We're down to about 2 weeks left on our campaign and we're still a bit behind our goal. Here is Jackalope Collective member Stephanie Voegele to open your hearts and hopefully wallets.
Education: B.F.A. with an emphasis in
Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
M.F.A. from the University of Georgia in 2010.
Lives and Works in: Wisconsin, as a Lecturer in
Jewelry & Metalsmithing and the First year Program at the University of
Milwaukee.
What is your work about?
Silhouettes
of faceted formations, shiny plastics, neon leathers and vintage jewelry all
are a part of my current investigation. I am inspired by saturated color and
subtle shifts in surfaces that I stitch together in a variety of wearable gems.
What
are you looking forward to most about going to Amsterdam?
Connecting with jewelers and galleries from
all over the world. This will be my first time surrounded by so many international
jewelry artists. I’m excited to have the opportunity to not only see a variety
of work but to actually speak to the artists who make it!
What
artists to you respect/admire?
I look up to many of my mentors and
friends. Mary Hallam Pearse,
Yevgeniya Kaganovich, JoAnne Burke, Susie Ganch, Frankie Flood, Rob Jackson,
Martijn Van Wagtendonk and Rick Johnson. All of the people I listed have been a
part of my life during various transitions and changes. They are tremedous
artists and educators and I’m so lucky to call them friends.
What’s
the best advice you were ever given about being an artist?
You have to take risks not only with your making
but also with your career choices.
Anything
else you’d like to add about Sieraad, why we deserve funding, or whatever else
you’d like to say.
I feel honored to be a part of such a talented
group of American Jewelers. As a team we hope to showcase a diversity of innovative
work that is coming out of America!
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This is cool!
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