KAREN BACHMANN

Karen Bachmann is a Professor of Art and Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, NY. She has an MA in Art History from SUNY Purchase and a BFA in Sculpture and Metals from Pratt Institute. With over 30 years of experience creating fine jewelry, including several years on staff at Tiffany & Co., she has exhibited her own work both domestically and globally. Her interest in obscure and arcane forms of personal ornamentation led to her fascination with memento mori and Victorian hairwork jewelry, which is the subject of her MA thesis entitled Hairy Secrets: Victorian Hairwork as Memory Object. She is a renowned expert in ornamental hairwork and has led countless workshops and lectures on the subject. She is currently working on a book exploring these themes.

COURSES TAUGHT

Victorian Hairwork: Mourning, Memory Object, and Craft