One and Three Collective
One and Three Collective
Collective biography:
One and Three is a contemporary jewelry collective whose members examine the authenticity of materials through quiet refinements of process and technique. The resulting works are self-referential manifestations of embodied meanings, working in dialog individually and with the collective as a whole.
Designers :
Lydia Elsa Martin, Joshua Kosker, and Melis Agabigum are the founding members of One and Three Collective. “Transgressing Constructs” is a love letter to the transformational quality of material and process. While unique and individual, each artist’s work questions the balance between maintaining and relinquishing control over the impermanence of surface and material. Through dedicated explorations of individual elements, each member offers an insight into quiet and unassuming contemporary art jewelry objects that demand acknowledgement through the intimacy of interaction.
Joshua Kosker
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Joshua Kosker is a contemporary jeweler and visual artist living and working in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Drawing from unexpected and often ephemeral materials, his work explores impermanence and counterintuitive methodologies, while examining craft, materiality, and the body. Joshua received his MFA from Bowling Green State University and his BFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He exhibits nationally and internationally, with his work recently published in several books including: New Brooches: 400+ Contemporary Jewelry Designs; To the Point: Pin Mechanisms and Brooch Back Design; and Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the Toolbox. Joshua was the recipient of the Ethical Metalsmiths Emerging Artist Award in 2014, and has participated in artist residencies at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and Touchstone Center for Crafts. In addition to his creative practice, he has held teaching appointments at Indiana University-Bloomington, Bowling Green State University, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Joshua is the Art Shop Supervisor and Area Coordinator of Foundation Art in the Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University, as well as a Lecturer in Digital Fabrication & Design at UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts.
Lydia Elsa Martin
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Lydia Martin is a contemporary jeweler living, working, and teaching in Little Rock, AR. Her work, built upon the foundations of technical skill, is an exploration of material skill, surface, line, and movement. Through the use of traditional metalsmithing techniques, she creates pieces that become an investigation of intentions and consequences. Lydia received an MFA from State University of New York at New Paltz in 2017 and a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology. Lydia has taught at a variety of institutions including Baltimore Jewelry Center, Towson University, and Penland School of Crafts. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and is represented by Jewelers’Werk Galerie in Washington, DC. Currently, she is the Windgate Artist in Residence in Metals at UA Little Rock, where she heads the jewelry and metalsmithing program.
Melis Agabigum
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Melis Agabigum is an educator and studio artist from Michigan. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Intermedia (Jewelry/Metals, Sculpture, Installation Art, and Fibers), and received her BFA in Art&Design from the University of Michigan. She has taught Jewelry/Metals, Sculpture, and 3D Fabrication courses at the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Boise State University, and San Francisco State University, and Earlham College. She is currently an Assistant Professor and Area Coordinator of Metals/Jewelry in the Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University.
Provoked by an interest in material fiction, Melis’ work examines desire, loss, repetition, and the notion of burden that individuals carry from their relationships. Her soft sculptures explore the unseen tether of the physical and emotional weights that affect individuals in how they perceive their connection to others, their bodies, and space.