BARBARA M. BERK

Barbara M. Berk is honored to be the Metal Arts Guild San Francisco’s “Featured Member of the Month” for April, 2020.  The Metal Arts Guild San Francisco (MAG) is an independent, non-profit, educational educational organization of people who are skilled, interested, or share in the production... Read more

Gold, the material of the moment, emotive, expressive and exhilarating, comes to life in the hands of a new wave of goldsmiths and jewellers around the world, blazing a trail of innovation and originality in art, design and craftsmanship, both exploring new technology and revitalising traditional skills... Read more

Barbara Berk creates jewelry designs that are miniature, wearable sculptures of woven metal that are dynamic, delightful, versatile, and elegant... Contact me to read this article     Click here to go to Adornment Magazine

“Toccata”, a new pendant by Barbara Berk, will be shown in New West Coast Design:  Jewelry + Metalwork at Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco January 18 – February 17, 2008.  Curated by Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt... Read more

Barbara Berk’s “S-Curve Brooch” has been donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Elyse Zorn Karlin, the Editor/Publisher of Adornment, the Magazine of Jewelry and Related Arts, author of Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition... Read more

Barbara Berk is a winner in the 2004 AGTA Spectrum Awards competition hosted by the American Gem Trade Association. Over 560 entries were judged on the basis of overall beauty and wearability, innovative design, effective use of materials, quality of gemstones, quality of workmanship... Read more

 “Ruffle”, a brooch by Barbara Berk, will be shown in The Art of Gold, an exhibit of contemporary American studio goldsmithing. Curated by Michael Monroe, the exhibition is co-sponsored by the Society of North American Goldsmiths and Exhibits USA… Read more

Barbara Berk, owner of Barbara Berk Designs in Foster City, CA, received the annual Award for Excellence in Design from the Women’s Jewelry Association at a dinner ceremony held in New York City on July 28, 2002 during the Jewelers of America trade show...​ Read more

Barbara Berk’s “Paisley” Ensemble won First Place in the 2001 Saul Bell Design Award Competition for jewelry design. Her award-winning piece is a combination pendant/brooch of 22kt and 18kt yellow gold woven together by hand. The pendant is set with one 6.5mm Moissanite... Read more

“Sea Dragon: Chrysoprase”, a necklace by Barbara Berk Designs, will be shown in the exhibition The Gem Artists of North America, to be held at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA from May 4 – July 30, 2000... Read more

In a sense, I owe it all to Arline:  It began with a chance meeting at her Ancient Jewelry Symposium lecture, discovering over lunch common threads that ran through New York and competing consumer jewelry magazines, and an invitation to attend her “Textile Techniques in Metal” class… Read more