taking form
jade studio
American jade carver Peter Schilling
Overeducated in studio sculpture, worked with artist jewelers in New York, and handled ancient art works in museums for decades.
Now I can spend my days creating wearable art objects in fine jade.
You're invited into a world of modern jade carving with strong ties to the art of our cultural ancestors.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION-
1987, MFA in Studio Sculpture, Columbia University
1977, BFA in Studio Sculpture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EMPLOYMENT SYNOPSIS-
Building furniture, stretchers for painters, jewelry benchwork. Mount making and exhibition installation at museums in New York and the Harvard Art Museums, handling mind-blowing ancient Chinese jades close up and personal.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND FINE CRAFT SHOWS-
2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025, American Craft Made, Baltimore
2024 Smithsonian Craft Show. Washington, DC. Yes, that show.
2023, Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, Awesome!
2023, Smithsonian CRAFT: Fashion and Home, AKA Craft2Wear, Washington, DC
2022, American Craft Made, ACC, St. Paul
2021, MAD About Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
2014 through 2019, ZIGANG BEI International Jade Exhibition, annual invitational exhibition in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Awards received - three gold and one silver,
Award winning jade sculptures published in exhibition catalogs
2019, CLUSTER CRAFTS, Jewellery, London
2018 and 2019, CraftBoston Holiday, SAC, Boston
2018, CraftBoston Spring, SAC, Boston
2003-2013, Jade Art Now, Tucson, AZ
2002-2016, Big Sur Jade Festival, Gorda, CA