Johan Van Aswegen
RISD Adjunct Faculty in Jewelry + Metalsmithing
A highly regarded enamellist and jeweler, Johan van Aswegen was born in Namibia, South Africa and studied in Munich under famed jeweler Herman Junger before coming to RISD in 1996. Van Aswegen’s jewelry encapsulates an age-old tradition in jewelry — that of a personal marker or monument. The scale and tone of his work is monumental; subtle arrangements of historical references and classic forms combine with desert-like tonal variations in color to embody the purity of contemporary ornamentation. His work has been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums including the American Craft Museum, New York; Ntsikana Gallery, South Africa; and the Stadtmuseum, Germany.
A highly regarded enamellist and jeweler, Johan van Aswegen was born in Namibia, South Africa and studied in Munich under famed jeweler Herman Junger before coming to RISD in 1996. Van Aswegen’s jewelry encapsulates an age-old tradition in jewelry — that of a personal marker or monument. The scale and tone of his work is monumental; subtle arrangements of historical references and classic forms combine with desert-like tonal variations in color to embody the purity of contemporary ornamentation. His work has been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums including the American Craft Museum, New York; Ntsikana Gallery, South Africa; and the Stadtmuseum, Germany.
John Howard Benson
RISD Professor 1931-56 [Sculpture+Calligraphy+Design Theory]
John Howard Benson was a noted graphic artist, calligrapher, stone carver, author, and educator at the Rhode Island School of Design. With Arthur Graham Carey, he was the author of The Elements of Lettering. He died in 1956. Benson and Carey's essay, "The General Problem," is included in the anthology Every Man an Artist edited by Brian Keeble.
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