Na'ama Haneman

Na'ama Haneman is an Israeli and British silversmith, sculptor, and contemporary artist focusing on silver vessels.

Education

Haneman comes from a family of ten children.[1] She was a student at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, graduating in 2012.[2] Her work there focused on jewellery,[3] including silver inlay on stone.[1] After working for a commercial jeweler,[3] she studied at the School of Art, Architecture and Design (London Metropolitan University), receiving an MA in 2017.[2] During this time, she shifted her craft from jewellery to sculpting silver vessels. She credits Vered Kaminski and Simone ten Hompel at London Metropolitan as mentors in her art.[3]

Artworks

In 2018, the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths selected Haneman's work to be exhibited in the annual Goldsmiths’ Fair.[4] Haneman's The Calm before the Storm, a silver candleholder and cup, won third prize in the emerging artists competition at the 2019 Silver Triennale Internationale, held in Hesse, Germany.[5] Her work Movement, a pair of silver vessels, was a 2020 Loewe Prize finalist.[6] A milk and sugar set by Haneman was runner up for the Industry Award at the 2022 Contemporary British Silversmiths 25th Anniversary Celebration,[7]

In 2023, the Penelope & Oliver Makower Trust commissioned Haneman for a work to be displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum.[6] The resulting work, I hear you breathing, takes the form of two silver vessels resting against each other; it has become part of the collection of the V&A, on long-term loan from the Makower Trust.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jewelers Speak Out: Stirring Voices from an Ancient Land" (PDF), Metalsmith, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 32–55, 2019, retrieved 2024-12-25
  2. ^ a b "About the artist", Na'ama Haneman, retrieved 2024-12-25
  3. ^ a b c "Naama Haneman, metalworker", Homo Faber, retrieved 2024-12-25
  4. ^ Goldsmiths’ Company honour Cass graduates, London Metropolitan University, 24 October 2018, retrieved 2024-12-25
  5. ^ Stefanski, Karolina (March–April 2020), "Silver Triennale International 2019: A Closer Look at Contemporary Silver Craftsmanship", Silver magazine, pp. 24–37, retrieved 2024-12-25 – via Issuu
  6. ^ a b Knott, Becky (2 March 2023), V&A P&O Makower Trust Commission awarded to Na’ama Haneman, retrieved 2024-12-25
  7. ^ Sheffield Assay Office Supports Contemporary British Silversmiths 25th Anniversary Celebration, Sheffield Assay Office, 25 April 2022, retrieved 2024-12-25
  8. ^ "I hear you breathing", Collections, Victoria and Albert Museum, retrieved 2024-12-25