Bessie Jamieson: Jewelry

Bessie Jamieson, founder of the Jewelry Arts Institute in New York City, is a renowned teacher and practitioner of classical jewelry techniques including gold granulation, chain-making, settings, and lapidary techniques. Currently, she devotes her time to her first love, designing and making jewelry. All of her jewelry is hand-made; she alloys the gold and makes the wire and sheet for her pieces. During her years at the Jewelry Arts Institute, she demonstrated and lectured on classical techniques and history for the World Gold Council, Bard Graduate School of Decorative Design, the Metropolitan Museum docents from the Cloisters, and for the docents from the Museum of Art and Design.