Didi Suydam PopUp at OVERLAP
Please come meet renowned jewelry designer Didi Suydam at our final artist pop-up of the season, this Saturday the 16th. She will be here with an impressive array of her jewelry- from exquisite, one-of-a-kind pieces to simple, elegant forms for “everyday”. She will also be bringing some of her recent paintings.
Didi imbues her work with her deep respect for the intimate relationship between jewelry and its wearer. She believes “jewelry is our personal armor; strengthening us, and anchoring us, while reflecting and expressing our inner sense of self.” She “seeks out the minimal, the archetypal and the iconic” while making forms that “respond to the landscape of the body.”
Didi received her MFA degree in Jewelry/Light Metals from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1985. Besides her jewelry practice, she owned a contemporary art and jewelry gallery for 15 years. Her awards include a Fellowship in Craft from The National Endowment for the Arts, and fellowships from RI State Council on the Arts in Craft and Design. Her work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Wustum Museum, and Xerox Corporation, among others.
