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Timothy Lloyd

Timothy Lloyd's  esteem as a scholar and a teacher is equaled only by his reputation as an artist. He uses various metals to create unique jewelry, medals, sculptures and vessels, and his work is widely recognized and admired in national and international art circles.

“My ideas come from nature, and my work has always made reference to some aspect of the natural world. My pieces of jewelry are elements of landscape whether the observer recognizes them or not. The references are through the surface, color and shape of the metal. I twist and bend the surface of the metal or hammer it into tree limbs or rocks or color it with the use of electrical currents. Some materials are evocative of riverbeds, bark or twigs, while other shapes recall crevices or enclosures in rock formations.   A common theme in my work has been the development of a sense of place. Whether it's jewelry or hollow ware, whether it's the Southwest or the North Woods or Japan, my work is a response to something I have taken from travels and distilled from the memory of the experience.”

Lloyd earned a BFA from Kent State University, and an MFA from The School for American Craftsmen at R.I.T. He holds the title of Class of 1941 Professor of Art and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus, Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 2004, Lloyd retired from 40 years of teaching. His retirement was celebrated with the international show KETTLES, Japanese Artistry and American Artists curated by Laurel Bradley of Carleton College.

Lloyd's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the U.S. and Europe, including the American Craft Museum (New York, NY); Clark Gallery (Lincoln, MA), Helen Drutt Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Esther Saks Gallery (Chicago, IL), Aaron Faber Gallery (New York, NY), The Farrell Collection (Washington, DC), Katie Gringrass Gallery (Santa Fe, NM).  In 1998 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Minnesota Crafts Council.  His work is included in a number of permanent collections, including the Smithsonian Institution, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland, and C.R.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana.

His recent work in hammered and molded copper vessels with sterling silver ornamentation was inspired by visits to Japan, where he became fascinated with kettles used in the Japanese tea ceremony.