Michael Dale Bernard

Milwaukee, WI

United States

Profile Information:

Where do you live ? City, State and Country: Milwaukee, WI
Place of Work ? Example: Studio, College, Gallery, Museum, ...): University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
I am a .... Example: Student, Maker, Educator, etc.: Metalsmith / Designer / Educator
Your website, DIRECT flickr or DIRECT facebook links where your work can be seen.: http://www.michaeldalebernard.com
What media do you work with?: I combine Metals + Hype + Freshness!

My materials are heavy recycled and up-cycled

I work with steel, copper, wood, vinyl, powder coat, and enamel paint

Comment Wall:

Lilyana Bekic

Hi Michael! Can't wait for Philly! Woooh!

May 18, 2009
Jill Baker Gower

I'm going to mail each participating artist a catalog back with your artwork. Also if you are going to the Snag conference I will be carrying them around. If you see me I'll give ya a acouple!

May 18, 2009
Lilyana Bekic

It would be nice but I'm not sure when I could actually make it there. I leave Sunday before the closing reception.

May 18, 2009
Lilyana Bekic

I know. If they had given us advanced notice I would have planned to stay longer.

May 19, 2009
Billie Jean Theide

Hi Michael,

I will be in Philly. See you soon.

May 20, 2009
Lynette Andreasen

good to see you at SNAG....bummed Im going to miss your show in Memphis this summer!

May 25, 2009
Anthony Tammaro

Michael, I can't believe I missed you at SNAG. What a bummer. It was mad intense. Well thank you for adding me. I saw your "train exit" at Decorative Resurgence. Good stuff. Hopefully our paths will cross before Houston.

May 26, 2009
Lynette Andreasen

Hey.
Yeah, Jess and Jill are awesome. They were grad students at ASU when I was an undergrad. I really look up to them:)
The decorative resurgence catalog is awesome...I am SO bummed I didnt get to see the show. Next year I am planning a longer trip for snag! And it will be closer to home so that is good.
Id love to hear your thoughts on the educational dialog...I had to leave about halfway through to catch a flight. I saw the work at Wexler but didnt go to Tyler...I wanted to see some of the other galleries and had to prioritize.
Anyway, look forward to hearing from you.
-L

May 27, 2009
Renee Zettle-Sterling

Hi Michael,
Thank you so much! Your work is absolutely amazing--I enjoy the sense of forced space that you create in each piece. Where did you get your Masters? I see that you are teaching in Long Beach--do you have a large metals program? I am sorry that we did not get to talk at SNAG--maybe next year!
Warmly, Renee

May 27, 2009
Harriete E Berman

Do you have your own lasercutter?
Harriete

Jun 2, 2009
Rebecca Strzelec

Thanks for your kind words about the baseball cuff pieces. I am pretty fond of them as well. My husband and I are both pretty big baseball fans too, so hearing your wife, the fan, liked them really hit home. What's her team? Padres? We are lucky enough to call ourselves Phillies fans.

I 've liked your work for a while and it just keeps getting better. The conference was great. Will have to make a point to find each other next time.

Cheers,
R

Jun 2, 2009
karen gilbert

really great work.....do you have pieces in northern ca. anywhere? I would like to see it in person.

Jun 17, 2009
karen gilbert

I wish I could go.....those party's are always fun. I would like to talk to Tom and see the new work, it's hard to find him out of the house.
If you are on a extended trip, I just opened a gallery myself in Healdsburg ca. www.gallerylulo.com (working on the site).

Jun 18, 2009
Billie Jean Theide

Hi Michael,

It was fun seeing you at SNAG!

Jun 21, 2009
arthur hash

dude did you get your package?

Jun 23, 2009
Nathan Dube

Thanks. The show went well. It was a decent turn out, though there was wedding rehearsal at the same time as the opening which added a strange chemistry. How was your show at the Metals Museum?

Aug 9, 2009
Brigitte Martin

Congratulations on being featured in Metalsmith's EXHIBITION IN PRINT ! :-))
Brigitte

Aug 14, 2009
kelsey Simmen

I would love to see the backs of your pieces. They are great, have you always used the coating?

Aug 17, 2009
Nathan Dube

Thanks! Congrats on the EP.

Aug 30, 2009
Lynette Andreasen

Hey thanks! Ive been meaning to email you actually...I wanted to see if you may possibly be interested in coming to ASU as a visiting artist. Of course I will have to make a pitch to the metals club, and then get funding and all that. Ill email you one of these days...
Oh yeah and are you guys (LBCC) going to do our intercollegiate Metals exhibition? Its pretty sweeeeeet!

Aug 31, 2009
Stevie B.

Thanks! And definitely I am in with some cool cats.

Congrats again on the Metalsmith EIP!

Aug 31, 2009
Lynette Andreasen

sweet. I will get in touch about possibly getting you out here soon. As far as the show goes, I think Kristin was supposed to pass info along to you. I guess that didnt happen, so I just let Becky know and she is going to email you all the info. I hope you guys decide to do it, its awesome!

Sep 1, 2009
Marissa Saneholtz

So I know that you are all the way out in Cali, but we are trying to have a symposium for grads around the country at ECU in January. If you drop me your email address I can forward you some more information. It is called Material Topics: Jewelry and Metalsmithing in the 21st Century. Thought you might be interested and have some good input on conversations, etc.

Oct 11, 2009
Harriete E Berman

Do you sell your work?
Where do you sell your work?
Do you have a pricing formula for pricing your work?

Just asking because Don Friedlich, Andy Cooperman are putting together a Pricing discussion for March 2010 in Houston at the SNAG Conference.
Harriete

Nov 8, 2009
nisa blackmon

hey there! Saw your stuff at SOFA last weekend -- looking good, as always!

Nov 10, 2009
Kelly (Robinson) Miller

Michael,
Thanks for looking at my stuff. You steel cut pieces inspire me, I've been trying to solve some problems with a small group of brooches that I want to enamel, that have contour lines around and within the images. They are very cartoon like and I want to keep that quality. I made some kinda extreme 3-d dies for the hydraulic press, pressed the copper, enameled image...then enamel fills in too much detail. But I may try cutting out a contour of the main outer shapes...go from there. Nice meeting you.
Kelly

Nov 24, 2009
Kelly (Robinson) Miller

Oh yes, I like those very much. Graffiti style is a cool world-which I find a bit difficult to mimic in paint. I am always thinking hard trying to figure it all out. Keep up the good work.

Nov 25, 2009
kelsey Simmen

Your necklaces are great. I love your use of recycled materials.

Jan 13, 2010
Miriam Rowe

Hi Michael, thanks for the friend request- I'm really liking the look of your jewellery- creative jewellery with a street-cred edge is something I don't think I've come across before, and you do it well. Hope you're enjoying the blog; I'm on my way over to check out your website now-
Cheers,
Miriam

Feb 6, 2010
Tosca Hidalgo y Terán

<3 your Fresh Chains collection!

Feb 15, 2010
Sean Macmillan

Thanks Michael. How are things out there in California?

May 17, 2010
Brigitte Martin

I remember you telling me about them a short while back, well, these diamonds turned out real nice :-)

Nov 3, 2010
Thea Clark

Thanks for the comment Michael. I was admiring your new work btw!

Nov 3, 2010
The Justified Sinner

Congratulations on getting the front page!

Nov 27, 2010
Tammy Young Eun Kim

O wow! I feel so honored to be featured along with you Michael! You deserve it! Yay!

Nov 27, 2010
Mallory Weston

You're new work is awesome!

Nov 28, 2010
Tammy Young Eun Kim

Aw thanks so much Michael! As always, thank you for helping & constantly encouraging me to continue. I hope my photography skills will get better, I am still learning. The book will help I'm sure! I can't wait until semester ends, I have so many things I want to do!

Nov 30, 2010
Tammy Young Eun Kim

Thank you Michael! Last month was definitely the highlight of year 2010! Meeting Les & Andrea, Niche awards and having the show was wonderful! Thank you for encouraging me! Hope your winter is going swell, I can't believe Christmas is coming in few days!!! Now I gotta start photograph and prepare Grad Apps! Can you believe 2011 is ahead of us?! WOW.

Dec 22, 2010
Brigitte Martin

Enjoy Yuma. Wished I could be there too, will try next year!

Feb 16, 2011
Renee Zettle-Sterling

Hi Micheal,

I just watched your powder coating video on studiotag.com----amazing and you, sir, should host a crafting/technical show of some sort. You have a natural way in front of the camera and you where so confident and clear. I now feel confident that I can powder coat after watching the video. Also--- a big fan of your work. Rachel and I gushed over you this weekend. I was at SDSU. Hope to see you at SNAG.

Renee

Mar 6, 2011
Miriam Rowe

Hi Michael,

I'm curating an online exhibition called "Piece Progressions" and would love for you to be a part of it. I think the interesting combinations of materials you use would add something really unique: you can see details of the exhibition here: http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/crafthausexhibition/forum/topics/ca...

If you have any questions feel free to contact me; it would be great to have you as part of the exhibition!

Miriam

May 17, 2011
Francesca Vitali

Thank you Micheal, it was a very fun project to do and Loring is awesome to work with!!

Have fun there!!

May 28, 2011
Brigitte Martin

Thank you very much for your membership payment and support of crafthaus ! Your membership is valid through June 15, 2013.

Enjoy crafthaus !

Jun 15, 2011
Heng Lee

I really like your new woodstone series, it looks soooo fantastic!!

Jan 8, 2012