Now Do It Again

J Taran Diamond

Jun 5

Written By Baltimore Jewelry Center

Brooch by J Taran Diamond

Year:

2024

Materials:

recycled sterling silver, stainless steel

Dimensions:

7 x 2 x 0.75 inches

Notable Techniques:

fibula, chain, metal recycling

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Photograph: J Diamond

J Taran Diamond is a metalsmith, craft educator and internationally published scholar on the subject of jewelry based in Baltimore, Maryland. Diamond holds an MFA from the University of Georgia, in addition to a BFA from the University of North Texas. Diamond’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts, the Czong institute of Contemporary Art in Gimpo, South Korea, and the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Diamond has also completed residencies at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and the Baltimore Jewelry Center, where she is currently a Teaching Fellow and Studio Manager.

Diamond’s work as a maker is characterized by an attention to the relationship that objects, materials, and bodies have to one another. In particular, her studio practice focuses on the ways that jewelry and other objects placed on the body become allegories for interactions, experiences, and identities.

Outside of the studio, Diamond is an advocate for black people in the fields of craft and academia, and works to help achieve equity and accessibility within those fields.

Learn more about J Taran Diamond here.

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