Join us for an artist talk with Rebekah Laskin. Laskin is a renowned enamelist, jeweler, educator, and New Yorker. She has been a popular instructor at Brooklyn Metal Works for many years. Laskin’s work is available through Aaron Faber and can be found in the collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Sunday, November 24 at 1pm
Brooklyn Metal Works
640 Dean Street
Brooklyn | NY

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Join us for an artist talk with Kellie Riggs during NYCJW 2019. Riggs is a curator, writer, editor, and sometimes jeweler. Riggs’ recent curatorial projects include Non-Stick Nostalgia: Y2K Retrofuturism in Contemporary Jewelry at the Museum of Arts and Design and Fotocopy in Venice, NYC, and Munich. 

Saturday, November 23 at 4pm
Brooklyn Metal Works
640 Dean Street
Brooklyn | NY

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Please join us for an artist talk by Valerie James in support of her show instants//intervals In the Gallery at Brooklyn Metal Works.

Valerie James’ work conveys her interest in movement, mapping, and mark making. James observes the patterns and pathways that a body takes in its everyday routines and finds parallels within her studio practice. Engraving a sheet of metal is a process of ritual much like the act of walking. By physically embedding her movements into the surfaces James evidences a tangible relationship to the ephemeral. Through jewelry James sees a connection to landscapes that are traversed by a body, conforming to existing pathways, and landscapes that are created by wearing, tracing the curves of our physical existence.

3pm Saturday, August 3, 2019
Brooklyn Metal Works
640 Dean Street | Brooklyn

We are delighted to welcome Reema Keswani of Golconda for a talk on the History of Diamonds.

Saturday, May 11, 1pm
Brooklyn Metal Works
640 Dean Street, Brooklyn

Join us for a foray into the world of antique diamonds. We will trace the history of diamonds through the evolution of the cut, and its impact on jewelry history. Keswani will share her current work on a series of rings inspired by the Renaissance. We will look at the use of antique diamonds in jewelry, and see how the diamond cut evolved in tandem with changing times. What was the Renaissance version of the classic four prong engagement ring? Attend this lecture and find out!

Reema Keswani is the founder of Golconda, a jewelry firm based in New York City. Golconda specializes in fine gems, diamonds and pearls to the trade. In addition to being a gemologist, Keswani designs a line of jewelry, and serves as a industry consultant. She is the author of Shinde Jewels(Assouline, 2004). Keswani is a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America(GIA) with certificates in both gemology and jewelry design. She began her career at Christie’s Auction House and is a past President of the American Society of Jewelry Historians(ASJH).

Please join us for an afternoon talk with visiting artists Georg Dobler and Margit Jäschke on Sunday, April 7, at 3 pm In the Gallery at Brooklyn Metal Works. Dobler will speak in support of the exhibition Eye of the Beholder opening at Gallery Loupe on April 6. 

“Each artist utilizes structure, surface, texture, and color to create jewels of perfect proportion and gestural grace. They both derive inspiration from undulating natural forms, as well as linear geometric shapes. Dobler sometimes combines twigs, buds, leaves, or beetles cast from actual flora and fauna, while at other times, he utilizes strict rectangular or spherical elements. Jäschke, on the other hand, juxtaposes metal and minerals with inorganic substances like cardboard, epoxy, lead, and plastic, creating jewels that may be voluptuous or spare. Jäschke also makes larger works that display the same aesthetic integrity as her jewelry. Although both Dobler and Jäschke assemble their chosen materials, where Dobler’s compositions rely additionally upon negative space and/or saturated hues, Jäschke often opts for visual disparity within dense pictorial imagery. “

-Gallery Loupe

Please join us for an afternoon with visiting artist Jasmin Matzakow.

Sunday, March 24, at 3pm In the Gallery at Brooklyn Metal Works. 

Matzakow will be discussing recent work, including her series Ecotechnomagic, which encourages a shift in perspective through the use of stinging nettles, “a material that exists outside of our financial system and still provides something to people.”

Jasmin Matzakow apprenticed to a goldsmith for one year before attending the jewelry program of Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, where she received her Diploma of Arts in 2010. In 2008, Matzakow co-founded Schmuckkantine, a platform that organized workshops, exhibitions and catalogues. Matzakow received her MFA from Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design in 2015. 

Jasmin Matzakow’s most recent solo exhibition, DURCHBRENNEN, was at Gallery Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts during Munich Jewelry Week 2018. Her work can also be found at Gallery Ra and Gallery Platina. Matzakow lives and works in Germany and is assistant professor for jewelry and hollowware at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich for professor Karen Pontoppidan.