Handmade Leather Bracelets with Sterling Silver Findings
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EDUCATION
Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA Jewelry Design & Technology (JDT) Year of Graduation: 2018 Graduate Gemologist (GG) Year of Graduation: 2019 Jewelry Design (JD) Year of Graduation: 2019 Graduate Pearl (GP) Year of Graduation: 2019 The Revere Academy, San Francisco, CA CAD 1, Setting 3: Bead & Pave Year of Graduation:2016 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Master of Fine Arts, Jewelry and Metal Arts Year of Graduation:2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fashion Design Year of Graduation:2013
CONTINUED EDUCATION
American Society of Appraisers (ASA), CA. GJ201-Foundation I: Core Principles of Appraising Gems and Jewelry 2022
DESIGN AWARDS AND HONORS
Gianmaria Buccellati Award Competition, Italy 2020 Global Finalist Design Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA 2019 Jewelry Design (JD) Student Choice Women’s Jewelry Association Scholarship and Grant, New York, NY 2019 Peggy Kirby Award Winner $5000 A’ Design Award and Competition, Italy 2019 Iron Award Winner Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA 2019 2019Mikimoto Scholarship $950 Women’s Jewelry Association Scholarship and Grant, New York, NY 2018 WJA June Herman Scholarship Winner $7000 MJSA Vision Award Winner, Attleboro, MA 2018 2nd Place Future of the Industry $500 Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA 2018 JDT Student Choice 7th International Wearable Expressions Juried Exhibition, Rancho Palos Verdes,CA 2017 Accessories: First Place for “Northern Solstice Purse”$3000 30th International Cloisonné Jewelry Contest Juried Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan 2017 Different Material: Award for “Light and Shadow” Sara Malm Klimt02 New Graduate Series, Barcelona, Spain 2016 Winner of the JPLUS Graduate Award MAG – Metal Arts Guild/Revere Academy, San Francisco, CA 2016 Revere Academy Scholarship Winner Yuma Symposium, Yuma, AZ 2016 Work-Study Award Academy of Art University Spring Show, San Francisco, CA 2015 MFA Jewelry and Metal Arts Award, Third Place Academy of Art University Spring Show, San Francisco, CA 2014 MFA Jewelry and Metal Arts Award, Director’s Choice / Student Choice
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry, Redwood City, CA 2022 Full-time Inventory specialist and gemologist. Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2020 Part-time Instructor, online class author Links of London at Bloomingdale’s, San Francisco, CA 2017 Associate Alice Roche Jewelry, San Francisco, CA 2017 Production Assistant ArtSpan Open Studio, San Francisco, CA 2016 J&C Art Design Studio Contemporary Judaica Jewelry Artist Aimee Golant, San Francisco, CA 2015 Exhibition/Studio Assistant Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2015 Jewelry and Metal Arts Graduate Student Representative Harputs, San Francisco, CA 2014 Workshop Assistant
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
SNAG Metalsmith, Eugene, OR 2023 Women’s Jewelry Association, Poughkeepsie, NY 2018 SF Gem and Mineral Society Inc., San Francisco, CA 2017 City Art Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2017 ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA 2016 Metal Arts Guild, San Francisco, CA 2015
PUBLICATIONS
Harper's Bazaar Vietnam Magazine/ July issue fashion editorial. 2024 Xmag Espana/ September issue for an interview with the singer Dorin Hirvi 2024 InStyle Greece Magazine/ September issue for a Fashion Editorial 2024 MJSA Journal / July & August Issue 2018 Light and Shadow/ Book 2016 iMute Magazine/ iMute Webitorial “Structure” 2015
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry, Redwood City, CA 2024 Develop design concepts and sketches/ research design trends Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry, Redwood City, CA 2019 Jewelry design / hand rendering R.E.D, Irvine, CA 2018 Jewelry/graphic design and editing Doublewood: Raw Selvedge Denim, Oakland, CA 2017 Develop jewelry/accessories line Sixteenth-Alley: South Western Jewelry Collector, Milpitas, CA 2016 Handmade/commission jewelry Concordia-Argonaut Club, San Francisco, CA 2015 Academy of Art University Spring Fashion Show, six pieces of jewelry/accessories