Sher Novak
"I’m inspired by the natural world and influenced by nature’s structural relationships: rhythm, line, repetition, gradation, proportion, pattern, and geometry."
Sher Novak makes objects and jewelry that express her appreciation of form and texture. She especially loves to use the foldforming technique; a method of folding, hammering, and unfolding flat sheet metal to transform it into three dimensions. The resulting foldforms can vary from simple to very intricate shapes. They show the marks of both the folds and of the hammers she uses.
Novak loves to experiment with materials, often combining traditional metalsmithing techniques with sewing, wrapping, weaving, and knotting to make unique mixed-media jewelry and sculpture.
After a career as a patternmaker in the fashion industry, Novak became a student at the California College of the Arts. She earned a BFA in Jewelry and Metal Arts in 2015.
Sher Novak makes objects and jewelry that express her appreciation of form and texture. She especially loves to use the foldforming technique; a method of folding, hammering, and unfolding flat sheet metal to transform it into three dimensions. The resulting foldforms can vary from simple to very intricate shapes. They show the marks of both the folds and of the hammers she uses.
Novak loves to experiment with materials, often combining traditional metalsmithing techniques with sewing, wrapping, weaving, and knotting to make unique mixed-media jewelry and sculpture.
After a career as a patternmaker in the fashion industry, Novak became a student at the California College of the Arts. She earned a BFA in Jewelry and Metal Arts in 2015.
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Selected Exhibitions & Awards
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD, 2018
Metalsmith of the Month, Metal Arts Guild, San Francisco, 2017
Jurors Choice Award, Charles Lewton-Brain Foldforming Competition, Center for Metal Arts, Johnstown, PA, 2017
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD, 2017
"Finding A Voice," slide presentation, Metal Arts Guild Metalsmithing Day, Oakland, CA, 2016
Smithsonian Craft2 Wear, National Building Museum, Washington, DC, 2016
Jurors Choice Award, Charles Lewton-Brain Foldforming Competition, Center for Metal Arts, Johnstown, PA, 2015
Flash, in Conjunction with the Art Jewelry Forum Symposium, A21 Gallery, CCA, Oakland, CA, 2018
Metal, It's Only Natural, MAG Member Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2016
Jurors Choice Award, Charles Lewton-Brain Foldforming Competition, Center for Metal Arts, Johnstown, PA, 2014
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD, 2018
Metalsmith of the Month, Metal Arts Guild, San Francisco, 2017
Jurors Choice Award, Charles Lewton-Brain Foldforming Competition, Center for Metal Arts, Johnstown, PA, 2017
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD, 2017
"Finding A Voice," slide presentation, Metal Arts Guild Metalsmithing Day, Oakland, CA, 2016
Smithsonian Craft2 Wear, National Building Museum, Washington, DC, 2016
Jurors Choice Award, Charles Lewton-Brain Foldforming Competition, Center for Metal Arts, Johnstown, PA, 2015
Flash, in Conjunction with the Art Jewelry Forum Symposium, A21 Gallery, CCA, Oakland, CA, 2018
Metal, It's Only Natural, MAG Member Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2016
Jurors Choice Award, Charles Lewton-Brain Foldforming Competition, Center for Metal Arts, Johnstown, PA, 2014