Linda Kaye-Moses is an uppity, unruly octogenarian woman, living a life enriched by the magic inherent in handcrafted art objets. Though she graduated from The University of Vermont ‘63 with unofficial majors in psychology, drama, and ancient history, she has been a studio jeweler making her work for 45 years, and she continues to make her jewels into this, the eighth decade of her life. Her jewels are a collaboration between her, the gemstones, the precious metals, and the enamels, together generating the body of her work. The wearability of her jewels is central, but she also brings to her jewels the possibility of transformation, as they become the outward expression of who we hope to become.
A writer for most of her life, she has authored two books, a self-published memoire, Roots Stems and Branches; A Recollection, and a technical jewelry making book, Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads.
Kaye-Moses has exhibited her jewels at major juried shows, including The Smithsonian Craft Show. She curated the exhibitions at The Bignell Gallery, CT: Millennial Metal; The Art of Precious Metal Clay; and Re-Collected/Re-Invented; the Narrative Craft Object.
She was a final juror for the international competition, The Saul Bell Design Awards. Her work has been published in many books, including: In the Picture; Framing the Visual Arts (Oxford University Press, Australia); Art Jewelry Today & Art Jewelry Today 2, 3, & 4; and Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects.
From 1994-2002 Kaye-Moses was the Metal Studio Department Head at Interlaken School of Art (now Berkshire Art Center, Stockbridge, MA), has taught in the USA and, in 2001, taught in New Zealand.
She authored Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads and Roots, Stems, and Branches; A Recollection. She has received two Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council Grants, three Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grants; a Niche Award; and was twice a Saul Bell Design Award Finalist.
She lives with her husband in an old farmhouse, filled with music and books, surrounded by lilacs and the green hills of the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.
