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Ulysses Dietz in Conversation
Elise Winters To us, contemporary art jewelry fits in as a component of our larger vision about what constitutes the decorative arts. The way my department collects is to document interaction between...
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Bruce Pepich in Conversation
Rachel Carren I would suggest that collectors examine not only how a potential museum recipient exhibits its collection and how often works come out, but also take into consideration the kinds of...
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The French Connection: Benjamin Lignel Talks About Also Known As Jewellery*
Benjamin Lignel This exhibition features work by seventeen makers who are either French, or have lived in France for long enough to fool the baker when buying their baguette in the morning. The work...
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Who's Afraid of Contemporary Jewelry? Gijs Bakker in Conversation
Damian Skinner That's also my aim with Chi ha paura . . .?, to make a bridge between the design world and the jewelry world. Because the jewelry world is a very special, limited, closed society...
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Questions and Answers: Deganit Stern Schocken Talks About No Problem(?)
Deganit Stern Schocken The exhibition's name contrasts the difficulty implied in the word 'problem' with the easy nonchalance of the expression 'no problem.' Creative expression is borne out of the...
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Lauren Kalman Talks About Dichotomies of Place and Object
Lauren Kalman The primary goal of the exhibition is to introduce American audiences to the thriving contemporary jewelry tradition in South Africa. It is my hope that this exhibition will break...
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A Rose By Any Other Name: The 2Roses in Conversation
Jillian Moore We both come from an old-world traditional approach to the arts, having been apprenticed at a very young age into the arts and working professionally since our early teen years. We...
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What's Modernism Got to Do With It? Mark McDonald in Conversation
Ron Porter I see the auction as a close of a phase in my career. I'd like to get away from the physical challenges of dealing in furniture for example. Also, I'd like to focus on helping to develop...
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Namita Gupta Wiggers in Conversation
Gabriel Craig I think being trained as a jeweler has a huge impact on my curatorial practice. When I look at objects I think about the fabrication, I think about the making. I'm very tuned in to...
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Putty In Your Hands: Elise Winters In Conversation
Damian Skinner There are so many reasons why polymer was overlooked initially. A friend recently commented to me that 'polymer is really easy to use, but really hard to master.' So, early on, it was...
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EAA Winner 2010: Agnes Larsson in Conversation
Susan Cummins I will be happy if I can work in my studio most of the time and explore new ideas and materials. I would like to work cooperatively with other jewelers and work for the art jewelry field...
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Packing My Library: Marthe Le Van in Conversation
Damian Skinner I feel that contemporary jewelry is a massive field that has little trouble connecting to a large market. Just think of the number of jewelers showing and selling handmade work at any...
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European Jewelry, Nostalgia and Trans-Atlantic Exchange: Iris Eichenberg in...
Gabriel Craig At the Reitveld there was an interesting thing when I studied there. Fifty percent of the people went to Schoonhoven – which is a really solid technical education. And the other fifty...
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The Editor will take your questions
Interview by Members AJF Members I don’t believe there is one “art jewelry.” One of the issues plaguing this field is that we continue to treat it as one fragile thing that needs our anxious care and...
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Wolfgang Lösche Will Take Your Questions
Interview by Members AJF Members The public perception of jewelry in Munich has very much increased. Press and cultural institutions in Munich co-operate more strongly with us. The international scope...
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Lindsay Pollock Will Take Your Questions
AJF Members I remember when my mother went to London in the 1980s and came home with jewelry from Electrum Gallery and a memorable Andrew Grima necklace from the Grima Gallery. I thought it was a...
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Dr. Madeleine Albright Will Take Your Questions
AJF Members The piece of jewelry that is by far the most personal to me is a heart-shaped pin made of clay and painted haphazardly in bright colors. It was given to me one Valentine’s Day by my...
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EAA Winner 2011 Farrah Al-Dujaili
Bonnie Levine The money I received gave me a security net for my working practice. It enabled me to take extra time in my studio to create new pieces that explored scale, function, and materials. I was...
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Rutger Emmelkamp
Interviewed by Morgane de Klerk In May, we'll spend five days working and camping around a dying oak tree in the middle of a forest. It will be a purely hands-on project. No electricity, no machines....
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Discover, Dissect, Display
Mikiko Minewaki’s Method Makiko AkiyamaEverybody wants to know the answer to a question that doesn’t have an answer. They ask, “Is this right? What should I do?” or, “What should I use?” But depending...
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