{"title":"Ruth Roach","description":"\u003cp\u003eWas an American studio jeweler, ceramist, and educator. She is known primarily for her Modernist jewelry designs. While not as well-known as some other studio jewelers working in the 1950s and '60s, her pieces are considered nicely designed. Her work is sought by modernist aficionados. Ruth Roach of Plainfield, Iowa, began producing handcrafted jewelry in the 1950s. She studied with several artists, including Harriet Larkin and Robert von Neumann, as she honed her skills as a jeweler and ceramics artisan. Roach was good friends with fellow jeweler Christian Schmidt as well. They both shared a penchant for naturalism with a modern twist in their designs. She was also an educator at the University of Northern Iowa. Even later in life, she was known to train aspiring jewelry artisans from her home in Florida. She received numerous awards and accolades during her career.  Roach’s work was featured posthumously in the 2018 exhibit “The Kinship Between American Women Jewelers, Part I,\" held by The Jewelry Library, a gallery in New York, New York. Her pieces were exhibited alongside jewelry by Modernist artisans Margaret de Patta and Betty Cooke, who are generally more well known than Roach. Her jewelry was featured in an article titled “Ruth Roach, Uncommon Jeweler” in “Modern Silver” magazine in the early 2000s. Several of Roach's designs are highlighted in the book “Jewelry Concepts \u0026amp; Technology” by Oppi Untracht. In 1969, she moved from Iowa to Naples, Florida, where she lived until she died in 1979. Her son Bill and his wife Patsy followed in her footsteps as jewelry artisans in the 1960s. To differentiate their designs, they used the mark Roach2.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/trendy-mcm-home.myshopify.com\/en-es\/collections\/ruth-roach.oembed","provider":"Trendy Modern Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}