Melis Agabigum is an educator and studio artist from Michigan, USA. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Intermedia: Jewelry/Metals, Installation art, Sculpture, and Fibers, and received her BFA in Art & Design from the University of Michigan. She has taught Jewelry, Sculpture, and 3D Fabrication courses at the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Boise State University, and
Read MoreAfter 25 years of “silver” shows, presented mainly as part of Legnica SILVER Festival, the Gallery of Art in Legnica decided to organize its achievements in the field of promotion of contemporary, avant-garde jewellery and in 2004 started building a permanent collection. Most of the works were obtained in the years 2013-2016 thanks to funding from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Currently, the Collection consists of about half a thousand works
Read MoreAlise Kennedy’s career in theatre costume at Shakespeare’s Globe and the Royal Ballet has given her a diverse language of construction techniques and a sense of drama, spotlighting the material and visual potential of textiles in her jewellery. Alise graduated with an MA in Design (Jewellery) from Central St. Martins in 2020. She has an affinity with textiles and an experimental
Read MoreSu Kroker is a master silversmith and jewelry designer. After her apprenticeship as a silversmith she decided to both widen and deepen her experience by working in a number of studios. Of these, the most valuable was with a restorer at the Dom of Trier. After this her interested curiosity led her to study Metal and Jewellery Design at HAWK in Hildesheim, Germany. Whilst studying at HAWK Su gained
Read MoreGraduated in 1992 from the Art Institute of Spoleto, in 1993 she obtained the certificate of specialization in Goldsmith Art issued by the Umbria Region. After a long break in other fields of work in 2017 she returns self-taught to her initial passion with the Autofocus jewels project. Her creations are born from the search for an instinctive aesthetic that draws from the surrounding natural, architectural, industrial environments, capturing the
Read MoreA Master’s degree in Museum Education, Cristina Cacco has worked as primary school teacher and lives in Venice, Italy where she has been creating jewels for several years, utilizing only paper of various kinds and glue, under her brand’s name PAPERGEMSTONE. She takes inspiration from modern art and architecture and uses techniques like quilling and collage to create handmade pieces on limited series.
Read MoreCheuk Man Au is a young contemporary jewellery artist and designer. Her work is concerned with human emotions or behavior. She aims to capture the subtle emotions of life through an exploration of the relationship between human nature and the outside world, and try to visualize the emotion through the context of contemporary jewellery.
Read MoreYuka Jourdain is Japanese jeweller based in the U.K. who appreciates and supports the diversity of nature and human culture. Her pieces arrive through an enjoyment of both traditional jewellery techniques and the exploration of new materials. Yuka believes that material handling and being observant of forms that emerge through experimental making are important as she strives to
Read MoreArno Chen is Chinese jewellery designer with a fashion design background and enjoys combining these two disciplines together as she explores her future creativity. Her works are focusing on expression of emotion by an interactable wearing method. Fabric is one of her favorite materials, she loves using stitching skills, also dyeing and weaving technology in her projects. Arno would like to use the
Read MoreNicole Jacquard is currently a Professor and Area Coordinator of the Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design Program at Indiana University. She received her BA from Indiana University in 1991 and her first MFA in 1994 from The University of Michigan. While on a Fulbright Fellowship in Australia she received her second MFA from The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in 1995. In 2001 she returned to
Read MoreWanrong Xie’s BA graduated from Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University and is currently studying an MFA degree in jewellery and metalwork at Sheffield Hallam University. She has about 6 years of jewellery learning and design experience. Xie uses jewellery and metalwork as a medium to bring people closer to social life and to explore various issues in contemporary society
Read MoreRenate Erlacher was born and raised in Austria. She studied German Language and Literature and Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Vienna. She graduated with a MA. After that she worked as a teacher and lecturer for German as a Foreign Language at the Vorstudienlehrgang der Wiener Universitäten, until her retirement in 2015. From 1986 to 1988 she did research for her PhD thesis in Psychology
Read MoreAlthough I am a teacher by profession, my “normal” day job has always been intertwined with my passion for painting and handmade. As a child I showed a penchant for visual art so I attended an art high school where I gained the courage to experiment with various techniques and materials in everything I create and I think this can also be seen in the jewelry that I make.
Read MoreI'm a textile jewelry crafter from Moldova, interested in working with traditional textile techniques, preserving and enriching the cultural heritage of my country by interpreting it in my own unique way, thus creating modern and unconventional pieces of wearable art.
Read MoreNatasa Koutsampela is an eminent attorney at law as well as a passionate, designer & creator of jewelry and painter that lives and works in the town of Larissa, (central Greece). In 2011 she began to deal and experiment with the design and manufacture of jewelry as a kind of creative expression. In 2018, with her partner, Marianthi Katsika, they founded “LEFFLOW ART STUDIO”
Read MoreJames Thurman is an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas’ College of Visual Arts & Design, where he is faculty and Program Coordinator of Metalsmithing/Jewelry. In 2012 and 2016, he was a Fulbright Specialist Scholar in Istanbul, Turkey. A highly active studio artist for over twenty years, he is well-known for Thurmanite, a recycled paper and bio-resin composite material that he developed and trademarked.
Read MoreIzabella Petrut is a Romanian born jewelry maker and designer, living and working in Vienna, Austria. She has acquired practical and theoretical skills by completing a Bachelors’ (2007) and a Masters’ (2009) degree in Design at the University of Arts and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She has graduated from the GJ3 Specialisation program at Alchimia, School of Contemporary Jewelry, Florence, Italy (2012) with professor
Read MoreJOANA Design Studio is a dream that gained wings at the same time that my second daughter was born in 2017. Art, architecture, design and geometric shapes are my biggest inspiration. I like to add a little humor to the use and name of the pieces. I intend to create pieces of jewelry with a different language, simple and that can be used in a different and fun way. All the work is done in the workshop, some drawings start with 3D and then produced in my workshop.
Read MoreWith her jewelry she wants to strengthen the self-awareness of the person who wears them. The fabric and a good fit give the wearer a sense of a comfortable garment. The jewel seeks connection with the person who wears it: the skin, eyes, stature and manner of dressing. This creates an interplay in which jewelry and person reinforce each other.
Read MoreDebby Wang’s BA major is installation art. She has a MA degree in Jewellery & Metalwork from Sheffield Hallam University and has been engaged in jewellery related work for more than three years. Miss Wang has a jewellery technology and advertising design license. Recently, setting up a personal jewellery brand and expressing herself with contemporary jewellery.
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