Jesse Bert
Jeweller
Published: 01.08.2022
- Mail:
- jessedanielbert
gmail.com
Bio
Jesse Bert holds a BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from RIT, and an MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from ECU. 3 years spent as a tool and die maker's apprentice before university gave him a strong interest and appreciation for creating fine handmade tools. After graduate school, Jesse moved to central Mexico. There he spent the first 14 years of his professional career in San Miguel de Allende teaching metalsmithing and jewelry techniques to students of all skill levels at his own studio, as well as making annual trips to teach in cities around the world. Now re-located back to Seattle, Washington, he maintains ties with the Metalsmithing community in Latin America as a guest professor at the Technological Institute of Monterrey in the city of Guadalajara. Some prestigious venues where his work has been shown include the Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City, and the Museum of Art and Design in NYC. In 2014 he was a fellow at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts residency program, and in 2019 he participated in a 2-month residency working with a world-renowned German instrument builder near Frankfurt.Statement
My work is informed by 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. In 2020 I made a move from living in the high desert of central Mexico to living beside the Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest. A lot has changed in regards to my general surrounding. My recent jewelry pieces bring together my fascination with this land.- Mail:
- jessedanielbert
gmail.com
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Sébastien Carré
Strasbourg, France -
Clodagh Molloy
Dublin, Ireland -
Enric Majoral
Barcelona, Spain -
Letizia Maggio
Fontanafredda, Italy -
Annarita Bianco
Avellino, Italy -
Lidia Puica
Satu Mare, Romania -
Sandra Bostock
Mexico City, Mexico -
Viktoria Münzker Ferus
Pixendorf, Austria -
Nicole Schuster
Munich, Germany -
Miriam Arentz
Berlin, Germany -
Deniz Turan
Istanbul, Turkey -
Karin Johansson
Gothenburg, Sweden -
Pallavi Verma
Karnataka, India -
Jieun Park
Seoul, South Korea -
Shirly Bar-Amotz
Kibbutz Maabarot, Israel