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Thomas Mann (artist)

Thomas Robert Mann (born ) is an American jewelry artist known primarily for his metalsmithing and assemblage techniques.[1] Combining industrial-style metals with found trinkets and baubles, Mann has dubbed his style "Techno-Romantic" and runs Studio I/O in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he now lives and works.[2]

Early life and education

Mann was born in Northampton, Pennsylvania and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania.[1] His father was a machinist for Bethlehem Steel, an influence to which Mann credits his "fondness for machinery."[3] While in high school, Mann experimented with jewelry-making and worked at a silversmith shop in Allentown.[2] The jewelry he sold during his teen years helped fund his education at East Stroudsburg University, where he earned a degree in performing arts in [2] In , Mann began exhibiting at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and later established his home and studio in New Orleans in [2]

Selected collections

References

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    Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 5,

  2. ^ abcdCordescu, Andrei; Herman, Lloyd E. (). Thomas Mann: Metal Artist. Madison, Wisconsin: Guild Publishing.

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  3. ^Filips, Janet (August 14, ). "Mann Made". The Oregonian.
  4. ^Thomas Mann, "Big Link" Necklace, , mixed media, Gift of Don and Rita Newman, MFAH
  5. ^Thomas Mann, "Space Frame Neck Piece (Do you Believe in Luck?),, mixed media, The Daphne Farago Collection, MFAB ;jsessionid=A8C0B1B63F4EF2D7DC45F27F4E?ctx=ef8e18aa-cdcbfea-8a80df18bdbb&idx=3
  6. ^Thomas Mann, "Memory Map" Collage Box with Brooch, , mixed media, The Daphne Farago Collection, MFAB ;jsessionid=A8C0B1B63F4EF2D7DC45F27F4E?ctx=ef8e18aa-cdcbfea-8a80df18bdbb&idx=4
  7. ^Thomas Mann, 6 brooches, , mixed media, Gifts of E.

    Lloyd Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (), SAAM