About Julie Cohn

Educated as a painter and printmaker Julie studied the craft of bookbinding and box-making to house her prints which lead her down a diverse design path that included rugs, textiles, hardware, tabletop, collaborations with architects and public art.

As a self-taught jeweler, her approach is unconventional in process and begins by working directly with materials rather than sketching a preconceived idea. She finds inspiration in nature, primitive ethnic forms, indigenous crafts and old world processes. Her pieces are about possibilities for layering and stacking to create personal collages that uniquely juxtapose disparate elements with simple elegance.

Her studio in Dallas, Texas functions as an artistic collective where she mentors young artists to see the possibilities of parlaying their talents into art-centric careers. Working together, they learn the complexities of making products by hand, collaborate in the artistic process, problem solve fabrication and observe the trials and tribulations of bringing handmade products to the marketplace. Her goal is to inspire young artists to learn how to connect the dots, take forks in the road and use their skills to create an artful life.

Artist Statement

In 2017, I was approached by the late Donald Fowler, Director of Retail for the Nasher Sculpture Center Store to create a collection of jewelry inspired by their upcoming exhibition Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life. This was a dream project for me. Bertoia’s abstraction of nature and use of bronze influenced me early on in my career as a jewelry designer. The unique opportunity to have an artistic dialogue with Bertoia inspired many of the pieces in my collection. It was the collaborative effort with my staff and Donald that brought these designs to life.