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Interviewee:

Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cooke, Edward S., 1954-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Colorado State University -- Faculty  Search this

Kent State University -- Faculty  Search this

Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.)  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

State University of New York at New Paltz -- Students  Search this

Syracuse University -- Students  Search this

Tyler School of Art -- Students  Search this

University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Faculty  Search this

Adamson, Glenn  Search this

Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992  Search this

Bauer, Fred  Search this

Bennett, Jamie, 1948-  Search this

Burns, Mark, 1950-  Search this

Church, Sharon, 1948-  Search this

Clark, Garth, 1947-  Search this

Craig, Gabriel  Search this

Cummins, Susan  Search this

Daley, William, 1925-2002  Search this

Ebendorf, Robert, 1938-  Search this

Eidelberg, Martin P.  Search this

Flynn, Pat, 1954-  Search this

Getty, Nilda  Search this

Gill, John, 1949-  Search this

Griffin, Gary, 1945-  Search this

Halem, Henry  Search this

Hammer, Wayne  Search this

Hash, Arthur, 1976-  Search this

Jerry, Michael John, 1937-  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent), 1934-2013  Search this

Koplos, Janet  Search this

Koss, Gene  Search this

Kumata, Carol  Search this

La Plantz, David  Search this

Lechtzin, Stanley, 1936-  Search this

Long, Randy  Search this

Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this

Mawdsley, Richard, 1945-  Search this

Moran, Lois  Search this

Morris, William, 1834-1896  Search this

Pritchard, Marian  Search this

Rogers, Harriet  Search this

Rogers, Steve  Search this

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900  Search this

Schaechter, Judith, 1961-  Search this

Shaw, Richard, 1941 Sept. 12-  Search this

Slivka, Rose  Search this

Slosberg, Jill  Search this

Wilson, Anne, 1949-  Search this

Woell, J. Fred, 1934-  Search this

Extent:

96 Pages (Transcript)

5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (4 hr., 10 min.), digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

California -- description and travel

Seoul (Korea) -- Description and Travel

Date:

2009 June 10

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Bruce Metcalf conducted 2009 June 10, by Edward S. Cooke, Jr., for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Metcalf's home, in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Mr. Metcalf discusses his early years in Amherst, Massachusetts; beginnings as a maker with modeling clay and plastic airplane models; undergraduate years at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York in the late 1960s; early interest in architecture; early disenchantment with modernist discourse and theory; introduction to Marxist theory and idealism of the 1960s; summer trip to California in 1970; return to the East Coast upon the death of his father; return to college, transferring into jewelry in his senior year; influence of his teacher Michael Jerry; seeing the work in "Objects: USA" exhibition (1969) and influence of the work of J. Fred Woell, Richard Mawdsley, L. Brent Kington; rejection of current trends in art, including conceptual art and formalism; his affinity for the medium of metal, and hammersmithing; influence of funk ceramics, including work by Fred Bauer and Richard Shaw; brief stint at Montana State University, Bozeman; working in cardboard and wood; graduate school at the State University of New York, New Paltz; working with Robert Ebendorf and Kurt Matzdorf at New Paltz; work as a production artist/craftsperson; attending Rhinebeck, New York, craft fair in the mid-1970s; the influence of writings by William Morris and John Ruskin and the notion of "dignified labor"; graduate school at Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; formulating his aesthetic of narrative symbolism; publication of his first article in 1977 as a response to review of the exhibition "Forms in Metal: 275 Years of Metalsmithing in America" (1975); yearlong teaching position at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; taking a teaching position at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (1986-1991); publication of his article "Crafts: Second-Class Citizens?" in the first issue of Metalsmith, 1980; growing involvement with the Society of North American Goldsmiths; development of his notion of "social utility" and the role and function of crafts and making; expansion of his writing on craft; rejection of the deconstructivist school of thought in the 1980s; abandonment of sculptural objects for jewelry in the early 1990s; return to Philadelphia in 1991; early teaching of history of craft, first at Kent, then on a Fulbright scholarship in Seoul, South Korea (1990), later at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, in the early 1990s; influence of Martin Eidelberg; development of his vision for a history of craft course; collaboration with Janet Koplos on "Makers: A History of American Studio Craft"; use of his medium and craft to explore issues of nurturing and anxiety; the psychological/social effect and aesthetic importance of wearing jewelry (for the wearer and the artist); the pros and cons of craft collectors; the problematics of installation work by craft artists; recent trends in craft, including Anne Wilson's notion of "sloppy craft" and an "anti-craft" attitude; recent artists, including Arthur Hash and Gabriel Craig; lack of exhibition opportunities for younger/emerging artists; influential recent texts, including "Shards," by Garth Clark. He also recalls Robert Arneson, Randy Long, Carol Kumata, Jamie Bennett, Steve and Harriet Rogers, Wayne Hammer, Stanley Lechtzin, Gene Koss, Henry Halem, Mark Burns, Rose Slivka, Nilda Getty, Jill Slosberg, Sharon Church, John Gill, David La Plantz, Lois Moran; Gary Griffin; William Daley, Marian Pritchard, Glenn Adamson, Pat Flynn, Susan Cummins, and Judith Schaechter.

The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Bruce Metcalf on June 10, 2009. The interview took place in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., and was conducted by Edward S. Cooke, Jr. for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. This interview is part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Bruce Metcalf has reviewed the transcript. His corrections and emendations appear below in brackets with initials. This transcript has been lightly edited for readability by the Archives of American Art. The reader should bear in mind that they are reading a transcript of spoken, rather than written, prose.

Biographical / Historical:

Bruce Metcalf (1949- ) is a jeweler and writer in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

General:

Originally recorded as 5 sound files. Duration is 4 hr., 10 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Ceramics  Search this

Communism  Search this

Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this

Conceptual art  Search this

Formalism (Art)  Search this

Jewelers -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Identifier:

AAA.metcal09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw974054f15-9dfd-4aea-98f7-707fd609918e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-metcal09

Interviewee:

Hu, Mary Lee, 1943-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

American Craft Council  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art -- Students  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art -- Students  Search this

Lawrence Arts Center  Search this

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale -- Students  Search this

University of Washington -- Faculty  Search this

Baldridge, Mark S., 1946-  Search this

Choo, Chunghi  Search this

Christensen, Hans, 1924-1983  Search this

Dingeldein, Otto  Search this

Eikerman, Alma  Search this

Farafol, Daphne  Search this

Fenster, Fred, 1934-  Search this

Fike, Phillip G., 1927-1997  Search this

Halper, Vicki  Search this

Ho, Ron  Search this

Kidman, Hero  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent), 1934-2013  Search this

Marshall, John, 1936-  Search this

Matsukata, Miye, 1922-1981  Search this

Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this

McMurray, James  Search this

Moty, Eleanor  Search this

Noffke, Gary  Search this

Pujol, Eleanor  Search this

Seppä, Heikki  Search this

Turner, Gary  Search this

Warashina, Patti, 1940-  Search this

Extent:

8 Items (Sound recording: 8 wav files (5 hr., 42 min.), digital)

163 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Afghanistan -- Description and Travel

Australia -- Description and Travel

China -- Description and Travel

Indonesia -- Description and Travel

Iran -- Description and Travel

Nepal -- Description and Travel

Ohio -- Description and Travel

Papua New Guinea -- Description and Travel

Tibet (China) -- Description and Travel

Turkey -- description and travel

Date:

2009 March 18-19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Mary Lee Hu conducted 2009 March 18-19, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Hu's home and studio, in Seattle, Washington.

Hu speaks of growing up outside Cleveland, Ohio; her early interest in making objects; attending the Lawrence Art Center camp in Kansas at the age of 16 where she first experimented with metals; her like of working with tools in order to create something; taking metal smith classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art during high school; attending Miami University in Ohio for two years followed by two years an Cranbrook Academy of Art; working as a TA with L. Brent Kington at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; her collaborative work in both textiles and metals while at Carbondale which lead to her first experimentation in weaving silver wire; creating a body of work for her Master's thesis in which all the pieces were woven wire; various works, their origins, when, where and why they were created, including her Neckpiece, Choker, Bracelet, Brooch and Ring series; her aesthetic interest in patterns, line and positive/negative space; a limited interest in and use of color in her work; the transition from silver to gold wire; a progressively larger interest in the history of jewelry and body adornment which eventually became a lecture at the University of Washington, where she taught for 26 years; numerous trips around the world to countries such as China, Tibet, Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia; a strong interest in ethnic and native jewelry/body adornment practices; the various purposes which jewelry can serve in society; her involvement with the Society of North American Goldsmiths and the American Craft Council; her technique based teaching practices; the role that modern technology plays in teaching, learning, and making jewelry; the lack of support and funds for metals programs in universities around the country; her library, which includes aver 2,000 books about the history of jewelry and body adornment; her collection of jewelry from around the world; her want to create beautiful and functional jewelry; the public and private aspects to jewelry and it's role in museums; current projects and the importance to maintain interest of metals in younger generations. Hu also recalls Gary Turner, Hans Christensen, Otto Dingeldein, Heikki Seppä, Hero Kielman, Phil Fike, Patti Warashina, Gary Noffke, Elliott Pujol, Chonghi Choo, Daphne Farafo, Vicki Halper, Ron Ho, Miye Matsukata, Alma Eikermann, Mark Baldridge, Kurt Matzdorf, Eleanor Moty, Fred Fenster, John Marshall, James McMurray, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary Lee Hu (1943- ) is a metalsmith in Seattle, Washington. Smith was educated at Cranbrook Academy of Art and Southern Illinois University. She teaches at the University of Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 43 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Body adornment  Search this

Jewelry  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.hu09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a23bb6bc-66a5-4900-9a0f-031b4e2ab83d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hu09

Interviewee:

Choo, Chunghi  Search this

Interviewer:

Milosch, Jane  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Cranbrook Academy of Art -- Students  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo  Search this

Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Penland School of Handicrafts -- Students  Search this

University of Iowa -- Faculty  Search this

University of Northern Iowa  Search this

Victoria and Albert Museum  Search this

Bush, Cody  Search this

Chateauvert, Jocelyn  Search this

Fujio, Yuho  Search this

Grotell, Maija  Search this

Kao, Ruth  Search this

Kaufman, Glen  Search this

Larsen, Jack Lenor  Search this

Lechtzin, Stanley, 1936-  Search this

Lee, Sang-Bong  Search this

Mayer-VanderMey, Sandra  Search this

McFadden, David Revere  Search this

Merkel-Hess, Mary  Search this

Park, No Soo  Search this

Raab, Rosanne  Search this

Saarinen, Loja  Search this

Smith, Paul J.  Search this

Thomas, Richard C., 1917-1988  Search this

Yeun, Kee-ho  Search this

Extent:

75 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Korea (South) -- History -- April Revolution, 1960

Date:

2007 July 30-2008 July 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Chunghi Choo conducted 2007 July 30-2008 July 26, by Jane Milosch, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's home, in Iowa City, Iowa.

Choo speaks of establishing the Metalsmithing and Jewelry program at the University of Iowa in Iowa City; the elaborate equipment, tools, and safety protection used in the studio; her experience teaching silent metalforming at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine; participating in international workshops and seminars in Korea; the extensive world traveling she does with her husband, Dr. Charles Read, including destinations in Scandinavia, Thailand, Austria, Italy, and South Africa, among others; the house she designed in Iowa City; her love of the city and being surrounded by treasured friends, a supportive university, and beautiful environments; an interest in creative cooking and appreciation for diverse dishes from all around the world; her childhood and young adulthood in Inchon, Korea; growing up with an appreciation for beautiful art objects and classical music; an early interest and talent in drawing; attending Ewha Women's University as generations of women in her family had previously; experiences during the Korean War and April 19 Revolution in 1961; coming to the United States in 1961 as a student; studying English, ceramics, enameling, and stone cutting for one semester at Penland School of Crafts in Penland, N.C.; attending Cranbrook Art Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and studying metalsmithing with Richard Thomas, ceramics with Maija Grotell, and weaving with Glen Kaufman; living with Mrs. Loja Saarinen during her three and a half years at Cranbrook; teaching general craft at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Rapids from 1965-1968; pioneering the mixed-media studies with her students at UNI; accepting the challenge to build a metalsmithing and jewelry program at the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1968; learning and teaching electroforming; the development of the electro-appliqué technique; extensive donor support and fundraising for the Metalsmithing and Jewelry program and its students; finding inspiration in nature, East Asian calligraphy, classical music, and travel; her long friendship with Jack Lenor Larsen and the great influence he has had on her work; being represented in major art museums and institutions world-wide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk in Frankfurt, Germany, and many others; the joy she has when her students succeed and surpass her; and plans for future work, writing projects, and travel. Choo also speaks of the 2008 flooding of Iowa City and the state of Iowa during which her studio was severely damaged and many things were lost. Choo also recalls Park, No Soo; Lee, Sang Bong; Ruth Kao; Stanley Lechtzin; Yuho Fujio; David McFadden; Paul J. Smith; Rosanne Raab; Cody Bush; Jocelyn Chateauvert; Mary Merkel Hess; Sandra Mayer-VanderMey; Kee-ho Yeun, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Chunghi Choo (1938- ) is a Korean American educator, metalsmith, jeweler, and textile and mixed media artist based in Iowa City, Iowa. Interviewer Jane Milosch is a curator from Silver Spring, Maryland.

General:

Originally recorded 5 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 27 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 22 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Metal-workers -- Iowa -- Iowa City  Search this

Jewelers -- Iowa -- Iowa City  Search this

Textile designers -- Iowa -- Iowa City  Search this

Mixed-media artists -- Iowa -- Iowa City  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Jewelers -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Korean War, 1950-1953  Search this

Korean American art  Search this

Korean American Artists  Search this

Asian American jewelers  Search this

Asian American metal-workers  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.choo07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91d0f3d3d-e648-47b2-9282-e395b73f635f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-choo07

Interviewee:

Pijanowski, Hiroko Sato, 1942-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Cranbrook Academy of Art -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

University of Michigan -- Faculty  Search this

Pijanowski, Eugene, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

123 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2003 May 13-15

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Hiroko Sato Pijanowski conducted 2003 May 13-15, by Arline F. Fisch, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Pijanowski speaks of her American/Japanese identity; childhood in Japan and her small family; the Christian schools she attended; Geidai University; learning Japanese jewelry design in the U.S.; attending Cranbrook Academy of Art; her thesis on line-inlay, a Japanese technique; meeting Eugene (Gene) Pijanowski, her future husband, at Cranbrook; life in Japan with Gene; moving back to the U.S.; her teaching philosophy; teaching at the University of Michigan; computers and other technological advances that have changed the way metals are taught; her presentation at a 1999 SNAG conference, "A Look Into the Future: The Implementation of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing for Metalsmiths"; the importance of sharing information; her creative work and its relation to teaching; working with Japanese paper cord [mizuhiki]; Zen philosophy; her reoccurring childhood dreams; her line of jewelry "Hiroko Sato Pijanowski"; and the different types of molds she has made in wax, silicon, and rubber. Pijanowski also discusses jewelry tradeshows; her series Gentle Solitude; Issey Miyake's approach to design and his influence; her haiku club; orchids as inspiration; scuba diving experiences; the World Crafts Conference in Kyoto in 1978; the importance of exhibitions, such as "International Jewelry" in Vienna and "Poetry of the Physical" at the American Craft Museum, New York; galleries such as Helen Drutt in Philadelphia and Yaw Gallery in Michigan; the custom of "renting a gallery space" in Japan; and she concludes the interview with a discussion of the effects of of her depression. Pijanowski also recalls Ruth Taubman, Jim Hopfensperger, Leslie Leupp, Michael Rodemer; Stanley Lechtzin, Herman Junger, Albert Paley, David Watkins, Bob Ebendorf, Otto Kunzli, Michael Rowe, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Hiroko Sato Pijasnowski (1942- ) is a Japanese American metalsmith from Honolulu, Hawaii. Arline M. Fisch is a jeweler.

General:

Originally recorded on 6 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 42 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Metal-work -- Technique  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Asian American metal-workers  Search this

Jewelers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.pijanoh03

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9be3f93ac-2c5f-4b62-a0b3-b25d91ea2207

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pijanoh03

Interviewee:

Scherr, Mary Ann, 1931-2016  Search this

Scherr, Mary Ann, 1931-2016  Search this

Interviewer:

Douglas, Mary F., 1956-  Search this

Subject:

Parsons School of Design  Search this

Kent State University  Search this

Penland School of Handicrafts  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry -- Design  Search this

Metal-work -- Technique  Search this

Art -- Philosophy  Search this

Industrial design  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women jewelers  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12648

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)227010

AAA_collcode_scherr01

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_227010

Interviewee:

Scherr, Mary Ann, 1931-  Search this

Interviewer:

Douglas, Mary F., 1956-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Kent State University -- Faculty  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Parsons School of Design -- Faculty  Search this

Penland School of Handicrafts  Search this

Extent:

71 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2001 April 6-7

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Mary Ann Scherr conducted 2001 April 6-7, by Mary Douglas, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

This interview took place in the artist's home and studio, Raleigh, N.C.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary Ann Scherr (1921- ) is a jeweler from Raleigh, N.C. Mary Douglas (1956-) is a curator at the Mint Museum of Craft and Design in Charlotte, N.C.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 34 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Occupation:

Jewelers -- North Carolina -- Raleigh  Search this

Topic:

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry -- Design  Search this

Metal-work -- Technique  Search this

Art -- Philosophy  Search this

Industrial design  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women jewelers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.scherr01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw984262d07-5cf7-4dcb-aeae-367127ef39a3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-scherr01

Interviewee:

Schick, Marjorie, 1941-2017  Search this

Interviewer:

Rosolowski, Tacey A.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Extent:

79 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 April 4-6

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Marjorie Schick conducted 2004 April 4-6, by Tacey A. Rosolowski, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Pittsburg, Kansas.

Schick speaks of her aesthetic goals; making "body sculpture" as opposed to jewelry; being raised by her mother, a teacher and artist; taking art classes in high school; studying art education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; marrying James Schick; getting an MFA in jewelry at Indiana University; being mentored by Alma Eikerman; transitioning her works from metal to papier-mâché; working with alternative materials; making costume pieces for dancers; being represented by Galerie Ra in Amsterdam; studying metalwork while on sabbatical in London; the importance of change and experimentation in her work; making companion pieces; traveling to Europe and Mexico; creating "teapot jewelry"; and being part of the international jewelry community. Schick also speaks of how collectors and the art market react to her pieces; exhibiting in galleries; being a member of the Kansas Artist Craftsman Association; teaching; giving workshops; working on pieces while traveling; her autobiographical pieces; hiring student helpers; paying attention to craftsmanship; the challenges of being a craft artist and making "unwearable" jewelry; and her current project. Schick also recalls David Smith, Paul Smith, Harry Bertoia, Tom Joyce, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Marjorie Schick (1941-2017) is a jeweler of Pittsburg, Kansas. Tacey A. Rosolowski is an art historian from Washington, D.C.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 53 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Occupation:

Jewelers -- Kansas  Search this

Topic:

Jewelry -- Design  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Economic aspects  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women jewelers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.schick04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw969be98fa-c195-4cee-8bb6-a0824b4119bd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-schick04

Interviewee:

Pijanowski, Eugene, 1938-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Pijanowski, Hiroko Sato, 1942-  Search this

Extent:

92 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2003 May 13-14

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Eugene Pijanowski conducted 2003 May 13-14, by Arline M. Fisch, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Pijanowski speaks of his childhood in suburban Detroit; his experience as a projectionist at the Marine Corp's Camp Pendleton; studying at Wayne State University in Detroit, Oxbow Summer School in Saugatuck, and Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he met his wife Hiroko Sato; he discusses moving to Japan, where he studied at Geidai and Sophia University in Tokyo, and worked at Renown Clothing; moving back to the U.S.; his teaching positions at San Diego State University, Purdue University, and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; he comments on his administrative role at University of Michigan; his experience teaching workshops; his research on Japanese metal work, specifically mokume gane and its influence on western metalsmithing; he recalls his Fulbright in Vienna; the exchange between University of Michigan and Seika Art School in Kyoto, Japan; he discusses his studio production; how he is not interested in exhibiting; how objective critiques are missing in the field; nature as a source of inspiration; the east/west theme of his work; he speaks specifically of his series "Gentle Solitude," "Amaryllis," "Maple Seed," and "I am Precious;" the limited value of publications, exhibitions, and organizations; he discuss his relationship with galleries; the importance of teaching; grants, honors, and other accomplishments; and his current projects in Honolulu. In addition to his long professional and personal relationship with Hiroko Sato Pijanowski, Eugene Pijanowski recalls Philip Fike, Richard Thomas, Mr. Hiramatsu, Arline M. Fisch, Bruce Metcalf, Onno Boekhoudt, Inge Asenbaum, Helen Drutt, Hermann Junger, Ian Ferguson, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Eugene Pijanowski (1938- ) is a metalsmith from Honolulu, Hawaii. Arline M. Fisch is a jeweler.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 55 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Metal-workers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.pijanoe03

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93fe2cb89-eb09-4191-ba8c-b6873a787b2d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pijanoe03

Interviewee:

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Interviewer:

Church, Sharon, 1948-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Skidmore College -- Faculty  Search this

Skidmore College -- Students  Search this

Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty  Search this

Adamson, Glenn  Search this

Extent:

61 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2001 July 29-30

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Arline M. Fisch conducted 2001 July 29-30, by Sharon Church McNabb, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Fisch's home, in San Diego, California.

Biographical / Historical:

Arline M. Fisch (1931-) is a metalsmith from San Diego, California. Sharon Church McNabb (1948-) is a jewelry designer.

General:

Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 13 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Occupation:

Metal-workers -- California -- San Diego  Search this

Jewelers -- California -- San Diego  Search this

Educators -- California -- San Diego  Search this

Fulbright scholars  Search this

Topic:

Art and religion  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Knitting  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.fisch01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw953b7f3c1-1e9d-443b-8501-888ae6399225

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fisch01

Interviewee:

Fisch, Arline M., 1931-  Search this

Fisch, Arline M., 1931-  Search this

Interviewer:

Church, Sharon, 1948-  Search this

Subject:

Adamson, Glenn  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts  Search this

Wheaton College (Ill.)  Search this

Skidmore College  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art and religion  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Knitting  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12589

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)227425

AAA_collcode_fisch01

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_227425

Interviewee:

Pijanowski, Eugene, 1938-  Search this

Pijanowski, Eugene, 1938-  Search this

Interviewer:

Pijanowski, Hiroko Sato, 1942-  Search this

Subject:

Fisch, Arline M  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Asian American metal-workers  Search this

Jewelers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Japanese American women -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Asian American  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12728

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)240382

AAA_collcode_pijanoeh03

Theme:

Craft

Asian American

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_240382

Interviewee:

Pijanowski, Hiroko Sato, 1942-  Search this

Pijanowski, Hiroko Sato, 1942-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fisch, Arline M., 1931-  Search this

Subject:

Pijanowski, Eugene  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

University of Michigan  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Metal-work -- Technique  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Asian American metal-workers  Search this

Jewelers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Asian American  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13104

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)242162

AAA_collcode_pijanoh03

Theme:

Craft

Asian American

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_242162

Interviewee:

Pijanowski, Eugene, 1938-  Search this

Pijanowski, Eugene, 1938-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fisch, Arline M., 1931-  Search this

Subject:

Pijanowski, Hiroko Sato  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Metal-workers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelers -- Hawaii -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12849

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)242168

AAA_collcode_pijanoe03

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_242168

Interviewee:

Schick, Marjorie, 1941-2017  Search this

Schick, Marjorie, 1941-2017  Search this

Interviewer:

Rosolowski, Tacey A.  Search this

Subject:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Jewelry -- Design  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Economic aspects  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women jewelers  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11818

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)247256

AAA_collcode_schick04

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_247256

Interviewee:

Ebendorf, Robert, 1938-  Search this

Ebendorf, Robert, 1938-  Search this

Interviewer:

Rosolowski, Tacey A.  Search this

Subject:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art metal-work  Search this

Metal-work -- Economic aspects  Search this

Metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Metal-work -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Metal-workers -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelers -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry -- Design  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11967

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)247257

AAA_collcode_ebendo04

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_247257

Interviewee:

Choo, Chunghi, 1938-  Search this

Choo, Chunghi, 1938-  Search this

Interviewer:

Milosch, Jane, 1964-  Search this

Subject:

Thomas, Richard C.  Search this

Bush, Cody  Search this

Chateauvert, Jocelyn  Search this

Kaufman, Glen  Search this

Fujio, Yuho  Search this

Grotell, Maija  Search this

McFadden, David Revere  Search this

Kao, Ruth  Search this

Lechtzin, Stanley  Search this

Lee, Sang-Bong  Search this

Larsen, Jack Lenor  Search this

Mayer-VanderMey, Sandra  Search this

Saarinen, Loja  Search this

Raab, Rosanne  Search this

Merkel-Hess, Mary  Search this

Park, No Soo  Search this

Smith, Paul J.  Search this

Yeun, Kee-ho  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

University of Iowa  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts  Search this

Penland School of Handicrafts  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

University of Northern Iowa  Search this

Victoria and Albert Museum  Search this

Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo  Search this

Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Korea (South) -- History -- April Revolution, 1960

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Jewelers -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Korean War, 1950-1953  Search this

Korean American art  Search this

Korean American artists  Search this

Asian American jewelers  Search this

Asian American metal-workers  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Women  Search this

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13621

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)271722

AAA_collcode_choo07

Theme:

Asian American

Women

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_271722

Interviewee:

Gralnick, Lisa, 1956-  Search this

Gralnick, Lisa, 1956-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Kounellis, Jannis  Search this

Lightman, Alan  Search this

Matzdorf, Gary Bengier  Search this

Mimlitsch-Gray, Myra  Search this

Scherr, Mary Ann  Search this

Kent State University  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Parsons School of Design  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13661

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)273918

AAA_collcode_gralni07

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_273918

Interviewee:

Hu, Mary Lee, 1943-  Search this

Hu, Mary Lee, 1943-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Baldridge, Mark S.  Search this

Choo, Chunghi  Search this

Christensen, Hans  Search this

Dingeldein, Otto  Search this

Eikerman, Alma  Search this

Farafol, Daphne  Search this

Fenster, Fred  Search this

Fike, Phillip G.  Search this

Halper, Vicki  Search this

Ho, Ron  Search this

Kidman, Hero  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent)  Search this

Marshall, John  Search this

Matsukata, Miye  Search this

Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this

McMurray, James  Search this

Moty, Eleanor  Search this

Noffke, Gary  Search this

Pujol, Eleanor  Search this

Seppä, Heikki  Search this

Turner, Gary  Search this

Warashina, Patti  Search this

American Craft Council  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Lawrence Arts Center  Search this

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale  Search this

University of Washington  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Afghanistan -- Description and travel

Australia -- description and travel

China -- description and travel

Indonesia -- description and travel

Iran -- description and travel

Nepal -- description and travel

Ohio -- Description and travel

Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel

Tibet (China) -- Description and travel

Turkey -- description and travel

Topic:

Body adornment  Search this

Jewelry  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15659

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)282415

AAA_collcode_hu09

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_282415

Interviewee:

Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-  Search this

Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cooke, Edward S., 1954-  Search this

Subject:

Adamson, Glenn  Search this

Arneson, Robert  Search this

Bauer, Fred  Search this

Bennett, Jamie  Search this

Burns, Mark  Search this

Church, Sharon  Search this

Clark, Garth  Search this

Craig, Gabriel  Search this

Cummins, Susan  Search this

Daley, William  Search this

Ebendorf, Robert  Search this

Eidelberg, Martin P.  Search this

Flynn, Pat  Search this

Getty, Nilda  Search this

Gill, John  Search this

Griffin, Gary  Search this

Halem, Henry  Search this

Hammer, Wayne  Search this

Hash, Arthur  Search this

Jerry, Michael John  Search this

Long, Randy  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent)  Search this

Koplos, Janet  Search this

Koss, Gene  Search this

Kumata, Carol  Search this

La Plantz, David  Search this

Lechtzin, Stanley  Search this

Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this

Mawdsley, Richard  Search this

Moran, Lois  Search this

Morris, William  Search this

Pritchard, Marian  Search this

Rogers, Harriet  Search this

Rogers, Steve  Search this

Ruskin, John  Search this

Schaechter, Judith  Search this

Shaw, Richard  Search this

Slivka, Rose  Search this

Slosberg, Jill  Search this

Wilson, Anne  Search this

Woell, J. Fred  Search this

Colorado State University  Search this

Kent State University  Search this

Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.)  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

State University of New York at New Paltz  Search this

Syracuse University  Search this

Tyler School of Art  Search this

University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

California -- description and travel

Seoul (Korea) -- Description and travel

Topic:

Ceramics  Search this

Communism  Search this

Deconstructivism (Architecture)  Search this

Conceptual art  Search this

Formalism (Art)  Search this

Jewelers -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16051

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)310185

AAA_collcode_metcal09

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_310185

Interviewee:

Gralnick, Lisa, 1956-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Kent State University -- Faculty  Search this

Kent State University -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Parsons School of Design  Search this

Kounellis, Jannis, 1936-2017  Search this

Lightman, Alan  Search this

Matzdorf, Gary Bengier  Search this

Mimlitsch-Gray, Myra  Search this

Scherr, Mary Ann, 1931-  Search this

Extent:

12 Items (Sound recording: 12 sound files (7 hr., 4 min.), digital, wav)

111 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2007 October 29-30

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Lisa Gralnick conducted 2007 October 29-30, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Gralnik's home, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Gralnick speaks of her father's illness; taking a jewelry-making class as a teenager; the honors college at Kent State; her master's thesis and the Cosmogonic Cycle; teaching enameling at Kent State to support her studio art; the metals program at Parsons School of Design; a black rubber house in upstate New York; creating structures out of black plastic; her introduction to computers; working with gold; drawing inspiration from physics and machinery; her fascination with dentistry tools; being a hands-on learner; satisfaction from the labor of art; working with metal; her methodological form of teaching; teaching a graduate class and focusing on body parts; the relationship between ambition and hard work; teaching in an art department as opposed to a craft department; her recent reliquary and jewelry work; poetic and musical influences; showing abstraction and emotion in her work; the creation of The Gold Standard pieces. Gralnick also recalls Mary Ann Scherr, Gary Bengier Matzdorf, Jannis Kounellis, Alan Lightman, Myra Mimlitsch Gray, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Lisa Gralnick (1956- ) is a metalsmith and professor from Madison, Wisconsin. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer from San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 4 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Occupation:

Educators -- Wisconsin -- Madison  Search this

Metal-workers -- Wisconsin -- Madison  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.gralni07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c2a7111e-21f5-4e98-b6fc-2e70b8cfc9cb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gralni07