Jaime Pelissier
Résumé
Work Experience
Opening of new studio dedicated to blacksmithing and metalsmithing.
Richmond, VA
Adjunct Professor
Metal Department, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Teaching Assistant, Beginning and Intermediate Classes in Metalsmithing
Metal Department, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Blacksmithing and Goldsmithing
New studios dedicated to custom design and gallery work only
South Norwalk, CT
Instructor, Workshop in Precious Metals’ Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in 18K Gold Fabrication
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
President of own jewelry business
Darien and Greenwich, CT
Instructor, Workshop in Precious Metals’ Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in 18K Gold Fabrication
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Instructor, Workshop in Precious Metals’ Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in 18K Gold Fabrication
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Instructor, Workshop in Precious Metals’ Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in 18K Gold Fabrication
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Instructor, Workshop in Lost Wax Casting, Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in Fabrication
Artesanías de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Seminar on Latin American Crafts Expert in the area of metals
Artesanías de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Member of the Faculty, Sophomore Metal Program
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Professor of History of Jewelry and Precious Metals
New School of Social Research, New York, NY
Director-Instructor
Pelissier School of Goldsmithing
Member of the Faculty, Junior Metal Program
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Instructor, Lecturer, Consultant Inter-American
Center of Crafts and Folk Arts, Cuenca, Ecuador
Organization of American States
Activities in Latin America: Special Programs in Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Uruguay, Nicaragua
Member of the Faculty, Senior Metal Program and Senior Thesis Advisor
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
Instructor, Basic Metallurgy Workshops
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Trustee, Board of Trustees
Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts, New Canaan, CT
Instructor, Basic and Advanced Jewelry Making
Silvermine Guild of the Arts, New Canaan, CT
Instructor, Basic Metallurgy workshop
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
Instructor, Advanced Jewelry Fabrication, Continuing Education
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Instructor, Jewelry Technology
Cuenca, Ecuador
Organization of American States (O.A.S.)
Studio in Providence, RI
Professor of Design and Coordinator of Workshop Studies
First Inter-American course in craft design
Bogotá, Colombia
Organization of American States
General Coordinator, Director of Jewelry Department
Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design
State of Jalisco-Guadalajara, Mexico
Development of programs and activities for jewelry training
National Council of Science and Technology
Mexico City, Mexico
Instructor, Consultant, Craft design/design and production
Design Center, Mexican Institute for Foreign Trade
Mexico City, Mexico
Assistant Jeweler
Piero Martini Studio
Florence, Italy
Studios in Chile, Italy and Mexico
Wholesale and retail jewelry designing and manufacturing. Commissions, restoration and adaptation.
Awards, Publications, Exhibitions
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Philadelphia, PA
Smithsonian Craft Show
Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Philadelphia, PA
Author, “The Penland Book of Jewelry”
Third chapter: “The Colors of Gold; Allowing and Other Mysteries”
Lark Books, New York, New York
Annual Outdoor Arts Festival of the Bruce Museum
Sculptures in Iron and Stone
October 2001
Contemporary Ironwork
Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut
Regional Exhibitions in Connecticut
Award, “New Designer of the Year”
Jewelers’ of America International Trade Show
Author, “The Jewelers Craft: Mastering Traditional Techniques”
Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY
Aristos Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico
National Design Exhibition
Mexican Institute for Foreign Trade
Mexico City, Mexico
World’s Silver Fair
Mexico City, Mexico
Education
MFA in Blacksmithing
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Architectural Repoussé
Workshop with Wendel Broussard
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Stone Carving
Workshop with Chris Berti
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Stone Carving
Silvermine School of Arts, New Canaan, CT
Tool Making with traditional techniques
Advanced workshop with Peter Ross
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
18th Century Blacksmithing
Advanced Workshop with Peter Ross
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Architectural Hardware in Iron
Advanced Workshop with Tom Joyce
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Surface and Form in Iron
Advanced Workshop with Rick Smith
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Blacksmithing
Workshop with Douglas Wilson
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Blacksmithing
Workshop with David Brewin
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Basic Blacksmithing
Workshop with David Brewin
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Anticlastic Raising Techniques
Workshop monitor and student of Heikki Seppa
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Jewelry of the Ancient World
Workshop for Museum Curators and Jewelry
Historians with Jack Olden
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Color Stone Identification
Gemological Institute of America
New York, NY
Advanced Stone Setting
Gemological Institute of America
New York, NY
Visit to the Goldsmith Hall Laboratories
London, England
Comparative research of design/goldsmithing training in Design and Technical Schools in England,
France and United States
Research of tools and equipment for industrial production and Design and Technical Schools in England, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France
Sponsored by the National Council of Science and Technology
Mexico City, Mexico
Scholarship: Jewelry Program Study
School of Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Granted by Danish Ministry of Education
Copenhagen, Denmark
Scholarship: Design
School of Industrial Design
Granted by the Ministry of Foreign Relations
Helsinki, Finland
Goldsmithing (Major)
Istituto Statale d’Arte (Title of “Maestro d’Arte”)
Florence, Italy
Goldsmithing
Chang Academy for Jewelry Arts
Santiago, Chile
Open courses, Faculty of Fine Arts
University of Chile
Santiago, Chile
Philosophy, Pontifical Seminary of Santiago
Santiago, Chile (South American Calendar: March – December)
Electronics, Polytechnic Institute
Santiago, Chile (South American Calendar: March – December)
Associations
Associate of The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
London, England
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian, French