Pamela Love is an American
jewelry designer
Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. This is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration, dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization, Mesop ...
based in
New York City
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.
Biography
Pamela Love was born in New York and grew up in South Florida. After receiving her
Bachelor of Fine Arts
A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students for pursuing a professional education in the visual, fine or performing arts. It is also called Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) in some cases.
Background
The Bachelor ...
in Experimental Film and Art Direction from New York University’s
Tisch School of the Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
, Love worked as a stylist and art director for film, fashion, and music video shoots before designing jewelry as a full-time profession. She worked as a painting assistant under
Italian American
Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, ...
artist Francesco Clemente from 2005 to 2010, and began creating her own jewelry in 2007.
In May 2012 she married illustrator and musician Matthew Jameson Nelson Love.
Pamela Love
In 2007 Love began making jewelry in her apartment in Brooklyn.
Pamela Love launched her eponymous jewelry line in 2008 from her
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
home. In 2009, she moved to a studio in Manhattan's
Garment District and began production on a larger scale. All of her jewelry production is done in-house, and she uses sustainable methods whenever possible.
Her work is inspired by astronomy, astrology, alchemy, botany, the American South West and New York City architecture, folklore. She incorporates traditional tribal artisan patterns from New Africa, medieval European iconography and Mexican folk art.
Awards and Collaborations
2010:
*Finalist in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund
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2011:
* Nominee for the CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory Design
* Runner up for the CFDA/ Vogue Fashion Fund
* Won the Ecco Domani Fashion Fund Award
2012:
* Nominee for the CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory Design
* Won the CFDA Lexus Eco Challenge for Sustainable Design
2013:
* Won the CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory Design
Bibliography
In 2016 Love published her book Pamela Love: Muses and Manifestations.
External links
Pamela Love NYC website
References
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American jewelry designers
Artists from New York City
Living people
1982 births
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
Women jewellers