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Polly Stehman
(1913-2008)
Edmonds, WA
active 1940s-1980s
jeweler, enamelist & painter, member: Northwest Designer Craftsmen, chairman - Northwest Region of American Crafts Council (c.1969)
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Fritzi Stevens
(d.c1977)
location unknown
handwrought silver jewelry |
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Gerald Stinn
(b.1936)
Santa Barbara, CA
active from c.1965
jeweler
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Frank Taira
(1913-2010)
San Francisco, CA/New York, NY
Japanese-American painter & jeweler, interned during WWII, relocated to NY afterwards
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Elizabeth Temming
(1915-2006)
Saranac Lake, NY
active 1944-1971, learned jewelry crafting, along with her husband Martin Koop, at a tuberculosis sanatorium, their studio functioned as a rehabilition center for other patients
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Paul Voltaire
(1917-1979)
New York, NY & New Milford, CT
active 1949-1979
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Conn Harris West
(1909-1992)
Athens, Georgia
Active mid-20th century, maker of handwrought sterling holloware and gold & silver jewelry. West studied with Ann Orr Morris, another Athens craftswoman.
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Ed. Wiener
(1918-1991)
New York, NY & Provincetown, RI
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Byron Wilson
(1918-1992)
San Francisco, CA
Professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts and founding member of the Metal Arts Guild (MAG).
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Bob Winston
(1915-2003)
Oakland, CA
Scottsdale, AZ
c1940s-c1990s
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Ludwig Wolpert
(1900-1981)
New York, NY
Active from c.1925, silversmith, jeweler, designer, and teacher, German born, Bauhaus influenced, emigrated to Israel in 1933 and taught metalwork at New Bezalel from 1935. Emigrated to U.S. in 1956, headed the Tobe Pascher Workshop at the Jewish Museum. Noted for judaica and incorporating Hebrew calligraphy into his modern designs.
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Walter Wright
(active c.1950-c.1975)
Los Angeles, CA
operated a contemporary jewelry shop in the Los Angeles Farmer's Market, retailed jewelry by other modernists and, possibly, his own creations
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