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AJF is excited to announce the following members who have joined or renewed. AJF members care deeply about the field of art jewelry and bolster our mission to advocate for it. Thanks to all of you!
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NEW MEMBER: AARON PATRICK DECKER
What’s the best part of being an AJF member?
The community of critical and insightful peers who are dedicated to jewelry as an art form.
Caption: Aaron Patrick Decker, 2-4-6, 2021, brooch, enamel, copper, silver, nickel, 24-karat gold, 102 x 76 x 64 mm, photo courtesy of the artist. This brooch is a reference to TNT, striped military badges, and pick-up sticks. “2-4-6” relates directly to the chemical 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene a military-grade explosive often simply called TNT in cartoons. The golden surface hides the material below like glitter glued onto paper shapes in a kindergarten classroom. A shadow of the shapes projects as though a nuclear bomb went off and the brooch stands and watches for the ensuing wave of chaos.
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RENEWING MEMBER: TERESA MILHEIRO
Tell us about your work.
My work is full of passion and love, even if it looks sharp and dangerous.
Caption: Teresa Milheiro, Power, 2019, tiara, chromed brass, chromed brass bullets, 185 x 165 x 130 mm, photo: Agnes Koligan
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NEW MEMBER: REBECCA NADLER
What's something hardly anyone knows about you as an artist?
I enjoy wandering in nature to inspire my jewelry ideas.
Caption: Rebecca Nadler, Vulva Ring, 2018, 14-karat pink gold, size 6, 20 grams, photo: Britney Ingarra
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NEW MEMBER: THEREZA PEDROSA GALLERY
Tell us a little about your gallery.
We’re a really young gallery, as we opened our doors for the first time in September 2019, and we’re not focused only on art jewelry. We are an art gallery, but we truly believe that all forms of art make our lives beautiful. To live art makes us beautiful, and this is the reason we love representing not only painters and sculptors but many jewelry artists ... because what’s more amazing than art you can wear and bring with you everywhere?
Caption: Thereza Pedrosa wearing a necklace by Ralph Bakker, with a painting by Bruno Pedrosa in the background, photo: Thereza Pedrosa Gallery
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RENEWING MEMBER: JILL HERLANDS
Tell us something about you as an artist.
I’m self-taught and all my work is hand-fabricated.
Caption: Jill Herlands, (clockwise from top right) Corset Ring, 2020, sterling silver, 6 x 25 mm, Blackened Gold Ring, 2019, sterling silver, Peruvian pyrite, 19 x 13 mm, Woven Ring, 2020, sterling silver, 19 x 13 mm, Box Ring, 2020, sterling silver, 13 x 25 mm, model: Octavia Plach, photo: Brian Brigantti
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