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"I have come to realize that creating jewelry is a spiritual activity for me. It takes intense concentration of a special kind - an inner listening and seeing to conceive these gifts of jewelry in their entirety and purity. It's like going to a secret garden: a place in consciousness where great things of beauty and grace exist. These pieces are gifts that speak to the beauty and nobility present in all people and come from a place where art, beauty, joy, grace, and love are absolute realities.”
- Barbara Heinrich
2016 - 2017 Commendation Award from International Pearl Design Competition, by Cultured Pearl Association of America.
2012 - 2013 Commendation Award from International Pearl Design Competition, by Cultured Pearl Association of America.
2011 - 2012 Luster Award from International Pearl Design Competition, by Cultured Pearl Association of America. Piece: Swirl Earrings with Pearls
2011 - 2012 Fashion Award from International Pearl Design Competition, by Cultured Pearl Association of America. Piece: Zinnia Ring with Pearl
2011 - 2012 Luster Award | Swirl Earrings with Pearls
2011 - 2012 Fashion Award | Zinnia Ring with Pearl
2011 Winner MJSA Vision Award: 1st Place in Gold Distinction. Piece: Blossom.
2009 Winner Couture Design Award: Best of Gold. Piece: Leaf Necklace.
1989 Winner of SNAG Competition for JA Show. Received free exhibition booth in New Designers' Gallery.
1985 Special Award: Ornaments for Head and Hair. 6th International Jewelry Design Competition, Jewelry Museum Pforzheim, West Germany.
1984 - 1985 Graduate Assistantship: School for American Craftsmen, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
1983 - 1984 Rotary International Scholarship.
1982 Best Student of the Year: Rotary Scholarship, Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Pforzheim, West Germany.
2009 Award Couture Design: Best of Gold | Leaf Necklace
2011 Winner MJSA Vision Award, 1st Place in Gold Distinction | Blossom Brooch
"Barbara Heinrich continues to be one of our best designers with a dedicated and growing collector base. Her yearly trunk shows are a much anticipated event filled with gorgeous gems and designs; both classic & current.
Her jewelry can be worn every day for a woman with a unique and sophisticated style."
- Frank Pereira, Works Gallery
"Barbara Heinrich's work is at one time masterful, subtle and unpredictable. It has a distinctive contemporary feel and well succeeds her goal of instilling a grain of timelessness and beauty into each piece.”
- Charlene M. Modena, Ganoskin
“I have had the ultimate pleasure of representing Barbara Heinrich Jewelry at Telluride Gallery for over 30 years. Our clientele can’t have only one piece, they collect year after year and appreciate Barbara’s classic yet evolving designs. Not only is she a staple of our jewelry artists, she is a true master goldsmith and dear friend.”
- Barbel + Malarie, Telluride Gallery
Ornament Magazine, Volume 39, No. 4, download article or read online.
Lapidary Journal, November, 2014. Article featuring Barbara Heinrich, Tanzanites, download article.
Wall Street Journal, Style Section, 2012 Valentine's Gold Rush, download article.
Lapidary Journal, "classical Proportions" by Nina Graci, 2003, download article or read online.
Niche Jewelry Masters, Vol17, No.2, download article.
Women Jewellery Designers by Juliet de la Rochefoucauld
ACC Publishing Group Ltd, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1851497416
Art Jewelry Today 4 by Sandra Korinchak
Schiffer Publishing, 2016
ASIN: B01K0SM9KU
Masters: Gold: Major Works by Leading Artists by Marthe Le Van & Ray Hemachandra
New York: Lark Books, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1600590405
Profiting by Design: A Jewelry Maker's Guide to Business Success by Marlene Richey
MJSA Press, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0971349599
Brilliance! Masterpieces from The American Jewelry Design Council by Cindy Edelstein & Frank Stankus
Lark Books, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-1600591570
Art Jewelry Today by Dona Z. Meilach
Schiffer Publishing, 2003
ASIN: B01N0BR3LI
The Art of Jewelry Design by Deborah Krupenia
Rockport, 1997. Pg 10-15.
ISBN-13: 978-1564961921
Contemporary American Jewelry Design by Ettagale Blauer
Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991. Pg 26, 156, 159-161.
ISBN-13: 978-0442003623
Engagement and Wedding Rings by Antoinette L. Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno, Jane Crystal
Gemstone Press, 1990. Photographic insert p.146-47
ISBN-13: 978-0943763057
Artists Anodizing Aluminum by David LaPlantz
Press de LaPlanz, Inc., 1988
ISBN-10: 0942002032
The New Jewelry, Trends and Tradition by Peter Dormer & Ralph Turner
Thames and Hudson, Inc., 1985
ISBN-13: 978-0500274347
Barbara Heinrich speaks about design inspiration and what she has learned from making jewelry, observing nature and the nobility of gold.
Susan Viebrock interviewed Barbara Heinrich about her spiral collection launched in 2008.
Listen to the interview above or click here to read the original post.
Video courtesy of Telluride Insider.
1987 - 2018 American Craft Council Baltimore Show, Baltimore, MD
2017 American Craft Exposition, Chicago, IL
2002 - 2013, 2015 - 2017 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
2009 - 2018 American Craft Council Atlanta, GA
2015 American Fine Craft Show Washington, DC
2014 - 2015 American Fine Craft Show Brooklyn, NY
2012, 2014 Treasures at Penn Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2010 - 2017 Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show, Atlanta, GA
2009 - 2012One of a Kind Show and Sale Chicago, IL
2004 - 2012 Jewelry Fair at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2007, 2009, 2010 & 2011 Fine Arts and Flowers and Jewelry Fair, Richmond, VA
2010 American Fine Craft Show NYC, NY
2010 Temple Craft Show, Nashville, TN
2008 - 2009 American Craft Council San Francisco, CA
2008 - 2009 Westchester Craft Show by Crafts America, White Plains, NY
2008 & 2018 American Craft Council St. Paul Show, St. Paul, MN
2002 – 2006, 2008 Washington Craft Show by Crafts America, Washington, DC
2005 - 2006 Palm Beach Craft Show by Crafts America, Palm Beach, FL
2005 Crafts Park Avenue by Artrider, New York, NY
2004 & 2017 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
1987 - 2018 American Craft Council Baltimore, MD
2005 - 2018 Couture (member of ASPECTS group), Las Vegas, NV
2010 - 2018 AGTA, Tucson, AZ
2013, 2015 – 2018 NY NOW (formerly NY International Gift Show)
2017 Metal & Smith, New York, NY
2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 & 2014 Buyers’ Market of American Craft, Philadelphia
2010 American Fine Craft Show
2002, 2003, 2004 JCK, Las Vegas, NV
