Claire Falkenstein artisan jewelry

Claire Falkenstein artisan jewelry
The German-American avant-garde artist, sculptor, engraver and teacher, Claire Falkenstein (1908 – 1997) was also a talented jewelry designer. Unique avant-garde jewelry is museum worth highly collectible wearable art. Traditionally, the designer hand-sculpted brooches, rings, bracelets, pendants and earrings using copper wire and fused glass that explored the concept of infinite space.
Falkenstein studied art at the University of California at Berkeley, and while still a student she had her first solo exhibition at a San Francisco gallery in 1930. Noteworthy, she began creating jewelry in the mid 1940s. From 1950 to 1963 Falkenstein lived in Paris, where she interacted with the most famous and progressive artists of the day. In addition, she had her own workshop, and the first solo exhibition of her jewelry was held at the Louvre Museum of Decorative Arts in 1961.
According to Falkenstein, designing, experimenting and making jewelry was the best schooling she had ever had. She loved jewelry and used to wear bracelets, rings and necklaces of her own design. There is no doubt that the radical and inventive design of her jewelry is based on three-dimensional sculpture.