Episode 111
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why you don’t always need to focus on big cities when looking for art jewelry
- How Ornamentum finds and selects artists to represent
- How Stefan defines conceptual jewelry
- The inspiration behind the work of Jiro Kamata, one of Ornamentum’s well-known artists
- How Ornamentum has attracted a loyal, young group of collectors and maintained those relationships, even in the pandemic
About Stefan Friedmann
Stefan Friedmann is the co-founder of Ornamentum Gallery with his wife, Laura Lapachin. Founded in 2002 in Hudson, New York, Ornamentum exhibits a dynamic collection of contemporary jewelry as well as related objects and artworks. Stefan and Laura founded the gallery after themselves being educated as jewelers/designers in the USA and Germany. These experiences put to work in the gallery setting have earned them international acclaim as impeccable and discerning curators.
Additional Resources:
Photos:
Pink and grn neck
iro Kamata
Holon Necklace 6, 2021
necklace, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
length 16.93 inches /43 cm
photo: Jiro Kamata
David Bielander
Cardboard (Heart), 2016
bracelet, 18k gold, white gold staples
3.65 x 3.125 x .9 inches
9.3 x 7.9 x 2.3 cm
Edition of 12 – 1 example in the Newark Art Museum collection.
photo: Dirk Eisel
Aaron Decker
Pink Tug, 2018
necklace, enamel, copper
7.87 x .79 x 1.57 inches
20 x 2 x 4 cm
photo Aaron Decker
Ornamentum showing jewelry and related art and design works at Design Miami in 2019
photo: James Harris.
