Hoping to get some idea of the ramifications of fine art’s turn to the handmade, I started reading By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art, edited by Shu Hung and Joseph Magliaro. As the editors write in their preface:
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Conceived, according to the author Roberta Bernabei, as a research tool for those interested in contemporary jewelry, this book wears its textbook origins proudly: an introduction, brief conclusion and resource appendix accompany 25 interviews with European jewelers, illustrated by black and white images and a modest color section. Some of the interviews are better than
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This essay was developed from the lecture ‘Holding Objects: What It Means to Wear Jewelry: The Psychoanalytic Mechanisms,’ presented at the Facets of Meaning symposium at Tacoma Art Museum, June 28, 2009. A version of the talk was also presented at SOFA NY in June 2010. Marcia Macdonald, If You Sit Still … You Can
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Rachel Timmins, I Want To Be A Gold Lobster With Blue Puffs, 2009, found fabric, wool yarn, copper, thread, Poly-Fil stuffing, found gloves, 19 x 12 x 4 inches each Nick Mullins, Brooch 2, 2009, resin, wood, paint, 6 x 4 x 2 inches For me, the shift came when I began electroforming vessels rather
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