Double Feature: Interview with Bifei Cao on YAA & Interview with Love Jönsson on Smyckoteket

Jewelry That Makes You Think.

This week we have a little extra content for you!

Read on for this week's two featured articles.

INTERVIEW

LOVE JONSSON ON SMYCKOTEKET (JEWELIBRARY)

Rian Design Museum's Jewelry-Lending Program

by Nathalie Mornu

The Rian Design Museum, in Falkenberg, Sweden, is taking the concept of lending jewelry in a revolutionary direction for our field. Soon, with a program called Smyckoteket, visitors to the museum will have the opportunity to borrow a piece of contemporary art jewelry. (“Smyckoteket” is a portmanteau that translates as “jewelibrary.”) The point is to make borrowing a piece of jewelry as easy as borrowing a library book. More people will become familiar with art jewelry by having the opportunity to interact with and wear the work, making it more accessible to the public.

Image Caption: Anna Talbot, Tartan Pink, 2018, brooch, aluminum, brass, spray-paint, steel, photo: IDNAMADI

INTERVIEW

BIFEI CAO, 2020 YOUNG ARTIST AWARD JUROR

In English and Chinese

by Amina Rizwan

Applications for the 2020 Young Artist Award, with a prize of $7,500, are open to jewelry artists through January 12, 2020. The three distinguished jurors will be Jorunn Veiteberg, Barbara Paris Gifford, and the winner of the 2018 AJF Artist Award, Bifei Cao. Here, we interview the Chinese artist to learn more about the trajectory his life has taken since the award, and to find out more about what he’ll be looking for when he reviews submissions.

Image Caption: Bifei Cao, NO-B.658, 2018, brooch, porcelain shatter, school cafeteria meal card, silver, stainless steel, 30 x 75 x 80 mm, photo: Chen Wenchuang

The 2020 AJF Young Artist Award Guidelines are now available.

Applications will be accepted through January 12, 2020.

Get your applications ready!

Jo in us at NYC Jewelry Week on Tuesday, November 18, for

AJF in Conversation: Deaccessioning or

When You Can’t Wear It All, All The Time

Moderator: Lindsay Pollock

Panelists: Barbara Gifford, Mark McDonald, and Sienna Patti.

Please follow this link for more information and tickets . See you there!

FEATURED AJF LIBRARY CONTENT

In "The Avid Mundane," a 2013 article published in the magazine Attitude, Pedro Sequeira reflects on some of the contributions made to the jewelry field by Otto Künzli, Lisa Walker, and Yuka Oyama. In Portuguese and English.

View the PDF.

SUBMIT TO AJF'S LIBRARY

AJF believes that making information available about jewelry as an art form is an important step in advocating for the field. Our digital library supports the jewelry community by providing online access to jewelry scholarship that would otherwise be impossible to find.

The library has a new feature that prevents PDFs from being downloaded. Just check the appropriate box when you submit—this will allow people to read the texts, but protects you from undesirable access and distribution.

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