Jewelry Design Class Biography
Source(google.com.pk)At the age of three there was a mother's day gift fair at the Children's Garden Montessori School. I wanted to return home with a gift for my mother, so she lovingly gave me two dollars so I could buy her a gift. Of all the knick knacks offered, for some reason, on my own I was drawn to two bangle bracelets which to this day she still owns. Throughout elementary school, I proceeded to make simple jewelry pieces for my mother. Hind sight is 20/20, but never did I think that later in life, jewelry would become my obsession and career.
Constructing, fabrication and creating has been a focus of mine. Art classes in elementary and high school further developed my artistic ability. For the rank of Eagle Scout, I repainted the interior of a women's shelter and added a mural in their kitchen. Attending San Diego State University was a pivotal time in my life that solidified art as the path I would follow. I studied Mechanical Engineering for the initial part of my education, taking drawing and painting classes for a release from all the math and science. Eventually I became so immersed in painting, drawing, and graphic design that I switched to fine arts all together. Remembering the early jewelry pieces from childhood, my parents encouraged me to try a jewelry design class. That was it, I had found my life's calling. Shortly after becoming obsessed with jewelry design and metal smithing classes, I graduated with my Bachelor of Arts degree.
It has now been two years and I share a space at an amazing jewelry studio with five master jewelers in Downtown San Diego, Ca. I could not have asked for better artists to work with, everyday is a new learning experience, and life just keeps getting better with every new creation.
Monies is a Danish jewelry company founded by Gerda and Nikolai Monies. They are trained goldsmiths with experience from Denmark, Germany, England, Italy and the US. During the last 40 years they have created a style completely unique. The jewelry is known for its elegance, avantgarde and humour. The unique and handcrafted jewelry is designed and produced at the beautiful workshop overlooking Copenhagen harbour. The jewelry is often recognized by the use of exciting natural materials which is brought back to Denmark from all parts of the world. Over the years, Monies has designed and produced unique collections for some of the world’s biggest fashion houses.
Built by famed Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksen in 1918, the bronze statue of The Little Mermaid is Copenhagen, Denmark's most popular tourist attraction on par with New York's Statue of Liberty. Denmark was also the home of the late jewelry designer Niels Erik From.
Eighty-four years ago, renowned Danish jeweler Georg Jensen once compared the white luster of silver to the glow of the moon.
Appreciating the metal's challenging, and unyielding nature, he loved the idea of cultivating and conquering it. For this reason, he believed the metal better than gold possessing greater effect.
According to what I have read, many of the earliest Danish jewelers worked with sterling silver, using native stones like amber in their distinctive, minimalist jewelry.
A trained silversmith, in 1931, at age 23, From opened his first workshop. For the next 40 years, From's floral-inspired pieces from Denmark's Arts and Crafts period, and sculptural, modernist pieces of the 70s would become the company's signature styles.
The metalwork is gorgeously lithe and supple. There are obscure details of oxidation, carved out metal, surface etchings as well as the incorporation of lovely translucent and butterscotch amber.
The overall designs are masterful examples of From's ability to achieve unique detail and sinuous fluidity in simple forms.
His Off Center Amber Ring, for instance, is composed of a slightly patinated, cupped sterling silver disc with a smaller disc placed slightly off center against the larger one ultimately serving as the setting for a smooth, round amber stone.
There is something about the execution of his jewelry. There is something intangible I do not know how to articulate.
It is ultra simplistic yet at the same time visually striking. The combination of slightly voluptuous geometric structures and large, round and flat stones like onyx or carnelian is quietly magnetic.
Since his workshop was closed shortly after his death in 1986, From's legacy of limited, modernist jewelry items are distributed through Scandinavian Silver's website.
Photo 1 (top right): Sterling Silver Carnelian Pendant
Photo 2 (bottom left): Sterling Silver Fish Brooches with Amethyst Cabochon
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