SLOW Eleven Women and 400 Daisies by Ted Noten

A PROJECTTenTenTen commission

for The Mint Museum of Craft + Design Uptown

Opening October 2010

 “Jewellery is our first art expression – humans didn’t start decorating their houses, they decorated themselves. Why hasn’t jewellery grown at the same speed that design has?”

• Named Dutch Artist of the Year 2012! 
• Born in the Netherlands and based out of Amsterdam, Ted Noten is a jewellery maker who creates unique pieces that regularly challenge convention.   Noten collects second hand accessories and creates models in miniature sizes, casts them in gold and turns them into jewellery.

• The artist's web site  

• Interview with Noten from Design Miami Chat Show
• From Dutch Profile - short video features and interviews

• Atelier Ted Noten

• Article from Icon Magazine
• Article from TrendLand Online Magazine
• Examples of his work:

• TedWalk - the fashion show - video below -

• In the Mint Museum Library
• Fragiles: porcelain,glass, and ceramics. Berlin : Gestalten, 2008
• Sieraden, De Keuze van Nigmegen = Jewellery, Nijmegen's choice. Nijmegen : Galerie Marzee, c1998
• Ted Noten : CH₂=C(CH₃)C(=O)OCH₃ enclosures and other TN's. Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, c2006

This commission is funded by The Mint Museum Auxiliary.  

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Edited by Laura Brown, intern for The Mint Museum Library