BORN: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1940
EDUCATION:
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, B.A. Music
Brooklyn Museum, New York;
studied jewelry making and cloisonne
Crafts Students League, YMCA; studied jewelry
Kulicke-Stark Academy of Jewelry Arts
Apprentice to Robert M. Kulicke
TEACHING:
Jewelry Arts Institute, New York
Kulicke-Stark Academy, New York
EXHIBITIONS:
Davis & Langdale Company, New York [annual exhibition]
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia,
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California
John C. Stoller & Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Marian Locks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Swan Ball, Nashville, Tennessee
Davis & Long Company, New York [annual exhibition]
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). Ms. 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) where for more than thirty years she taught traditional methods of classical jewelry making.
Bessie Jamieson's jewelry has been exhibited annually at Davis & Langdale Company since 1980.
BESSIE JAMIESON (born 1940)
1962
1971
1973
1975
1987-2009
1976-1987
1980 -Present
1993
1992
1991
1985
1984
1981
1975 - 1980
Necklace
22 kt gold double chain sections and faceted ruby beads, 18 inches length
KUJ-1336
Earrings
Rose cut 1.3 ct diamonds with pear shaped 6ct sapphire cabochon drops
KUJ-1354
Ring
Star sapphire in 22k gold band
KUJ-1353
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
212-838-0333
Earrings
Emerald cabochons in 22 kt gold Roman settings, emerald 4 cts. each
KUJ-1351