Super Nova: Sheffield's Jewelry Instructor
Sarah Van Arsdale Monday, May 2, 2011 at 9:00AM We can’t help it: we’ve got to brag about the talents of Nova Colette Bronstein, our firecracker of an instructor in what’s proving to be the best online Course in Jewelry Design ---the one offered here at the Sheffield School, of course! Nova’s work is thoroughly contemporary, wending along the border between the soft and the rough, the sharp-edged and the gently curved.
Photo: Nova ColetteNova’s inspiration often comes from fabrics, and her pieces have the undulations of velvets and lace, yet are crafted from some of the toughest metals to be found. They’re a unique expression of seemingly conflicting elements that nevertheless not only live together in harmony, but which create a dynamic, compelling expression.
Photo: Nova ColetteNova’s fascination with conflicting elements also plays out in her larger art pieces: her steel 2007 installation “Facets” brings the shapes of gemstones, painted peony pink, to a construction site.
Photo: Nova ColetteAs the daughter of two artists, Nova has been making art most of her life; she started her formal training in the late 1990s, working with textiles at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and most recently earning a BFA in Metalsmithing from the State University of New York.
We’re so proud to be working with Nova, that we just had to let you know! You can see more of her work in person at the Museum of Art and Design in New York. One of her latest pieces on display include the silver heart earrings below.
Photo: Nova Colette
Reader Comments (240)
where can i sign up for this course?
We'd love to send you a free catalogue. Just click here:
http://www.sheffield.edu/htmlsrc/catalog.php
Love the jewellery, the designs are great, something my wife loves. I will have to show this to her.
Thanks.
Beautiful jewellry design just the sort of design I would choose! You can recognise her influences instantly. You are lucky to have her!
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Thank you for all the lovely feedback!! You can find my jewelry in two places currently:
1) The shop from my site: www.novacolette.com
http://www.novacolette.com/shop/all-products/all-jewelry/?items_per_page=all
or
2) The Store @ The Museum of Art and Design in NYC.
http://thestore.madmuseum.org/
Beautiful Jewelery just makes me feel like I have new blood .. :)
I saw her work at the Museum of Art and Modern Design! She is very talented. Anyone interested in design should really visit the museum when in New York. It inspires me.
I just finished Unit 1 of the jewelry course and am so excited about working with such talented instructors!!
this makes me want to join a jewellery class
"Nova’s work is thoroughly contemporary, wending along the border between the soft and the rough, the sharp-edged and the gently curved"
Elegant and beautiful jewelry. Each one is a work of art.
I love the designs,quite contemporary and bold.This must be a very interesting online course.Love it!!
Wow..Those jewelries look so amazing.. I would want to get one, can you share us your catalogue if you won't mind? I actually love those designs.. It looks so attractive to me...
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You're absolutely doing a very good job... I couldn't believe how did you actually do stuffs like that. You really have an amazing talent... I wish I could get any one of those. It's really an eye-catching..
My compliments ... beautiful jewelry 'n design!!!
OMG! This is nice art!!!
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I like the originality of your designs - they're really inspiring. I like the last pics of the earrings, I believe. I'm also a jewelry enthusiast focusing on chamilia beads and other modern jewelry. I really enjoy seeing what others are also doing in the jewelry field.
Thanks for putting this together.
Miki
Very beautiful jewelry is has original designs and great colors
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