Having trained at the prestigious School of Jewellery in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, Isabela creates unique jewellery which combines the purity of silver with the vibrant colours of titanium. Inspired by the colours and amazing forms of nature and the opulence of natural gemstones, Isabela meticulously handcrafts natural forms with intricate detail in titanium and silver,which often encase sparkling stones
Read MoreBorn in Piatra - Neamt in the same year when Led Zeppelin launches Led Zeppelin IV, graduate of the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest but also a graduate in Alternative Pedagogy, specialization in Fine Arts, (Waldorf College) I always oscillated between the exact sciences and art, having a winding path that eventually led me to make ceramics.
Read MoreI do not have a background in fine arts but I love art in all its forms. I did not study design but I discovered that with a lot of dedication there are no boundaries to what you may accomplish. I think my curiosity, the pleasure of handcrafting, experimenting and trying to learn new things has led me to the path of jewelry creation. I first started
Read MoreIn 2015, at the age of 45, Horia Câlțea decided to follow his dream. He redefined his path, he left his job and dedicated his entire attention to his old passion, jewellery. He followed courses at the jewellery school in Cluj-Napoca, where he had the occasion to cultivate his creativity through means that combine the methods of traditional work with contemporary expression.
Read MoreSharon Massey is a metalsmith, jeweler and enamelist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her artwork has been exhibited in Germany, Estonia, Poland, Italy, Spain, China, Japan, Canada, Brazil and Australia, as well as across the United States. Sharon’s work has been included in numerous publications, including American Craft and Metalsmith magazines
Read MoreBuilt around collections with very different universes, the Belgian brand Misogyne constantly challenges the very notions of jewelry and preciosity, while offering a non-binary and ethical creation. Nevertheless, two main ranges emerge in what seems to be an experimental research: a contemporary limited edition collection alongside custom-made jewelry creations for private clients.
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.
Read MoreMi-Sook Hur is an award-winning enamelist and metalsmith who is a professor in the School of Art and Design at East Carolina University. Her work focuses on the realistic images inspired by nature and she explores the modern studies of Limoges enamels. She received a BFA in Metalwork and Jewelry from Seoul National University in Korea and an MFA in Metals from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Read MoreBen is a jeweler and metalsmith in Bloomington, IN. He graduated from Indiana University in 2019 with a BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design. He has supplemented his education through workshops at Arrowmont Craft School and short apprenticeship in Japan. He has participated in artist residencies at the Baltimore Jewelry Center and Arrowmont. Ben has exhibited his work internationally, in The United States, The Netherlands, Germany, and Canada.
Read MoreBarbara is born in Augsburg/Germany. After her goldsmith apprenticeship and the journeyman’s examination, she works freelance. In search of a way to bring colour into her mostly silver cast jewellery, she came to the enamel. That’s why she studied the basic knowledge at the „Akademie für Gestaltung und Design“ in Munich by Bettina Dittlmann. Since then, she has been „infected“ by enameling.
Read MoreBarbara McFadyen is a metalsmith and enamelist who has been designing jewelry in gold, silver, and enamel for nearly five decades. Barbara received her MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University and BA from Eckerd College. Her award-winning work is nationally recognized through exhibitions with the American Crafts Council, the Smithsonian Institution, SNAG, and the Enamelist Society, and gallery exhibitions such as the Craft Council of British Columbia who awarded her.
Read MoreAaron Decker is a US based Jeweler and enamellist. Having received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art under Iris Eichenberg, Decker now calls the Midwest US home. A queer artist who grew up in the military, Decker’s work thematically trails innocents of childhood, and the violence of war. Decker shows internationally and is represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, OONA Galerie, and Galerie Reverso.
Read MoreMarina Draženović finishes school for contemporary jewellery design metal fabrication and enamel, prof.Davor Šuk. She has exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions. She is a jewelry designer, whose pieces are so striking and fascinating, that they appear to be sculptures that you wear. Her works are environmentally friendly, as she uses various natural materials, like wire and sheet metal from
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Read MoreI was lucky to turn my childhood’s hobby into a lifelong passion – jewelry design. Having received three higher management degrees in different countries of Europe, I have never dared to study design. It was more like a cry of the soul, a break from work that I didn’t like and the desire for constant self-development.
Read MoreNora Kovats is a contemporary jewellery designer, illustrator, writer and botanical enthusiast based in Bamberg, Germany. Fire – heating metal and enamelling – is Nora’s language of creating. She finds herself drawn to enamelling as a technique because of its uniqueness and its seductive possibility for spontaneity, dictated by the firing process.
Read MoreJennifer Wells is a studio artist and educator originally from the U.S but currently living in Italy. She holds an MFA, in Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design and has completed artist-in- residencies at: Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, Pocosin Arts in Columbia, NC and the Jentel Foundation near Banner, WY. She has worked for several U.S based Craft Schools, in a variety of roles.
Read MoreI am a multidisciplinary artist working with: metal and gemstones, ink, watercolor, oil paints, ceramics, paper and any other material I find inspiring, that falls into my hands. I like to create meaningful pieces that one would treasure forever. I find my inspiration in nature, history and architecture, trying to take in everything that is given to me and manifest it in my art.
Read MoreAfter having earned a degree in Art History with a final dissertation on the Greek Goldsmith, the artist attended Salvatore Gerardi’s Goldsmith School and at the same time a renowned silverware workshop in Rome. In 2002, she started her workshop and participated in exhibition and events or lend her collection for shooting and cinema films.
Read MoreHairuo Ding is a prominent contemporary jewelry artist. For her, art is the interpretation of the world and she expresses her findings through her jewellery creations. Her reputation is revived in recent years by the invitation to participate in numerous countries all over the world .She loves to exploring the infinite possibilities of various materials and breaking the normal size and wearing style of traditional art jewelry.
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