AJF Board Positive aspects New Member
Lynchburg, VA, US—We’re happy to introduce Aaron Decker as the latest member of AJF’s board.
Artwork Jewellery Discussion board’s board of administrators consists of a global group of thinkers, creators, and appreciators of the sphere of artwork jewellery. They information our organizational actions and hold our mission to advocate for up to date artwork jewellery on the middle of all that we do. To see the complete roster of AJF’s board of administrators and their roles within the group, please go to this web page on our web site.
Decker has beforehand served on AJF’s Editorial Advisory Committee. Susan Cummins, the founding father of AJF, describes him as a gifted and enthusiastic organizer. “He’s a valued voice,” Cummins stated, “and hopefully the primary of many new members of a youthful age.”
Aaron Decker is an American jeweler and enamelist primarily based in Ypsilanti, MI, US, dwelling to Rosie the Riveter and a legacy of wartime trade that mirrors his personal upbringing on army bases throughout america. That historical past—and its tradition of creating—continues to tell his work. An in depth relationship together with his grandfather, a clocksmith, led Decker to pursue jewellery. After finishing undergraduate research and worldwide residencies, he graduated from Cranbrook Academy of Artwork in 2015. He spent the following decade working as a senior designer for a luxurious watch firm, creating a rigorous method to precision, materials, and methods of manufacturing earlier than establishing his personal unbiased studio. Working from his studio in Ypsilanti, Decker produces jewellery that balances industrial logic with hand course of. His work has been acknowledged by awards and fellowships, together with the Mercedes-Benz Rising Artist Award, the Windgate Fellowship, and the Marzee Graduate Prize, and has been exhibited internationally. His jewellery is held in each non-public and public collections.
About AJF
Artwork Jewellery Discussion board is a nonprofit group spreading consciousness and rising appreciation of artwork jewellery worldwide since 1997. Its numerous group of artists, collectors, critics, educators, galleries, historians, makers, and writers is united by a ardour for artwork jewellery. AJF advocates for artwork jewellery by an formidable agenda of schooling, dialog, and monetary help. It commissions vital writing that units the usual for excellence within the discipline, and publishes artjewelryforum.org, an Web useful resource for authentic content material on artwork jewellery.
