Selected writing, interviews, and institutional features documenting Gustav Reyes’s work in contemporary art jewelry, wood, material process, and the relationship between making and the natural world.
Brigitte Martin
“Around Life’s Curves”
American Craft, 2017
A profile of Reyes’s material practice, the stories carried by wood, his bending process, and the role of reuse and environmental restraint in the work.
Patrick R. Benesh-Liu
“Gustav Reyes: The Irrepressible Spirit”
Ornament, 2013
A long-form profile exploring Reyes’s studio practice, creativity, wood as an ephemeral material, and his thinking about the biological and intellectual dimensions of human experience.
Andrea DiNoto
“A Bent for Wood”
Metalsmith, Spring 2012
An early feature placing Reyes’s wood-based practice within the broader field of contemporary jewelry and metalsmithing.
2020 · Phoebe Mogharei, “FOUND: Arc Builder,” Chicago Magazine
2017 · Sarah Grosspietsch, “Artists Up Close: Witnessing the Beautiful Manipulation of Wood,” Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
2011 · Stephanie Manriquez, “Vida En Madera,” Revista Contratiempo
2010 · Annie Osburn, “Trends: Wood,” Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist
2010 · Bethany Emerson, “With This Ring,” Richmond Bride
2009 · Victoria Gomelsky, “Warm, Honest, Wooden,” The New York Times
2009 · Garth Johnson, 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse, pp. 124–125, Jewelry + Adornments
2008 · Jessica Sedgwick, “Jewels of the City,” Chicago Sun-Times
2007 · “With This Ring…,” Woodshop News
2010 · Gustav Reyes, “WoodWorking Tips for Jewelers,” Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist
Additional studio writing and archival texts will be added as the Gustav Reyes archive is organized.
