I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined @homofaber and that my work is now featured on the Homo Faber Guide. Discover more about my practice via the link in my bio.
Presented by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, Homo Faber's signature programs and events give visibility to craft artists across the globe while supporting and nurturing the next generation of makers. Exciting!
Conflating the runner and the slack belt in a display about processing things. Looking forward to the opening of my solo, On Purpose, at the Windgate Center for Art and Design, @ualrart . Roundtable and reception this Thursday.
Excited to start 2026 with a solo exhibition at the Windgate Center for Art + Design, UALR. The show runs through March, with a special roundtable mid-Feb. Looking forward to it!
Three jewelry artists on failure:
“I remember showing up to critique and there was just a box of tissues.” @melaniebilenker
“You might take a week building an object and fuck it up in five minutes.” @mimgray
Advice to students: “When I was a student, I copied and stole [ideas] from faculty. Have empathy for yourself.” @aaronpdecker
There was so much naked honesty from these three artists at my @nycjewelryweek panel “My Greatest Mistake: What Contemporary Jewelers Learn When Things Go Wrong.”
@thejewelrylibrary was standing room only as we discussed “making crap,” one’s work ethic, (“it’s the thing that’s going to take you places”— @mimgray ) and making the art you want to make, which all agreed was the only way to be a successful artist.
Thank you to the panelists for baring your souls and to those who joined us for asking some great questions.
1. @jenniferaltmann@melaniebilenker@mimgray@aaronpdecker
6. @dongyi.w and @thejewelrylibrary
7. @melaniebilenker and @cappycounard
8. @pistachiosjewelry@bellaneyman and me
9. @siennapatti@mimgray@melaniebilenker and @tallersinborde
10. @aaronpdecker@amuletbyd_jewelry and me
#artjewelry #contemporaryjewelry #nycjewelryweek #jewelryassculpture #thejewelrylibrary
It’s almost here!
One week to go until @nycjewelryweek
I can’t wait to discuss what contemporary jewelry artists learn when things go wrong at my panel “My Greatest Mistake.”
It’s 10am Friday, Nov 21 at @thejewelrylibrary at @maisonten
On the panel: @aaronpdecker@melaniebilenker and @mimgray
For more info, see link in bio. See you there!
1, 4 and 7 @mimgray
2, 5 and 8. @melaniebilenker
3, 6, and 9 @aaronpdecker
#contemporaryjewelry #notadaywithoutjewellery #jewelryassculpture #jewelryaddict #schmuck #joyeriacontemporanea #nycjw
The @radicaljewelrymakeover project sure sent me down some rabbit holes! excited to present these outcomes with @newpaltzmetal at the exhibition Acquired Tastes, DRAW Gallery, Kingston NY. Opens Sat 11/01 and runs through Nov 15.
Mother Lode. Bald face. Euonymus. Pb J.
#radicaljewelrymakeover
What do contemporary jewelers learn from failure?
Find out at my @nycjewelryweek panel “My Greatest Mistake: What Contemporary Jewelry Artists Learn When Things Go Wrong.”
Hear from @mimgray@melaniebilenker and @aaronpdecker on Friday, November 21 at 10am at @thejewelrylibrary at @maisonten , 4 West 29th St (off Fifth Ave). And see their incredible jewelry.
For more info, check out the link in bio.
#contemporaryjewelry #nycjewelryweek #contemporaryjewellery #artjewelry #artjewellery #jewelryassculpture #jewelryaddict
ACQUIRED TASTES is a sustainability project, an exhibition and fundraiser for student scholarships and Radical Jewelry Makeover, an international community jewelry mining and recycling project focused on education and collaboration. This Fall, SUNY New Paltz Metal engaged the project! We received over 250 lbs of donated jewelry, which we photographed, examined, and sorted into categories based upon its material composition with the leadership of Radical Jewelry Makeover directors Susie Ganch and Kathleen Kennedy. Students, local alumni, and faculty have been working away on designing a range of works that respond to these materials and some of your stories. Students are recycling and melting down silver into ingots to process new material and are deconstructing and remaking components with fresh perspective, while learning about all the materials and techniques used in the jewelry industry. Please view the exhibition, purchase some unique takes created from these donations, support students, and follow along: on instagram @newpaltzmetal , and newpaltzmetal.com/rjm
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