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Holy City Sinner – November 2024

Holy City Sinner Skilled silversmith Shares Her Craft with ACBA Students and Arts Community by Claudie Benjamin November 5, 2024 Fiery welding torches with blue and yellow flames, molten solder, acid washes, rotating sanders, piercing, sawing, cutting, and pounding: metalsmithing in a no-nonsense workshop. How is it that Silversmith Kaminer Haislip moves with such elegance, assurance, […]

The Charleston Museum Acquires Charleston Rice Spoon by Kaminer Haislip

The Charleston Museum Acquires Charleston Rice Spoon by Kaminer Haislip I am incredibly excited and honored to announce The Charleston Museum has acquired my sterling silver Charleston Rice Spoon for their permanent collection! Many thanks to Chad Stewart, Curator of History, for his support of my work and the effort he put into making this […]

Grant Awarded for Guilloche

Vallee de Joux, Switzerland Grant Awarded for Guilloche I am very excited to announce I have been awarded an Arts Project Support Grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission! This grant will help fund my travel to Switzerland to study Guilloche under Calina Shevlin, one of the few expert Guilloche artists in the world who […]

Helena Fox Fine Art Trunk Show – November 30 – December 7, 2024

Helena Fox Fine Art in historic, downtown Charleston, SC Photograph by Marie Rodriguez Photography Helena Fox Fine Art Trunk Show – Charleston, SC Helena Fox Fine Art represents my handcrafted silver designs and carries a curated selection of my silver hollowware, flatware, home objects, and jewelry in their beautiful, downtown Charleston art gallery. They are […]

Charleston Mercury Holiday Event – November 25, 2024

Charleston Mercury Holiday Event – November 25, 2024 I am very excited to participate in a Lowcountry holiday market and benefit event for South Carolina Quail Forever co-hosted by the stellar publication Charleston Mercury! I will have my silver jewelry, functional home objects, and Christmas ornaments displayed for sale. Popular local authors will be there […]

Silver Ring Workshop – October 26, 2024

American College of the Building Arts student Robin Andrews Silver Ring Workshop Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024  Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Instructor:  Kaminer Haislip, Adjunct Professor of Silversmithing at the American College of the Building Arts Register: Redux Contemporary Art Center (contact them at the link below to sign up) https://redux.givecloud.co/product/11000-102624/silver-ring-fabrication-workshop-saturday-october-26th-2024 Cost: $216 for Members / […]

New Guilloche Jewelry Series

New Guilloche Jewelry Series Guilloche, or Engine Turning, is a handcrafted process utilizing a manual machine to put engraved lines, designs, and patterns into metal. Though the technique has its roots in ancient times, the machines used today, most built before WWI, have their origins in 18th century France and Switzerland. Brought into mainstream culture […]

Palmetto Life – April 1, 2024

  Palmetto Life – April 1, 2024 Lights, Camera, Action! On April 1 Palmetto Life on Channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina featured Helena Fox Fine Art and my silversmithing for a segment on Charleston’s First Friday Artwalk, organized by the Charleston Gallery Association. I was thrilled to be a part of an episode on […]

Silver Magazine – November/December 2023

Silver Magazine – November/December 2023 Issue “Interwoven: The Art of Indigo and Silver” by Kaminer Haislip It was truly an honor for Silver Magazine to invite me to write an article about me and Leigh Magar’s recent exhibition Interwoven: The Art of Indigo and Silver at Aiken Center for the Arts in historic, downtown Aiken, […]