Erika Novak loves that she can take her ideas and leverage the same CAD software used to design buildings, household products, landscapes and furniture to realize her jewellery designs. Or that she can start and finish a project on her bench using traditional hand fabrication and stone setting techniques. Her pieces, which are minimal in structure, encompass geometric shapes arranged as an ode to the optical and pop art that she loves. Her work also utilizes patterns and structures digitally generated in the 3D modelling application.
Erika Novak is currently based in Chicago. She creates wearable lines of contemporary jewellery, usually in silver or bronze, using traditional bench methods, digital techniques, or a combination of both. Erika was trained in graphic design and later pursued a career in technology. Her training in the metalsmithing arena has been non-traditional; largely formed by participation in workshops that nurtured her need for learning and creative expression. Her work has been featured in juried exhibitions internationally and is currently on display in several galleries.
CCBC acknowledges that the land on which we work is the unceded shared traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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