The star
pattern
is a hallmark
John Roger Jewelry design and can be
made with
or without an accent stone.
JOHN ROGER
John Roger began making sterling silver jewelry in the 1960s, at the height of the American studio craft movement. He first learned to make jewelry while majoring in industrial arts at the State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego, where his jewelry won first place in a student art exhibit.
He then received his master’s degree in fine arts education with a concentration in gold and silversmithing from SUNY New Paltz in 1972. In 1973 he showed his work at 26 shows, including the American Craft Council's Show in Rhinebeck, NY, the predecessor to the show where David Yurman was discovered.
John Roger’s jewelry was shown at the Neuberger Museum at SUNY Purchase and in the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers. His work was also photographed and published in a book on handmade jewelry by Orvelo Wood, whose own work appeared in the Smithsonian Institute.
Since retiring from teaching in 2002, John has gotten back into the craft show circuit. He has shown his work regularly at the Dutchess Community College craft fair each November, and has won first place for metal working at Gallery North’s Outdoor Art Show in Setauket, Long Island, and the Westchester Crafts show in White Plains.
John Roger continues to make each piece by hand in a studio in his upstate New York home.
