| Résumé
Joycelyn
Merchant
Education:
1974:
BAFA (Departmental Honors)
Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Experience:
Workshops
Presented: Metal Book Clasp Design
and Costruction
Jan.,
2008: Instructor, Center
for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
May 2007:
Hollander's, Ann Arbor, MI
April 2007: Instructor, California
Hand Bookbinders
Aug. 2006: Instructor, Huntington
Library
April 2006: Instructor, New York
Guild of Bookworkers
June 2005: Instructor, Oregon
Book Arts Guild (OBAG) Conference, Forest Grove, OR
June 2004: Instructor, Paper
and Book Intensive (PBI) 2004, Portland, OR
Oct., 2003: Instructor, Center
for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Jan. 18-19 2003: Instructor,
Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
1995 to
Present:
Partner,
Designer/Metalsmith, Third Planet Jewelry™
Design
and production of contemporary jewelry.
Partner,
Ginkgo Leaf Books™
Book
Clasp Design, Replacement, Replication,
Conservation,Repair.
Limited
Book Repair & Conservation
Although
my first interest was in painting, I became involved in the design
and creation of hand crafted jewelry in 1974. Essentially a self-taught
metalsmith, I have pursued that craft almost exclusively ever
since then. Limited production jewelry still comprises the majority
of my jewelry output, however, I still find time to make some
one-of-a-kind pieces. My work has been sold at major craft shows,
and in shops and galleries throughout the USA and elsewhere for
the past 25 years.
Since 2001,
my interests have focused toward book arts, including the conservation,
and restoration of books, and investigating bookbinding, and book
structures and the world of artist books.
1998
-Present: Coordinator:
Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Maintaining
web site, maintaining databases, publishing Membership Directory,
for this non-profit organization of book dealers.
1998
-02: Book Fair Manager: Midwest
Antiquarian Booksellers Association (formerly
Midwest Bookhunters)
Coordinating,
arranging, managing two book fair events per year in Chicago
from 1998-2002
1989-90:
Jewelry Instructor, MONNACEP, Morton Grove, IL
1979-95:
Owner of Artifacts®: Design and production
of contemporary jewelry.
1983-90:
Owner of Artifacts Gallery, Wilmette, IL
Exhibitions
1993
Baubles, Bangles, and Beads:Contemporary Wearable Art, Columbia
College Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Group Show, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1990 For the Birds: Artists Examine Aviary Abodes, Charles
A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
1988 Group Show, Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, WI
1988 SNAG Earring Show, Joan Michlin Gallery, New York,
NY
1988 Group show, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1987 Chicago Artists in Metal, Laura Sprague Gallery, Joliet
Jr. College, Joliet, IL
1987 Chicago Artists in Metal, van Straten Gallery, Chicago,
IL
1987 Group show, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1986 Featured Artist, Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette,
IL
1986 Marriage a la Mode, Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine,
WI
1986 Made of Fiber: Art to Wear, Waterloo Municipal Galleries,
Waterloo, IA
1986 National Invitational Valentine Jewelry Show, Sheila
Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, NJ
1985-87
American Jewelry Now, U.S. Information Agency, Traveling show
in S.E. Asia and Australia
1985 Silk and Silver, National Bank of Commerce, Charleston,
WV
1985 Group show, Endelman-Kraus Gallery, New Haven, CT
1984-86 Jewelry USA, American Craft Museum, NY, and traveling
show throughout USA
1980 New Horizons in Art, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago,
IL
1980 Button Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
1978 Featured Artist/Designer, Peggy Robinson Designs,
Evanston, IL
1974 Touring Show, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL
1974 New Horizons in Art, [honorable mention] Chicago,
IL
Miscellany
1988
President, AIM: Chicago Artists in Metal
1987 Finalist, Intergold Design Competition, New York
1986 Panelist in discussion on Alternative Markets for
Artists, Chicago Artists' Coalition
1985 One of 3 featured speakers for Jewelry as Expression.
Sponsored by Women in Design/Chicago
1983 Chairperson of Midwest Craft Festival, North Shore
Art League,Winnetka, Illinois
1983 Secretary, AIM: Chicago Artists in Metal
Reviews
and/or Published Works
Glamour Magazine,
November 1988, October 1987
New York Times, 2/9/86
Chicago Tribune- 10/30/85
American Jewelry Now - Catalog, 1985
Jewelry USA - Catalog, 1984
Wilmette Life - 1/19/84- Article
Metalsmith, Spring issue, 1982
Chicago Artist Coalition News- Interview
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