Timothy Veske-McMahon is an American conceptual jewelry artist and educator based in Providence. His time is divided between the US and Estonia, the persistent parallax having a fundamental influence on work and practice. Veske-McMahon’s studio practice is divergent, with repurposed materials minted through the repetition of the workbench, in contrast with virtual design and objects that blink into existence. His work focuses on basic needs—communication, relation, transaction, home—to create phenomena that express the delicate balance between public and personal identities. These interests overlie and respond to semiotics, psychology, popular (sub)culture, queerness/passing, social mechanisms/machines, recognition/atonement and the widespread redefinition of hyper-real phenomena of daily life on the digital frontier.
Veske-McMahon received his BFA from Pratt Institute (2004) and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2013). His practice extends beyond the studio through endeavors to critically engage the changing field of contemporary jewelry as educator, critic and writer. His work is internationally exhibited and included in various publications, as well as in public and private collections.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
JM 4438-01 - JUNIOR JEWELRY: DIGITAL 3D MODELING AND RENDERING
This course provides students with fundamental skills required to use Rhinoceros based 3D modeling CAD software. Rhino 3D facilitates the exploration of materials, and offers opportunities to push traditional fabricating techniques and enhance drawing skills. Research, models and innovative approaches are in direct response to questions of inquiry brought forward through design problems in the class. This class much like other software driven courses tend to be front end heavy with technical information. This information is obtained by completing assignments in an ordered fashion to ensure that the software covered in order for students to have a strong foundation moving into the JUNIOR JEWELRY: FROM CAD TO CAM course.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Junior Jewelry + Metalsmithing Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Jewelry + Metalsmithing
JM 447G-01 - GRAD JEWELRY SEMINAR 1
LevelGraduate
UnitJewelry + Metalsmithing
Subject Jewelry + Metalsmithing
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
JM 447G-01
GRAD JEWELRY SEMINAR 1
LevelGraduate
UnitJewelry + Metalsmithing
Subject Jewelry + Metalsmithing
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Timothy Veske-McMahonLocation(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 305Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course utilizes general and specific topoi to critically analyze the field of contemporary jewelry. Students will develop the ability to write and speak with precision and complexity regarding their own work and that of others. In the process, we will create a communal topography generated by a network of inquiry to aid in locating ourselves and objects. Students have significant latitude to incorporate individual interests in written assignments. Themes addressed include but are not limited to: cultural identity, material history, marginalization, and exhibition strategies.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Jewelry + Metalsmithing Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Jewelry + Metalsmithing
JM 451G-01 - GRADUATE JEWELRY SEMINAR 3
LevelGraduate
UnitJewelry + Metalsmithing
Subject Jewelry + Metalsmithing
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
JM 451G-01
GRADUATE JEWELRY SEMINAR 3
LevelGraduate
UnitJewelry + Metalsmithing
Subject Jewelry + Metalsmithing
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Timothy Veske-McMahonLocation(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 305Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course is devoted to developing one's abilities to write and speak with precision and complexity, about one's own work and the work of others. We will examine trends and movements in contemporary art through the lens of critical theory. We will investigate what contemporary art can tell us about the relationships between history, images, and visual culture, subsequently developing the skills necessary to write about your work, what it articulates and argues, and the ideas and traditions from which it emerges. Each term will identify and address a new set of themes relevant to course content.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Jewelry + Metalsmithing Students.
