| I am pleased to present
two major works: Modernist
Jewelry 1930 - 1960, The Wearable Art Movement. and
Form & Function, American Modernist Jewelry, 1940 - 1970.
My first book, Modernist Jewelry, 1930 -
1970, The Wearable Art Movement (published by Schiffer in 2004)
explores the work of American
studio jewelers through four pivotal exhibitions held at the Museum of
Modern Art (1946) and The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (1948,
1955, 1959), and studies its major design influences: the German Bauhaus;
the movements in the fine arts
such as Cubism, Constructivism, and Surrealism; and the extraordinary transformations in American society during the mid
20th century.
My new book ,Form & Function, American
Modernist Jewelry, 1940 - 1970, has just hit the market. It covers the history of the
American Crafts movement in metals from 1940 - 1970 and has sections on
materials, jewelry as art, techniques, over 100
biographies and a marks section. This book is a catalog for a major museum
exhibit
American Modernist Jewelry, 1940 - 1970, opening May 3, 2008 at
the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana and its collateral
exhibit,
The
Modernist Movement and Beyond, The Works of Peter Macchiarini and Daniel
Macchiarini, Earl Pardon and Tod Pardon at Saint Francis
University in Fort Wayne.
.Here are comments from some of the
jewelers and others about my first book:
I just
got a copy of your book on modernist jewelry – it’s a wonderful
resource! The biographies will be tremendously helpful.
Kelly H.
L'Ecuyer
Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Art of the Americas
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
I am pleased with the layout and use
of my jewelry photos. I am proud of your biographical writing. I am
reading the whole book as I am interested in biography and it is a
pleasure to read the clear and direct way you approach the art--a
delight.....thank you for a wonderful read about our inspired artist
jewelers. merry renk
I have just now returned to Tyler and
I have received your book. It is GREAT! You have done a
wonderful job and have performed a marvelous service. I am very proud
to have played a very small part in assisting you in your mammoth
task. Professor Stanley Lechtzin
At last a good book on jewelry!
Margret Craver Withers
The book turned out beautifully. You did a great job of putting it all
together! Bob Dhaemers
Your book is beautiful. Congratulations--you did a wonderful job!
Mary Schimpff
Wonderful book! Martha Brennan Barns
The books is absolutely marvelous....I feel very honored to be a
part of this excellent book.....Lois Franke Warren
Your book arrived and it is great..congratulations! Lilyan
Bachrach
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| I am particularly proud of
the
individual jeweler biographies in both books--there are over 190! Some of the jewelers you
will recognize and some have never been written about extensively so
there are surprises! Included, are familiar names such as Harry
Bertoia,
Irena Brynner, Betty Cooke, Margaret De Patta, Robert Ebendorf, Clair
Falkenstein, Richard Gompf, Sam Kramer, Ibram Lassaw, Paul Lobel, Peter and Daniel Macchiarini,
Tod and Earl Pardon, Frank Rebajes, merry renk, Florence Resnikoff,
Ruth Roach, Mary Schimpff, Art Smith, Ed Wiener, Bob Winston,and many many more who deserve this recognition for the
incredible "Wearable Art" they created. |
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