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Trying Again at 2023 – Artwork Jewellery Discussion board

by 4 February 2024 · Jewelry

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AJF’s mission is to spice up the visibility and worth of up to date artwork jewellery. Whenever you be a part of us at our occasions and go to our web site, you get to know the proficient artists from across the globe who create this fascinating work, the devoted gallerists who put it up for sale, the passionate collectors who cherish it—and that’s only a begin.

You meet like-minded individuals who love the jewellery that makes you assume, the jewellery that makes use of humor to problem the tradition, the jewellery that explores up to date points like sustainability and political occasions, the jewellery that subverts notions of what and the way jewellery ought to be.

 Because of your help, we revealed 110 objects in 2023. We additionally hosted 

  • eight AJF Stay occasions 
  • a free panel dialogue on accumulating referred to as AJF in Dialog: Infinite Love—Adoring Modern Jewellery, at New York Metropolis Jewellery Week
  • AJF in Dialog: Commerce a Pin/Inform a Story, throughout Munich
  • a joint guide presentation with Arnoldsche Artwork Publishers, additionally throughout Munich, for North by Northwest: The Jewellery of Laurie Corridor

Please think about becoming a member of AJF or making a donation to assist us proceed to current unique content material from the sector’s most fascinating voices to tell, educate, and encourage essential pondering.

This recap highlights a few of our most attention-grabbing accomplishments this yr.

Khanya Mthethwa, Umswenko—Ndlovukazi
Khanya Mthethwa, Umswenko—Ndlovukazi, 2019, necklace, photopolymer resin, thread, photograph: Matome, photograph editor: Pixel65

We awarded the 2023 Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant

Khanya Mthethwa received $20,000 to help a venture that reimagines the designs of indigenous cultural objects with 3D printing. The South African artist talks about her win right here. She was additionally our visitor on AJF Stay on December 14. 

Catherine Blackburn x Rykelle Kemp, Future Vision
Catherine Blackburn x Rykelle Kemp, Future Imaginative and prescient, from the Convergence Assortment, 2022, facepiece, smoked moose cover, vintage and classic beads, caribou hair, brass and sterling particulars, white topaz stones, leather-based backing, 7 ½ x 7 x 6 inches (191 x 178 x 152 mm), photograph: Patrick Shannon

Catherine Blackburn was one of many finalists for the Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant. A multidisciplinary artist and jeweler, she generally addresses Canada’s colonial previous in her work, typically prompted by private narratives. Learn our interview along with her right here.

Rita Soto, Illa Manka, horsehair, photograph courtesy of the artist

The Chilean maker Rita Soto was the opposite finalist for the Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant. Watch her right here, on AJF Stay, to search out out about her fiber-based processes and methods.

David Bielander, Portrait of Bielander Carrying Pinocchio Necklaces, 2020, carved and waxed assorted wooden, some from a confessional, photograph: Heart for Artwork in Wooden

We created The Fast Information to Artwork Jewellery

Are you new to artwork jewellery, or in search of a method to perceive at a look what makes a bit of jewellery artwork jewellery? Try this web page!

We revealed 19 interviews this yr

Listed below are some alternatives:

 

Lorena Lazard, In the Beginning 13
Lorena Lazard, Within the Starting 13, necklace, soil from the artist’s backyard, iron, 340 x 125 x 10 mm, photograph: Elena Ayala

Lorena Lazard seeks to unveil what can’t be seen however stays there to be found. She makes use of soil in her work partially as a result of it shops recollections, giving an id and a way of belonging. It additionally serves as a metaphor for the substance we’re created from. The Mexican maker’s work integrates parts from her varied heritages and the sociocultural recollections that accompany them. Learn the interview, which was a reader favourite, right here.

Work by Patricia Domingues
Brooch by Patricia Domingues, photograph courtesy of Brooklyn Metallic Works

Patricia Domingues makes use of chisels and hammers to create mesmerizing landscapes out of gems. Go right here to search out out extra about her follow.

 

Tamara Marbl Joka, Mirror of the Past
Tamara Marbl Joka, Mirror of the Previous, 2022, brooch, silver, concrete, 3 ½ x 3 ⅛ x ⅜ inches (90 x 80 x 8 mm), photograph: artist

Tamara Marbl Joka received the celebrated Herbert Hofmann Prize in 2023. Learn the interview right here.

Work by Art Smith and Verma Nequatewa
Among the many jewels you’ll discover at Mahnaz Assortment: Artwork Smith, a copper prototype neckpiece, ca. 1975, and Verma Nequatewa (Sonwai), a silver and wooden peak inlay bracelet, 2020, photograph: Hee Jin Kang

Mahnaz Assortment makes a speciality of unique jewellery made by transformational, impartial jewelers energetic from the mid-Twentieth century to the current. Study extra in regards to the gallerist, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos, right here.

Museum of Craft and Design
Museum of Craft and Design, photograph: Henrik Kam

Elizabeth Shypertt, the jewellery supervisor on the Museum of Craft and Design Museum Retailer, advised us about her profession—she cofounded Velvet da Vinci. Do you marvel what qualities she appears to be like for within the jewellery she shares? Discover out right here.

Necklace by Eunseok Han
Necklace by Eunseok Han, photograph courtesy of Pistachios

In this interview, the proprietor and director of Pistachios Modern Artwork Jewellery, Jessica Armstrong, describes methods the gallery has taken to assist it thrive over the a long time.

AJF Stay

That is the place you get to see jewellery luminaries and jewellery stay, in entrance of a digicam, hear them go in-depth about their work, and ask them questions. Practically all of those occasions value nothing. The ticketed ones assist us increase funds to maintain the remainder of our programming free. Can’t attend the day of the occasion? We’ve received you coated. We file all of them and submit the movies on our web site.

Sulo Bee, C4ZP4RZ_B3ZERKER, photograph courtesy of the artist

 

Watch the video of the occasion with Sulo Bee right here to search out out all about how they began in jewellery and see their fascinating work.

Geraldine Fenn, Beads for Power Series: Patriarchy
Geraldine Fenn, Beads for Energy Sequence: Patriarchy, 2020, brooch, silver, classic African glass commerce beads, metal pin, 2 ⅛ x 1 ¾ x ⅜ inches (55 x 45 x 10 mm), photograph: Sarah de Pina

In November, we have been handled to a digital tour of makers from South Africa. Watch that occasion right here.

Jiye Yun, Pillars—Snake
Jiye Yun, Pillars—Snake, chosen for Schmuck 2023, photograph courtesy of the Schmuck exhibition

Caroline Broadhead confirmed us a number of the work she juried into the Schmuck particular exhibition in Munich and advised us what drove her alternatives. This program was an viewers favourite. Watch right here.

Cristina Celis, Pearl Necklace
Cristina Celis, Pearl Necklace, 2015, glazed stoneware with oxide traces, photograph courtesy of the artist

In AJF Stay Goes to Mexico, Lorena Lazard launched us to her personal work and that of three different vital up to date jewellery makers: Cristina Celis, Martacarmela Sotelo, and Raquel Bessudo. Watch right here.

 We revealed 14 articles in 2023

Highlights included:

Judit Fritz, Content
Judit Fritz, Content material, 2023, brass, silicone, borosilicate glass, photograph: artist. Within the follow of the latest MFA graduate from Sweden’s Konstfack College of Arts, Crafts and Design, jewellery is used as a technique of self-examination. Showing as hybrids of prosthetics and laboratory gadgets, her creations dissect the concept of the human physique and its extent, finally portraying the human physique in an online of a number of materials techniques.

In Meet the Excellent College students of 2023, school from AJF member faculties recognized one excellent grad or undergrad from their present class. This text, which received so many clicks, presents one of the best work within the type of a photograph essay. Hold your eyes on the trajectories of those bold new makers—they symbolize the following era of jewellery artists! Extra.

Mai Zarkawi, Al Masaha (The Space)
Mai Zarkawi, Al Masaha (The Area), gold-plated brass, photograph courtesy of the artist

An essay about jewellery from Southwest Asia and North Africa titled We’re Not Caught within the Previous, We’re Coping with the Current. Learn it right here.

Friends exhibit their Taylor-Swift-inspired friendship bracelets, photograph: Haley Brennfleck

Whereas writing in regards to the friendship bracelets Taylor Swift’s followers make and swap, Carrie Yodanis mused about how jewellery connects us. Learn it right here.

Songezo Baleni, neckpiece
Songezo Baleni, neckpiece, 2010, 18-karat yellow gold, silver, photograph: artist

Nina Newman’s exploration of how South African up to date jewelers have crafted a definite design id for his or her nation. Learn the piece right here.

Bill Smith, Body Ornament
Invoice Smith, Physique Decoration, modeled by Merème, photograph: Aida Sulova, picture courtesy of Aida Sulova and The Jewellery Library

4 weeks of recaps of all of the articles we’ve revealed by or about Black People, to have a good time Black Historical past Month:

  • Demetri Broxton and Angela Hennessey, whose work is jewellery adjoining, right here
  • Discover artwork historian, curator, and professor Sebastian Grant’s analysis on historic Black figures who formed jewellery at this time right here
  • Get hyperlinks to AJF Stay movies that function Black makers—and never solely People—right here
  • A listing of further articles about Black makers who didn’t match into the above classes seems right here
Masumi Kataoka, Brooch, from the Out of Longing series
Masumi Kataoka, Brooch, from the Out of Longing collection, 2022, copper, enamel, sterling silver, chrome steel, 3 ½ x 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches (90 x 70 x 70 mm), photograph courtesy of the artist

The month of Could noticed a celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We featured writers, educators, gallerists, and makers within the area right here.

Pat Pruitt, Blossom Necklace
Pat Pruitt, Blossom Necklace, titanium and zirconium, photograph: Juanita Moonstar

In November, we spotlighted the articles we’ve revealed about Native American makers to mark Native American Heritage Month. Try that article right here.

Anke Hennig, Shades of Blue
Anke Hennig, Shades of Blue, necklace, rayon, polyester, nylon, sterling silver, photograph courtesy of Thereza Pedrosa Gallery

On Supply revealed 24 occasions in 2023

Twice a month, AJF member galleries function probably the most intriguing adornments from their inventory. Able to drool? Store for all of them right here.

Ring by Jiro Kamata, photographed for the Ring Redux exhibition, photograph courtesy of the New Orleans Artwork Museum

Have You Heard had 23 installments

We publish the most recent information in jewellery twice a month. Wish to hear about exhibitions, auctions, books, occasions, and a lot extra? Go right here to see all of them, with the latest one first.

We revealed eight photograph essays

Our photograph essays provide you with data packed right into a enjoyable, bite-size and image-centered means. Check out a few of this yr’s choices:

Kent Raible, Sheriff of the New Frontier, 18-karat gold, fantastic silver, amethyst, garnets, moonstone, loaned by the American Jewellery Design Council, photograph: Nathalie Mornu

Whenever you attend the annual gem present in Tucson, Arizona, don’t miss the studio jewellery that’s on everlasting exhibit on the just lately opened Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum within the metropolis’s downtown. See a few of what’s on show on this crowd-pleaser of a photograph essay, right here.

At Fabrice Schaefer's shop and studio
Danielle Gori-Montanelli tries on a hoop by Fabrice Schaefer, with Rose Roven and Susan Cummins behind her, photograph: Linda Peshkin

AJF’s September 2023 tour to 5 cities in Switzerland was full of studio visits, unique behind-the-scenes at museums, gallery stops, nice meals in nice firm, and extra. See all of the enjoyable right here.

(Left to proper) Karen and Michael Rotenberg on the opening of MAD About Jewellery, photograph: Jennifer Altmann

Jennifer Altmann captured the mad vibe on the opening of MAD About Jewellery. See highlights of jewellery worn on the profit preview right here.

(Left to right) Susan Coddon, Lynn Batchelder, and Gail Hufjay
(Left to proper) Susan Coddon, Lynn Batchelder, and Gail Hufjay throughout a pop-up, photograph: Jennifer Altmann. Batchelder received AJF’s Artist Award in 2016. She bases a lot of her work on drawings, translating the standard of the drawn line into metallic.

See AJF’s July 2023 journey to the Berkshires right here. Members tried on Artwork Smith cuffs, visited outstanding galleries, met one of many area’s enfants terribles (Ted Noten), and extra.

Banafsheh Hemmati, The Solar, from the Structure collection, 2011, ring, silver, radius: ¼ inch (6 mm), photograph courtesy of the artist. “This assortment is a boundary between my early works, which have been tailored, and my later works, during which I’ve checked out retrospective motifs with a broader view,” says Hemmati. “I consult with it because the self-appropriation of custom. The idea of this set is Islamic geometry.”

Banafsheh Hemmatti was born in Iran in 1974. She shared her work, which dismantles the order of Islamic geometry, with us right here.

 We revealed six opinions

Our writers coated each books and exhibitions. Some highlights:

Aaron Decker, Morning Star 2
Aaron Decker, Morning Star 2, 2023, photograph courtesy of Restringing the Pearl

Readers cherished the overview Beryl Perron-Feller wrote about Restringing the Pearl, at The Jewellery Library, in NYC. Everybody has a pearl story. That was the essence of the present, and audio recordings (additionally accessible as textual content transcripts) appeared heart stage. Because the curators meant, the tales actually did lead this exhibition. Extra.

Margit Jäschke, In the Evening
Margit Jäschke, Within the Night, 2015, brooch, silver, cardboard, epoxy, artificial stones, 110 x 60 mm, photograph courtesy of Arnoldsche Artwork Publishers

Margit Jäschke: Kairos spans a interval of three a long time of the artist’s work. The guide is extra in regards to the photos and the notion of them by the reader than in regards to the textual content, says the reviewer, Esther Doornbusch. Nothing on this monograph appears to have been left to probability: It has been meticulously attended to and gives a superbly offered image of Jäschke’s wealthy oeuvre as an artist. Test it out right here.

Craig McIntosh, Tweeter
Craig McIntosh, Tweeter, 2023, pendants, pakohe, twine, largest 5 ½ x 2 ⅜ x 1 ⅛ inches (140 x 60 x 30 mm), photograph: Funaki

Gallery Funaki exhibited Craig McIntosh: Reminiscence, Boundary and Place in September. The artist’s work and follow is broadly involved with questions on how we hearken to, are conscious of, and reply to the surroundings—and notably how non-Indigenous individuals can critically strategy and reply to pure supplies. See the overview right here.

Catarina Silva, I'm Late, I'm Late, for a Very Important Date!
Catarina Silva, I’m Late, I’m Late, for a Very Necessary Date!, 2023, earrings, wooden, oxidized silver, 19-karat gold, zirconium, wrapping paper for chocolate, cashew lacquer, 1 ⅝ x 1 x 1 inch (40 x 25 x 25 mm), photograph: Pedro Tropa

Catarina Silva: As soon as upon a Time …, which was on present at Galeria Tereza Seabra, is in regards to the mysteries of affection, need, and reminiscence, all wrapped up within the foil used to guard candies. Examine it right here.

Front and back cover of Cold Sweat Suor Frio
Back and front cowl of Chilly Sweat Suor Frio, photograph: Eduardo Sousa Ribeiro, courtesy PIN. The entrance options Christoph Zellweger’s Ampoule pendant, 2021. The again exhibits Typhaine Le Monnier’s Viseira necklace, 2020.

Monica Gaspar reviewed Chilly Sweat Suor Frio, the printed legacy of the first Lisbon Modern Jewellery Biennial, a public occasion that included exhibitions, colloquia, and masterclasses in varied venues throughout Lisbon within the fall of 2021. The prolonged guide accomplishes a number of issues without delay. It paperwork the title exhibition in its varied areas. It showcases beautiful works of up to date jewellery and historic artefacts. It gathers the papers given on the colloquia. And, lastly, it’s a valuable object, rigorously designed and lavishly illustrated. Extra right here.

 We revealed eight obituaries

Sadly, plenty of luminaries within the area handed away this yr.

Kadri Mälk
Kadri Mälk, photograph: Tanel Veenre

Liesbeth den Besten and Tanel Veenre wrote in regards to the Estonian maker Kadri Mälk, who died within the first hours of 2023. Veenre’ described Mälk as a lady of darkness and an admirer of the feral right here. Den Besten, whose textual content is right here, described her as a darkish, romantic, and non secular being.

Anton Cepka
Anton Cepka, photograph: Matus Cepka

Jana Machatova penned a remembrance of her professor, Anton Cepka, one of many earliest makers of up to date writer jewellery. Learn in regards to the late Slovak maker right here.

Karl Bollmann
Karl Bollmann, photograph: Kadri Mälk

The vital Austrian collector Karl Bollmann was remembered by Helen W. Drutt English (right here) and Tanel Veenre (right here).

Sharon Church
Sharon Church, photograph courtesy Helen Drutt, Philadelphia

The American maker and educator Sharon Church was eulogized in a rare, poetic memory by Lola Brooks. Discover it right here.

Claude Chavent, Cage
Claude Chavent, Cage, brooch, platinum and gold, photograph courtesy of Viceversa

Right here, Christian Balmer wrote an homage to the French bijoutier Claude Chavent.

Attai Chen with one of his sculptures
Attai Chen with certainly one of his sculptures, photograph courtesy of Patti Bleicher

A variety of individuals paid their respects to the Israeli maker Attai Chen. Learn their phrases right here.

 

See the exhibition catalog for Galerie Reverso’s Bla Bla Bla in our Digital Library

We revealed 15 new objects in our Digital Library

Some highlights of these embody

  • A gallery sheet itemizing artists and paintings for Is Your Modern Jewelry Physique-Optimistic?, which was on exhibit in Australia. It’s right here.
  • A video of Carrying the Colors: Jewelry and the Ladies’s Suffrage Motion in Britain by AJF member Elizabeth Goring. Watch it right here.
  • Simon Marcus Swale’s dissertation, The Means We Lived? It discusses the theoretical frameworks and studio follow for his venture, which targeted on globalization. Discover it right here.
  • Creating the Inventive Market, by AJF member Warren Feld, on the enterprise of craft. Learn it right here.

Our Digital Library is filled with attention-grabbing issues about artwork jewellery—comparable to essays, journal articles, opinions, books, schedules of occasions, and extra—they usually vary over a large span of time. Go to it right here.

Fiscal sponsorship

AJF’s fiscal sponsorship program gives monetary administration for tasks within the artwork jewellery area. People and teams can’t settle for tax-deductible donations or apply for grants as a result of they aren’t a nonprofit—besides by fiscal sponsorship. AJF is a nonprofit, so our program can obtain and handle the grants and donations you’ve obtained. You should utilize these funds in your artwork jewellery venture—it is likely to be analysis, curatorial, creating new work, instructional tasks, and so forth. Initiatives produced by this program could embody tutorial scholarship, curatorial tasks, creation-based proposals, instructional group tasks, and extra.  To be taught extra and to use, go to our web site, right here.

The brand new guide Useless Souls: Need and Reminiscence within the Jewellery of Keith Lewis was produced by Artwork Jewellery Discussion board’s fiscal sponsorship program

AJF has a tiny workers of two, so you’ll be able to perceive why we’re so happy with these accomplishments and really pleased with our writers. However your help is essential as effectively. None of our programming can be potential with out your memberships and donations. Thanks! We’re enthusiastic about what lies forward for 2024.

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