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Suz Andreasen, small business owner. Achievements include invention of blue gold. Recipient Bench Jewelers award, 2007, Spectrum award, 2007.

Background

She was born in Iowa, the fourth generation in a family of inventors and scientists.

Education

She has studied music all her life playing many instruments including the piano, the trumpet and the guitar.

Career

Andreasen began her interest in the arts at a young age. Her first published work was in the American JAMA, The American Medical Journal at the age of 10. Her vocal studies began at 12 and continue to this day.

She is an avid composer and song writer. Andreasen moved to New York at the age of 18. Educated at New York University between 1981 and 1984, she went on to apprentice from 1986 to 1991 by studying the renderings of Fulco di Verdura, an acclaimed Italian designer of the 1940s.

Her work has been featured in many books on jewelry design, and her collection is referenced in dozens of published titles. She is known for craftsmanship and jewelry design in 22 carat gold. The gold in her work is "her own special patent blend".

Her brand Women Want , which she launched in 1999, and her use of rare gemstones, before launching her own signature line Suz Andreasen American Couture in New York. Her work is expressionist in both form and content, influenced by the work of the late Dorrie Nossiter an English designer from the Arts and Crafts movement. She founded the awards to explore new frontiers in jewelry design, believing there was a demand for an award based on artistic merit alone.

The award was held in New York City on December 7, 2007 and featured 44 jewelry designers from 20 states throughout the U.S. A book was published from this exhibition entitled American Couture : An Exhibition in Print.

Achievements

  • Before her career as a jewelry designer, Andreasen was well known as a backup singer for Elton John. Her first CD release, "Angels of Mercy" earned her a grammy nomination in 1993. She has also published two books, "Dreaming The Future," 1997 and "American Couture ," 2007. Andreasen has won many awards including the Craft Council Mentor Award, the Spectrum Award Finalist in 2007 and 2008 and on April 29, 2007, Andreasen was awarded first place in the American Bench Jewelers Passion for her "Tigerlilly" necklace. In 2007, Andreasen exhibited at Couture 2007 at the Wynn Las Vegas and at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, SNAG, the World Gold Council, the American Gemological Trade Association, the Contemporary Design Group and the Jewelers of America. Her works can be seen in many museums throughout the world including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC and the Schmuck Museum in Pforxheim Germany.

Membership

She is a member of the American Craft Council, founded in 1943 by Aileen Osborn Webb.

Connections

Married Bernard Nazario Andreasen, November 11, 1995.

Spouse:
Bernard Nazario Andreasen