Jaime Pelissier

Résumé

Work Experience

2008

Opening of new studio dedicated to blacksmithing and metalsmithing.
Richmond, VA

2007 – 2008

Adjunct Professor
Metal Department, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2004 – 2005

Teaching Assistant, Beginning and Intermediate Classes in Metalsmithing
Metal Department, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

1993 – 2003

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

1979 – 1999

President of own jewelry business
Darien and Greenwich, CT

1999

Instructor, Workshop in Precious Metals’ Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in 18K Gold Fabrication
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1996

Instructor, Workshop in Precious Metals’ Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in 18K Gold Fabrication
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1993

Instructor, Workshop in Precious Metals’ Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in 18K Gold Fabrication
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1992

Instructor, Workshop in Lost Wax Casting, Basic Metallurgy and Contemporary Techniques in Fabrication
Artesanías de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

1991

Seminar on Latin American Crafts Expert in the area of metals
Artesanías de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

1988 – 1991

Member of the Faculty, Sophomore Metal Program
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1984 – 1990

Professor of History of Jewelry and Precious Metals
New School of Social Research, New York, NY

1988 – 1990

Director-Instructor
Pelissier School of Goldsmithing

1986 – 1988

Member of the Faculty, Junior Metal Program
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1978 – 1987

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

1985 – 1986

Member of the Faculty, Senior Metal Program and Senior Thesis Advisor
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York

1983 – 1986

Instructor, Basic Metallurgy Workshops
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1984

Trustee, Board of Trustees
Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts, New Canaan, CT

1979 – 1984

Instructor, Basic and Advanced Jewelry Making
Silvermine Guild of the Arts, New Canaan, CT

1980

Instructor, Basic Metallurgy workshop
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI

1978 – 1979

Instructor, Advanced Jewelry Fabrication, Continuing Education
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1979

Instructor, Jewelry Technology
Cuenca, Ecuador
Organization of American States (O.A.S.)

1978 – 1979

Studio in Providence, RI

1978

Professor of Design and Coordinator of Workshop Studies
First Inter-American course in craft design
Bogotá, Colombia
Organization of American States

1975 – 1977

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

1973 – 1975

Instructor, Consultant, Craft design/design and production
Design Center, Mexican Institute for Foreign Trade
Mexico City, Mexico

1969 – 1971

Assistant Jeweler
Piero Martini Studio
Florence, Italy

1964 – 1977

Studios in Chile, Italy and Mexico
Wholesale and retail jewelry designing and manufacturing. Commissions, restoration and adaptation.

Awards, Publications, Exhibitions

2008

Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Philadelphia, PA

2008

Smithsonian Craft Show
Washington, D.C.

2007

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

2001

Annual Outdoor Arts Festival of the Bruce Museum
Sculptures in Iron and Stone
October 2001

2001

Contemporary Ironwork
Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut

1979 – 1990

Regional Exhibitions in Connecticut

1982

Award, “New Designer of the Year”
Jewelers’ of America International Trade Show

1981

Author, “The Jewelers Craft: Mastering Traditional Techniques”
Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY

1976

Aristos Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

1975

Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico

1974

National Design Exhibition
Mexican Institute for Foreign Trade
Mexico City, Mexico

1974

World’s Silver Fair
Mexico City, Mexico

Education

2006

MFA in Blacksmithing
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2005

Architectural Repoussé
Workshop with Wendel Broussard
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2001

Stone Carving
Workshop with Chris Berti
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2000

Stone Carving
Silvermine School of Arts, New Canaan, CT

2000

Tool Making with traditional techniques
Advanced workshop with Peter Ross
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1998

18th Century Blacksmithing
Advanced Workshop with Peter Ross
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1996

Architectural Hardware in Iron
Advanced Workshop with Tom Joyce
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1995

Surface and Form in Iron
Advanced Workshop with Rick Smith
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1993

Blacksmithing
Workshop with Douglas Wilson
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1992

Blacksmithing
Workshop with David Brewin
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1991

Basic Blacksmithing
Workshop with David Brewin
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1988

Anticlastic Raising Techniques
Workshop monitor and student of Heikki Seppa
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

1988

Jewelry of the Ancient World
Workshop for Museum Curators and Jewelry
Historians with Jack Olden
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

1987

Color Stone Identification
Gemological Institute of America
New York, NY

1985

Advanced Stone Setting
Gemological Institute of America
New York, NY

1977

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

1975

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

1975

Scholarship: Jewelry Program Study
School of Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Granted by Danish Ministry of Education
Copenhagen, Denmark

1972

Scholarship: Design
School of Industrial Design
Granted by the Ministry of Foreign Relations
Helsinki, Finland

1969 – 1971

Goldsmithing (Major)
Istituto Statale d’Arte (Title of “Maestro d’Arte”)
Florence, Italy

1967 – 1969

Goldsmithing
Chang Academy for Jewelry Arts
Santiago, Chile

Open courses, Faculty of Fine Arts
University of Chile
Santiago, Chile

1964 – 1966

Philosophy, Pontifical Seminary of Santiago
Santiago, Chile (South American Calendar: March – December)

1961 – 1963

Electronics, Polytechnic Institute
Santiago, Chile (South American Calendar: March – December)

Associations

1988

Associate of The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
London, England

Languages

Spanish, English, Italian, French

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