BORN:      Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1940

EDUCATION:

1962Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
       B.A. Music
1971Brooklyn Museum, New York; studied jewelry
       making and cloisonne
       Crafts Students League, YMCA; studied jewelry
1973Kulicke-Stark Academy of Jewelry Arts
1975Apprentice to Robert M. Kulicke

TEACHING:

1987-Present          Jewelry Arts Institute, New York
1976-1987     Kulicke-Stark Academy, New York

EXHIBITIONS:

1980-PresentDavis & Langdale Company, New York
  [annual exhibition]
1993    Locks Gallery, Philadelphia,
1992              Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991    Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery,
           San Francisco, California
1985              John C. Stoller & Company, Minneapolis,                                Minnesota
1984              Marion Locks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981    Swan Ball, Nashville, Tennessee
1975-1980     Davis & Long Company, New York [annual                                   exhibition]
Earrings
Madagascar rubies in 22-karat gold with faceted
sapphire drops
MISCELLANEOUS:

Ms. Jamieson has demonstrated granulation and enameling at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York and The Cloisters, New York. Ms. Jamieson was featured in a film demonstrating the art of granulation, shown at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture in conjunction with the exhibition The Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry (2004). JAMIESON has also given lectures to the staff of The Cloisters on classical jewelry making techniques.

Ms. Jamieson is the former owner and director of the Jewelry Arts Institute in New York (a descendant of the Kulicke-Stark Academy), and she continues to teach traditional techniques of classical jewelry at the Institute.

Bessie Jamieson's jewelry has been exhibited annually at Davis & Langdale Company since 1975.



BESSIE JAMIESON (born 1940)

A selection of jewelry is availlable for veiwing by appointment
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
231 EAST 60 STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10022

Tel:  212-838-0333
Fax:  212-752-7764
Necklace
Aquamarine beads with 22-karat gold Herakles knot links with ruby beads, 21 inches
Bracelet
Hollow gold with green tourmaline in granulated setting

Pendant
Cloisonné enamel in gold setting
Ring
Faceted rubellite in gold setting [approx. 5 ½]