Artes, curated by Bárbara Coutinho at MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, September 2016, photo: Eduardo Sousa Ribeiro. Collection MUDE – Design and Fashion Museum, Lisbon Art
In Conversation with Cristina Filipe Read More »
Cristina Filipe wearing a Manuel Júlio bracelet in front of a portrait of Ana Hatherly wearing a bracelet by Kukas, photo: Eduardo Sousa Ribeiro Mill Valley, California, USA—Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce that the inaugural Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant has been awarded to Cristina Filipe for the publication and translation of
AJF Announces Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant Winner Read More »
ENJI Studio Jewelry by Niki Grandics, 2016 Halstead Grant winner, photo: Hajnalka Stiblane San Diego-based ENJI Studios produces one-of-a-kind jewelry and small-run production lines under a business model that makes giving back to the local community one of its core tenets. In this interview, I speak with 2016 Halstead Grant awardee Niki Grandics, founder of
ENJI Studio: Niki Grandics Read More »
(left) Iris Eichenberg; (right) Cindi Strauss For many years, Art Jewelry Forum has given a “young or emerging jewelry award.” This year, Susan Beech offered to give a grant of $20,000 for a mid-career jewelry project. Susan hopes to highlight those makers who are busy developing their working styles and consumed by the efforts of
In Conversation with Iris Eichenberg and Cindi Strauss Read More »
(left) Karen Rotenberg wearing Réka Fekete, Untitled, 2012, brooch, wood, enameled steel, found object, zinc paint, silver, 75 x 115 mm, photo: Michael Rotenberg; (right) Michael Rotenberg wearing Chrisoula Papahatzi, Returning Home, 2015, brooch, steel, 90 x 50 x 20 mm, photo: Karen Rotenberg Karen and Michael Rotenberg are an elegant and distinctive presence on
Interview with Collectors Karen and Michael Rotenberg Read More »
Collage of the 2016 top-10 finalists, courtesy of Halstead Halstead, a family-run wholesale importer and distributor of jewelry findings, and a corporate sponsor of AJF, just announced the 2016 winner of its yearly award to be Niki Grandics. AJF’s editor takes the opportunity to catch up with company president Hilary Halstead Scott to ask her
Hilary Halstead Scott Read More »
Henriette Schuster, Conglomerates, 2016, rings, silver, blackened silver, gold, largest 35 x 25 x 20 mm, photo: artist Now in its second iteration, the Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery is an international biennial award founded in memory of the life and legacy of its namesake, Australian artist Mari Funaki. In this interview, Katie Scott,
