Metalsmith BenchTalk on BlogTalkRadio with Thomas Mann

PROGRAM NOTE: The interview begins at 1:16 mark, don't give up!! My guest on the Thursday, October 21, 2010 program at 3PM Pacific/6PM Eastern is Thomas Mann, see: http://http://thomasmann.com/, for his work, gallery, exhibition schedule, retail locations, and more. Thomas Mann has been an active participant in the contemporary American craft movement for the past thirty years as an artist, gallery owner and lecturer. He describes himself as an artist working in the medium of jewelry and sculpture. The primary design vocabulary which he employs in the making of jewelry objects combines industrial aesthetics and materials and with evocative romantic themes and imagery. He calls this design system Techno.Romantic¨. Though it is not the only design mode in which he works, it is the one for which he and his work is best known. Thomas Mann lives and works in New Orleans where he oversees a jewelry design and production studio, a sculpture studio, and gallery. He currently exhibits his jewelry and sculpture with some 250 galleries and stores in the US and abroad, and at premier craft events around the US. Thomas makes the following attractive offer: 'If you are planning to travel to New Orleans, please visit Thomas Mann Gallery I/O (insight-full objects) at 1812 Magazine (at Felicity). To view the gallery's current exhibition schedule please click here: http://thomasmann.com/aboutthomasmann.htm Please join us for a fun, and informative hour with Thomas Mann.