Jesse Bert

Jeweller

Published: 05.07.2017

Jesse Bert

: San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
37750 - Mexico D.F
MEXICO

: Website Jesse Bert; Facebook Jesse Bert; Instagram Jesse Bert

Mail:: jessedanielbertgmail.com

Jesse Bert
Necklace: Blue Fan, 2017
Applewood, paint, steel, silver, copper, 14K Gold
6 x 5.5 x 1 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Brooch: Semiautobiografical, 2017
River cane, plastic, silver, copper, cactus fiber, Maplewood, photograph, vitreous enamel, re-purposed materials, steel
11 x 7 x 2.5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Necklace: Frutanimal, 2016
Copper, vitreous enamel, ebony, copper, bronze, vinyl flooring, pine cone petals, silver
10 x 9 x 1 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Brooch: Headdress, 2016
Silver, sponge, river cane, copper, plastic plate, epoxy resin, rivets.
4 x 5 x 1 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Set: Comb, 2016
Antique roofing copper, silver, plastic, watch parts
4 x 0.75 cm

Brooch(es) - 19 individual units

Jesse Bert
Brooch: Marisela's Floor, 2016
Paper, resin, Oak, steel, 24K gold, silver, antique roofing copper, coconut shell
10 x 10 x 1 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Necklace: Snake Tail, 2015
Antique roofing copper, silver, rubber
10 x 4.5 x 1cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Necklace: Cacao, 2015
Copper, antique piano keys, dominican blue amber, copper, steel, silver
10 x 2.5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Necklace: Drum, 2014
Maple, paint, copper, silver, vitreous enamel
14 x 4 x 1 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Sculpture: La Frontera, 2013
Mezquite, steel, string, silver, bone, brass, plastic
15 x 11 x 2.5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Necklace: Installed, 2012
Cold worked glass, antique roofing copper, ebony, gesso, silver, iron, antique piano key
10 x 6 x 1 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Necklace: Tuning Peg, 2012
Brass, copper, silver, re-purposed materials
10 x 3 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Necklace: Jasmin, 2010
Antique roofing copper, mexican amber, silver, antique piano key
9 x 2.5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Brooch: Sustaining pedal, 2010
Antique roofing copper, silver, re-purposed materials
8 x 5 x 5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert
Brooch: The Flame, 2009
Mexican Amber, silver, copper, antique piano keys, silver, copper, re-purposed materials
8 x 4 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jesse Bert lives and works in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He holds an MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from East Carolina University in North Carolina. A studio artist who teaches classes and workshops, Jesse's creative bench work includes sculptural jewelry which incorporates repurposed materials, and fabrication of fine hand made tools. Recent exhibition venues include: Tienda “Q” Oaxaca City; Velvet da Vinci gallery, San Francisco; Alchemy 925, Massachusetts; The Palace of Iturbide, Mexico City; The amber Fair Legnica, Poland; Inhorgenta Fair Munich, Germany; Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City. In 2014 Jesse was invited to participate as a fellow at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts residency program.

Statement

My work is informed and inspired by the land in which I live, history and architecture. Often incorporated in my works are old objects and shards of items once used or seen but now forgotten. Process and technique is important to me, the work is narrated with descriptive surface texture. Nature is another essential element in my life. The pattern, repetition, and consistency show through in the items that leave my bench, carrying with them great detail and an acute intricacy like so many of the wonderful plants found on my daily walks.

CV

Jesse Bert, San Miguel de Allende, Guantajuato, Mexico.

Education:
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing Program, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing Program, RIT - The School for American Crafts, Rochester, NY

Teaching Experience and Workshops:
2006 - Present Private Professional Classes and workshops covering:Contemporary Jewelry and Metalsmithing techniques, Jesse Bert Studios, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
2017 Tool making; Etching with Enamel; Carved wood for Contemporary Jewelry
2017 2-week Intensive, Studio Squina, Madrid, Spain
2017 Etching with Salt-Water, Masters class, Escuela Massana, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Etching with Salt-Water for Champlevé style Enamel, Studio Karen de Groof, Haarlem, Holland
2016 Cold Connections and Etching with salt water, The Armory Arts Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2016 Sand Casting techniques for jewelers, Thomas Mann Studio Flux, New Orleans, LA
2016 Intensive 5-day Jewelry course, Technological University of Monterrey, Guadalajara Campus, Guadalajara, Mexico
2016 Sand Casting techniques for jewelers, Pocosin Arts Folk school, Columbia, NC
2016 Making hammers and Jewelers tools, Peters Valley School of Crafts, Layton, NJ
2015 Sand Casting techniques for Jewelers, Metalled With Jewelry Studio, Boiling Springs, PA
2015 Sand Casting techniques for Jewelers, Taller Tierra y Plata, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 Hydraulic Die Form Exploration, Silvera Jewelry School, Berkeley, CA

Solo Exhibitions:
2012 En la tierra cercana, Tienda “Q”, Gallery, City of Oaxaca, Mexico
2012 Metido en este tierra, Gallery Ismos, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 La realizacion de los elementos esperados, Tienda “Q” Gallery, City of Oaxaca, Mexico

Exhibitions:
2016 Earrings Show #3, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Making Matters: Perspectives in Fine Craft, Peters Valley School of Craft, NJ
2015 San Titulo, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 The Power and the Beauty, Alchemy 9.2.5., Belmont, Mass.
2014 Entre el subsuelo y el cielo, Homenaje a los Mineros, Real de Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico
2013 Artificios, Palacio Iturbide, Mexico City
2013 La Frontera, Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City and, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Residencies:
2014 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 2-week Artist’s Fellowship
2014 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2016 Personal studio Techniques
2016 Instructor, Christopher Hentz (Professor Emeritus of Art)
2016 Baton Rouge, LA

Honors:
2005 East Carolina University Student Scholarship
2005 Summer Session course study at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2003 Chasing and Repousse’ Workshop Scholarship
2003 Direction of Master Metalsmith Valentin Yotkov, Brooklyn, NY

Work in Muesum Collections:
Racine Art Museum, 441 Main Street Racine, WI

Events

Publications

APPRECIATE

Jesse Bert

: San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
37750 - Mexico D.F
MEXICO

: Website Jesse Bert; Facebook Jesse Bert; Instagram Jesse Bert

Mail:: jessedanielbertgmail.com

Klimt02