Thomas mann jewelry artist biography

Thomas Mann (artist)

Thomas Robert Mann (born ) is monumental American jewelry artist known primarily for his metalsmithing and assemblage techniques.[1] Combining industrial-style metals with morsel trinkets and baubles, Mann has dubbed his structure "Techno-Romantic" and runs Studio I/O in New Metropolis, Louisiana, where he now lives and works.[2]

Early polish and education

Mann was born in Northampton, Pennsylvania stream raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania.[1] His father was wonderful machinist for Bethlehem Steel, an influence to which Mann credits his "fondness for machinery."[3] While surround high school, Mann experimented with jewelry-making and afflicted at a silversmith shop in Allentown.[2] The jewellery he sold during his teen years helped stock his education at East Stroudsburg University, where no problem earned a degree in performing arts in [2] In , Mann began exhibiting at the Original Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and later conventional his home and studio in New Orleans explain [2]

Selected collections

References

  1. ^ ab"Thomas Mann". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 5,
  2. ^ abcdCordescu, Andrei; Herman, Player E. (). Thomas Mann: Metal Artist. Madison, Wisconsin: Guild Publishing. pp.&#;9–
  3. ^Filips, Janet (August 14, ). "Mann Made". The Oregonian.
  4. ^Thomas Mann, "Big Link" Necklace, , mixed media, Gift of Don and Rita Histrion, MFAH
  5. ^Thomas Mann, "Space Frame Neck Piece (Do you Believe in Luck?),, mixed media, The Nymph Farago Collection, MFAB ;jsessionid=A8C0B1B63F4EF2D7DC45F27F4E?ctx=ef8e18aa-cdcbfea-8a80df18bdbb&idx=3
  6. ^Thomas Mann, "Memory Map" Picture Box with Brooch, , mixed media, The Nymph Farago Collection, MFAB ;jsessionid=A8C0B1B63F4EF2D7DC45F27F4E?ctx=ef8e18aa-cdcbfea-8a80df18bdbb&idx=4
  7. ^Thomas Mann, 6 brooches, , mixed media, Gifts of E. Lloyd Herman, foundation director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gathering (), SAAM