Harold O'Connor

Jeweller

Published: 13.12.2016

: Post Office Box 416
81201 Colorado - Salida
UNITED STATES

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Harold O'Connor
Ring: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold
2 x 3.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Necklace: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, fine gold
6 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2015
925 Silver, 750 gold, stone
6 x 6 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Object: Shadow, 2016
Wood, silver
8 x 4 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Wooded Landscape, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, Spectrolite
6.5 x 6.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Rocky Mountain Landscape, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold
5.5 x 6.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Piece: Crow Wing, 2016
Silver, Gold, Gem
6.5 x 6.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Piece: Crow Wing, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, Spectrolite
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Brooch/Pendant
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, Spectrolite
5 x 5.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold
3 x 4.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, Spectrolite
3 x 4.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Ring: Untitled, 2016
925 silver
2 x 3.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold
6.5 x 6.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Pendant: Untitled, 2016
750 gold, Spectrolite
6 x 6 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, Spectrolite
5 x 5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, Spectrolite
5 x 6 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, Sepctrolite
4.5 x 5.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Piece: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, Irish Bog Oak
6.5 x 6.5 cm
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Pendant & Brooch
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2016
925 silver, 750 gold, Agate
4 x 6 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Free Fall, 2014
Spectrolite, 750 Gold
7 x 7 cm
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Harold O’Connor
Brooch: Encrusted, 2015
925 silver, 750 gold
6.5 x 6.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Pendant: Mountain Scapes, 2015
925 silver, 750 gold
6 x 6 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Ring: Untitled, 2015
925 silver, 750 gold
2 x 2.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Ring: Untitled, 2015
925 silver, 750 gold
2 x 3 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Pendant: Handscape, 2015
925 silver, spectrolite, 750 gold
7 x 7 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2015
925 silver, spectrolite, 750 gold
7 x 7 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Cross Roads, 2015
925 silver, 750 gold
4 x 4 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2015
925 silver, spectrolite, 750 gold
4.5 x 7.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Pendant: Lines in the Sand, 2015
925 silver, spectrolite, 750 gold
4.5 x 6.5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2015
925 silver, 1000/00, 750 gold
3.5 x 4 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Painting, 2015
925 silver, spectrolite, 750 gold
3 x 5 cm
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Harold O'Connor
Cup: Bottomless Cup, 2016
Cowbone, corel, linen
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2015
925 silver, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Rocky Mountains, 2015
925 Silver, Spectrolite
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2015
925 silver, Spectrolite, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Mountain Valley, 2015
925 silver, Spectrolite, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Piece: Rock Art, 2015
925 silver, Spectrolite, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Ring: Untitled, 2015
925 silver, Spectrolite, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Pendant: Desert Lines, 2015
925 silver, Spectrolite, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2014
Silver, 750 gold, spectrolite
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2014
Spectrolite, silver, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2014
Spectrolite, 750 gold, silver
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Harold O'Connor
Ring: Untitled, 2014
750 gold, silver, spectrolite
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2014
750 gold, silver
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2014
Spectrolite, silver, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2014
Silver, 750 gold, spectrolite
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2013
Silver, 750 gold, spectrolite
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2013
Silver, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2013
Agate, silver, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2013
Silver, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Ring: Untitled, 2013
Silver, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Ring: Untitled, 2013
Basalt, silver, 750 gold
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2013
750 gold, silver
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Harold O'Connor
Pendant: Untitled, 2013
750 gold, silver
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Harold O'Connor
Pendant: Untitled, 2013
Black jade, silver, 750 gold, vaccum-cast
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2013
750 gold, silver, spectrolite
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2013
Silver, 750 gold, vaccum-cast
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2012
Silver, 750 gold, spectrolite, vaccum-cast
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Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2012
750 gold, shibuichi, silver, spectrolite
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Harold O'Connor. Brooch: Untitled, 2012. Silver, 750 gold, spectrolite.

Harold O'Connor
Brooch: Untitled, 2012
Silver, 750 gold, spectrolite, vaccum-formed
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Harold O'Connor. Brooch: Untitled, 2012. Agate, silver, 750 gold.

Harold O'Connor. Ring: Untitled, 2012. Silver, agate, 750 gold.

Harold O'Connor. Ring: Untitled, 2012. Silver, 750 gold.

Harold O'Connor. Ring: Untitled, 2012. Agate, silver, 750 gold.

Harold O'Connor. Brooch: Untitled, 2012. Mokume Gane, silver, 750 gold.

Harold O'Connor. Ring: Untitled, 2012. Silver, granulation.

Harold O'Connor. Brooch: Untitled, 2012. Shibuichi, silver, 750 gold.

Harold O’Connor is an American artist practicing in Salida, USA. O’Connor mastered his skills as a jeweller through numerous international institutions including the National Arts And Crafts School in Copenhagen and Fachochschule Fur Gestaltung in Pforzheim. As an active member of the jewellery community, O’Connor has participated in over 200 group exhibitions, conducted workshops in 14 countries and published several books on jewellery techniques. His artistic practice focuses upon using traditional techniques of metalwork in a contemporary way.

Statement

I approach jewelry making as a fine art. I enjoy working with diverse materials for their aesthetic value, NOT their intrinsic value. My work over the years has focused upon using traditional techniques of metalwork in a contemporary way. My works are sculptural in nature as my influences are inspired from living and past sculptures working in stone, wood and metal. I create small objects which happen to be wearable. Other influences in my art come from my travels to exotic lands, interaction with nature, and reaction to facets of society.

During the last two years, I have experimented with a vaccum casting machine utilizing plastic sheets. The sheets are heats and then formed over ridig stone or other forms by heat/vaccum pressure. These forms are then cast into silver or gold and then finished in conventional means. Other works are a continuation of my current investigation of the granulation process.

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Harold O'Connor, Salida, USA.

Education:
1988, 1989, 2006 Europaische Akademie Fbz Ahlen, Germany
1972 International Summer Academy For Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
1971 Instituto Allende, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico M.F.A. Degree
1970 University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque Nm, B.U.S. Degree
1966 National Arts School, Helsinki, Finland
1966-1967 Fachochschule Fur Gestaltung, Pforzheim, Germany
1965 National Arts And Crafts School, Copenhagen, Denmark

Group Exhibitions (selection):
2014 40^th Anniversary Exhibition, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, USA
2014 SOFA Chicago, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, USA
2014 The Art of the Ring, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, USA
2014 Schatten, Galerie Viveka Valantin, Klon, Germany
2013 Top 10 at 10, Racine Art Museum, Racine, USA
2013 The Tourquise Trail, Millicient Rodgers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
2013 SOFA Chicago, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, USA
2013 Necklace Show, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, USA
2013 Harold O'Connor: Spotlight, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, USA
2012 Hanging Around, Museum of Art & Design, New York, USA
2012 Mitgliedarte, Handwerk Museum, Deggendorf, Germany
2012 Red Gold, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, USA
2012 SOFA Chicago, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, USA
2012 The Art of the Ear / The Art of the Ring, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, USA

Lectures and Conducted Workshops (selected):
2014 Clear Creek Jewelry Academy, Denver, USA
2014 Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, USA
2014 Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, Florence, Italy
2014 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
2014 Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, San Francisco, USA
2013 Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, Florence, Italy
2013 Clear Creek Jewelry Academy, Denver, USA
2013 Metal Arts Guild, Portland, USA
2013 Arapahoe Community College, Denver, USA
2012 Contacto Directo, Lisbon, Portugal
2012 Contacto de Autor, Porto, Portugal
2012 Association Portugal Contemporary Jewelers, Lisbon, Portugal
2012 Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, Florence, Italy
2012 Estonian Arts Academy, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 Tallinn Metal Arts Association, Tallinn, Estonia

Permanent Collections:
Alice & Louis Koch Collection, Switzerland
Estonian Arts Academy, Tallinn, Estonia
The Gallery Of Fine Arts, Legnica, Poland
The German Amber Museum, Ribritz-Damgarten, Germany
The German Goldsmiths Society, Hanau, Germany
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York, USA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
Museum Cecheho Reje V Turnov, Czech Republic
Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Racine Fine Arts Museum, Racine, USA
The Renwick Gallery Of The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C, USA
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Publications

Books Authored
2005 Metal Techniques: Roller Printing, Reticulation, Gold Overlay, Granulation With Harold O’Connor, Dunconor Books, Usa,
1983 The Flexible Shaft Machine - Jewelry Techniques, Harold O’Connor, Dunconor Books
1978 Creative Jewelry Techniques, Harold O’Connor, Dunconor Books
1977 The Jeweler’s Bench Reference, Harold O’Connor, Dunconor Books

Publications
2014 Between Nature and Art: the work of Harold O'Connor, Metalsmith Magazine, Apr. 2014
2014 Metall 3', Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2007 Conversation With Renowned Metal Artist Harold O’Connor, Art Jewelry, USA
2006 Studio Jewelers Of Salida, Ornament Magazine, USA
2006 500 Brooches, Lark Books, USA
2006 1000 Rings, Lark Books, USA
2004 Surface Embellishments With Harold O’Connor, Findings, England
1999 Loving The Untamed, Focus On Harold O’Connor, Schmuck Magazine, Germany

Events

APPRECIATE

Contemporary Methods of silver/gold granulation by Harold O’Connor

Workshop

Technics, Making
/ 23May2016 - 27May2016
Le Arti Orafe
Florence, Italy

APPLICATION CLOSED

The 40th Anniversary of the Aaron Faber Gallery.

APPLICATION CLOSED

Contemporary visions of the necklace and Art for the ear / Art of the ring.

: Post Office Box 416
81201 Colorado - Salida
UNITED STATES

: Website Harold O'Connor

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