I’m so honored to have had the opportunity to talk to Sharon Berman about my work! I listen to her podcasts when I am at my bench or enameling; her wide-ranging jewelry-related guests are fascinating and from all around the globe. Thank you for sharing your passion and curiosity about jewelry with the world!
Listen or read the transcripts here.
I’ve been a subscriber to Metalsmith since 2004, even before I was making my own work. At that time I was a production goldsmith for 2 local jewelers and I would read my quarterly issues of Metalsmith cover to cover and dream of someday making my own art jewelry. My latest issue arrived yesterday and I am thrilled (and pretty astounded) to share that I am in it! Thank you to wordsmith Andrea DiNoto, who it was such a pleasure to share my crazy story with, and whose delicious prose tickled my heart, and to the editors, graphic design and advertising geniuses involved in getting this inspiring publication out into the world!
link to the issue here
TALISMAN & AMULETS: PROTECTIVE JEWELRY IN THE AGE OF COVID; Dec 15, 2020-Jan 31, 2021
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA; by appointment and online
Throughout history, jewelry has been worn as protection and to heal and enhance personal power. We invited artists to create their own interpretation of a protective jewel that will guard the wearer from danger, diseases and hardship or serve as a good luck token.
See the exhibition here
Surface Matters: Grit or Gloss’ features 50 artists from around the world
November 9, 2020
Exhibition on view through Dec. 8; Virtual event set for Nov. 18.
Surface Matters: Grit or Gloss
Surface Matters: Grit or Gloss, opens this week at the Center for Art & Theatre on Georgia Southern’s Statesboro Campus. The exhibition features over 60 enamels-based artworks by nearly 50 artists from around the world. Organized by the Enamelist Society and juried by Charity Hall, Anne Havel, and Barbara McFadyen, Surface Matters conveys the spectrum of approaches and techniques at play in the vibrant world of contemporary enamels. Ranging from enameled metals, decals, glass and more, with works situated on pedestals, mounted on walls, or suspended from the ceiling, the artworks shown here run the gamut from the traditional to the experimental.
“I have to admit that I was not fully aware of the sheer diversity and dynamism of the world of enamels-based art,” says Center for Art and Theatre gallery director Jason Hoelscher, “but this exhibition alone is practically a crash course in just how much the field is thriving. Kudos to the jurors for putting together an exhibition that encompasses works across a spectrum from lace-like detail and complexity on the one hand, to bold imagery and sizzling color on the other hand, and thank you to the Enamelist Society for working with us to make this show a reality.”
Surface Matters will be on view in the University Gallery from Nov. 9 to December 8.
A Virtual Artists’ Talk will be held on Zoom on Nov. 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Registration is required prior to the event.
So excited to have 3 pieces in this upcoming show!
glasshouses; online; opens Sept 21, 2020
Association for Contemporary Jewellery’s 2020 juried member exhibition
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not for every man’s greed- Ghandi
The most pressing issue of our modern world is that of the climate emergency. With a continually increasing population, diminishing resources and the uncomfortable warming of the planet we call home, we must respond. Through an exploration of materials, processes and concepts, ACJ members have responded to the theme glasshouses. Designs include considerations of growth, sustainability, fragility and transparency. Any materials were permitted, with encouragement to re-use, recycle and source materials sustainably. All the work is wearable body adornment.
This exhibition was planned for September & October at the Vittoria Street Gallery, part of the School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University. Like so many events in 2020, the physical exhibition was cancelled due to the pandemic. So we present the exhibition online.
The Selection Panel:
Elizabeth Moignard, Professor of Classics, University of Glasgow, ACJ member since 1997; Katy Tromans, BA & HND Lecturer, School of Jewellery, co-ordinator of the Vittoria Street Gallery; Tamizan Savill, Chief Executive ACJ and exhibition manager
19 members were selected: Xuella Arnold, Hendrike Barz-Meltzer, Deborah Beck, Jessica Briggs, Rachael Colley, Linda Connelly, Silke Espinet, Gail Ferriman, Faye Hall, Masako Hamaguchi, Ashley Heminway, Terry Hunt, Sophie Lowe, Allison MacLeod, Mandy Nash, Kim Nogueira, Eleanor Symms, Sue Wainwright, Meron Wolde
I’m super excited to share that I’ve been invited to participate in “Drawing on the body” with Eunji Han, Jaehyun Lee and Najin Lee at Gallery Baum in Seoul, South Korea. The exhibition runs from May 29-June 7 2020.
November 18th – 24th, 2019
New York City Jewelry Week is the first and only local week dedicated to promoting and celebrating the world of jewelry through educational and innovative focused programming.
The inaugural NYCJW welcomed 10,000 arts and culture enthusiasts who explored the multifaceted jewelry industry through ground-breaking exhibitions, panel discussions led by industry experts, exclusive workshop visits, heritage-house tours, innovative retail collaborations, and other unforgettable one-of-a-kind programming created by the best and brightest in the industry. Year One partners included The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MAD Museum, The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Christie’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Verdura, David Webb, Mahnaz Collection, Featherstone Design, Bulgari, Fred Leighton, Lulu Frost, Greenwich Street Jewelers, 92nd Street Y Jewelry Center, and many more.
for a full schedule of events: https://nycjewelryweek.com
Photos above of the actual exhibit provided by @namanu.nyc
Connections | Connessioni
Presented by the Association for Contemporary Jewellery
7 November 2019 - 3 January 2020
Goldsmiths' Centre, London
AGC | ACJ touring exhibition showing work from two organisations and 50 international jewellers.
The Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ) in the UK is working with its Italian equivalent l’Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo (AGC) on a two-country touring exhibition opening on 7 November 2019, running to the end of 2020. 25 makers have been selected from each organisation, and work is coming from jewellers based in Japan, Korea, Australia, USA, US Virgin Islands and several European countries, as well as Italy and the UK.
A fantastic selection of work on the theme of connections, be they physical, emotional, ephemeral, ethereal or connections as a technical jewellery term.
Touring Exhibition
Goldsmiths' Centre in London,
on 7 November 2019, showing until 3 January 2020
goldsmiths-centre.org
The Lighthouse, Glasgow
19 February - 17 May 2020
thelighthouse.co.uk
In June, we have the first Italian venue,
Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo in Livorno, then in
September the ornate and beautiful
Oratorio San Rocco in Padua will host the show.
Exhibition Catalogue
The catalogue will be available to purchase from 7 November onwards; this is bilingual and shows work from each of the makers selected.
Copies are £5 plus postage; to order, email enquiries@acj.org.uk
Artists shown in Connections | Connessioni:
ACJ members: Ute Decker, Amanda Denison, Anne Earls Boylan, Shelby Ferris Fitzpatrick, Jo Garner, Masako Hamaguchi, Meng He, Susi Hines, Terry Hunt, Rebecca Ilett, Emily Kidson, Nicky Lawrence, Sophie Lowe, Dr Allison Macleod, Malgorzata Misiak-Orlovic, Ailsa Morrant, Mandy Nash, Kim Nogueira, Simone Nolden & Stephen Bottomley, Liana Pattihis, Felicity Peters, Louise Seijen ten Hoorn, Eleanor Symms, Anne Walker, Anastasia Young.
AGC members: Elisabetta Carozzi & Renata Manganelli, Jeemin Jamie Chung, Katarina Cudic, Corrado De Meo, Laura Forte, Maria Rosa Franzin, Letizia Maggio, Gigi Mariani, Mineri Matsuura, Marco Minelli, Paola Mirai, Harold O'Connor, Marco Picciali, Yoko Takirai Pietro Pellitteri, Alba Polenghi Lisca, Carla Riccoboni, Stefano Rossi, Chiara Scarpitti, Ognyana Teneva, Yiota Vogli, Babette von Dohnanyi, Esme Yamaguchi, Caterina Zanca, Caterina Zucchi.
The exhibition managers are Eliana Negroni, Maria Rosa Franzin and Tamizan Savill.
Artsy presents MAD Ball: Benefit Auction 2019.
The Museum of Arts and Design’s most anticipated event of the year, MAD Ball takes place on November 4th at Cipriani 42nd Street. The Haas Brothers will be honored at the art-filled event. Funds raised at MAD Ball, including the proceeds from this auction, help to fund the museum’s education and public programs, which serve tens of thousands of children, youth and families each year, many from underserved neighborhoods and schools.
To bid on a piece in this fascinating array of contemporary artworks, including an enameled collar of mine, follow this link: https://www.artsy.net/auction/mad-ball-benefit-auction-2019
Preliminary online bidding closes on Monday, November 4th at 4:00pm ET.
Gill Wing Jewellery
exhibition dates: Oct 4- Nov 6
182 Upper Street,
London, N1 1RQ,
United Kingdom
So excited to share a collection of vitreous enameled earrings in this show!
The Smithery 1306 Grandview Avenue Columbus Ohio 43212 United States
The Smithery is an independent, women-owned, working jewelry studio and artist-made shop founded in 2014 by metalsmiths Anne Holman and Jen Townsend.
hello@shopthesmithery.com
So honored to have a piece in this great book; thank you to Hoss Haley for including my automaton as one of your juror’s picks!
Coming up soon!
It’s an honor for me to share 3 pieces in this wide-ranging show, taking place in the state where I grew up : my East of Hercules bracelet, Mysterium ring and Talisman box. A catalogue of this exhibition can be purchased here:
A visit to France was a trip my husband and I had intended to do for years now, as we have close friends in Anglet. With the arrival of 3 of my automata to Robert Mazlo’s extraordinary Paris gallery for the exhibition le genie des images, curated by the passionate and thoughtful Celine Robin, my husband decided that now was the perfect time. I highly recommend a visit to this gallery if you are ever in Paris, as it encourages an opening of vision and an exposure to carefully curated wearable art jewelry.
Here is the printed leaflet for the exhibition:
