COUP de COEUR ! Andrea Janosik, silver & leather jewelry

Andrea Janosik, Slovaquian, is a graduate from Parsons School of Design & Eugene Lange College, New York, with a BA/BFA in product design/metals and creative writing. After graduating, she continued her education at the New York Studio School of Painting and Sculpture and the Lern Ort Studio, and later at the School of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany. Ms. Janosik has exhibited at “SOFA” in both New York and Chicago, and many other galleries And museums in the US and Germany. In 2008 she exhibited in a juried craft show at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

 » Andrea Janosik has become a specialist in working with leather. Using a variety of leathers, including cords and flat pieces, she created very sculptural pieces. Many pieces are made rolling the leather into shapes, such as the cones in the necklace above, or other techniques of folding or bunching the leather. Her work is very laborious as she spends hours precisely cutting and shaping the leather pieces.« 

Andrea Janosik, Orange bracelet, 2007, oxidized sterling silver, rolled suede leather

Andrea Janosik, Red spike bracelet, 2008, stacked leather and oxidized sterling silver, tied with leather cord

 

blue necklace

bracelet 

Blue Brooch - sIlver and suede - 2007

« The Brooklyn based artist was born in Slovakia and as a child lived in both Africa and Germany before coming to New York to continue her education. Janosik, the AJF’s 2007 Emerging Artist Award winner, is clearly influenced by her rich cultural experience, offering a variety of combinations ….« 

Andrea Janosik, Yellow cone necklace, 2009, rolled leather, leather cord, and oxidized sterling silver

cord bracelet – 2006

 

Find an interesting interview of Andrea Janosik on the blog « For the love of jewels »