Nicole Jacquard (USA) - Plus One Collective
Nicole Jacquard
Biography:
NICOLE 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 RMIT University and completed her Ph.D. in Fine Arts in 2004. Her doctoral research focused on integrating Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Machining, and Rapid Prototyping & Machining (CAD, CAM, RP&M) within a contemporary studio practice. Jacquard was awarded a second Fulbright in 2017-18 to Scotland where her research focused on the incorporation of augmented reality into her work.
Nicole was President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths serving two terms from 2015 - 17, and from 2017- 19. She has had ten solo exhibitions and participated in over 100 invitational/juried exhibitions in the USA, Europe, Asia + Australia. Nicole has presented over 45 lectures on her work + and has had papers accepted to present at conferences in the UK, Australia, China, + the USA.
Artist Statement:
My work is a mixture of the high-tech and low-tech processes of laser engraving and enameling. Influenced by patterns in nature, I see to combine materials and processes to exploit the unseen or often overlooked. By combining innovative technologies with traditional tools, materials and processes, my work also explores the ideas of what it means to be made by hand in contrast to mass production and the future of mass customization.
Blue Minnow
Copper, enamel, felt, argentum silver, stainless steel
Lilly White
Copper, enamel, felt, argentum silver, stainless steel, upcycled linen, 2019
Wallflower
Copper, enamel, argentum silver, stainless steel, galvanized steel, 2019