Karen Bachmann – A Multifaceted Career

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
7:00-8:00pm EST
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Guest Speaker: Karen Bachmann

Professor Karen Bachmann teaches at both Pratt Institute and Fashion Institute of Technology. She specializes in both fine and bridge jewelry, wearable art, and decorative art.

She has particular interests in medieval memento mori and 19th century sentimental work. Lectures, workshops, and talks include the American Folk Art Museum, Mutter Museum, Victorian Society of America, Morbid Anatomy Museum, Atlas Obscura, and Katonah Museum of Art, amongst others.

She is a practicing studio jeweler and a former master jeweler at Tiffany & Co.

She is a past and current lecturer and workshop leader with NYC Jewelry Week.

Her current line of jewelry centers anatomically correct human organs and insects which are carved in wax and cast into sterling silver or brass using the lost wax casting technique, a subject that she teaches.

Her studio work has been published in Art Jewelry Today Volumes I & II, and the Lark 500 series books. Written published work includes “Hairy Secrets: Human Relic as Memory Object in Victorian Hairwork Jewelry”.

Her most recent publication is an essay on 19th century mourning jewelry in the book “Death: A Graveside Companion”, Thames & Hudson.

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