In the Artist Studio: Featuring Lauryl Gaumer

Showcasing the work of San Fransico based metalsmith, jewelry artist, and glassblower.

September 25 - January 24, 2021

Lauryl Gaumer, Although the Weight Pulled at Her, the Air Was Safe Again, 2020. Glass, brass, LPR-100 respirator components.

In the Artist’s Studio: Featuring Lauryl Gaumer will showcase the work of this local metalsmith, jewelry artist, and glassblower. Gaumer’s (Un)Wearable series fuses these ornate ancient crafts to broach sometimes painful conversations about expectations of beauty, feminism, power, and self-worth. The adornments she has styled combine materials that simultaneously project strength and fragility, inspiring the viewer to imagine how it would feel to be in the position of the wearer. NUMU visitors will get an intimate glimpse into the handbuilt workspace that Gaumer has fashioned, as well as the process she developed to create the lux glass respirator.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lauryl Gaumer grew up in San Jose and earned an MFA from San Jose State University. Today, she continues her career in the Bay Area, creating in her San Francisco studio, and teaching glass blowing at the non-profit center Public Glass. During the exhibition, NUMU visitors will have the opportunity to learn Gaumer’s techniques from the artist herself in a demonstration and talk to be announced.

In the Artist’s Studio: Featuring Lauryl Gaumer is made possible by the generous support of The Borgenicht Foundation that works to promote the understanding of secularism as the way and hope for establishing peace in the world. The Foundation supports social justice, conservation and historic preservation, the arts, health, and education.

Exhibition curated by Julie Ericsson.