Donna Mason Sweigart is an Associate Professor of Art, Coordinator of Metals, Jewelry, and Computer Aided Design, and Chair of the Art Department at Rowan University. Trained in traditional craft jewelry practice and later introduced to digital fabrication, her continuing research ranges from 3D modeled functional object installation to large scale body adornment/fashion. She uses both traditional methods of fabrication, computer-aided-design/rapid prototyping, and alternative digital fabrication techniques to accomplish her works. Sweigart’s research ranges from 3D modeled and printed functional object installation to large-scale body adornment and fashion. Alternative digital fabrication techniques address tension of form and space in relation to the body. Frequently, Sweigart collaborates with other artists and professionals to research and gain grant funding across art, cultural geography, sustainability, and engineering.
She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally. Her work has been featured in 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Art Jewelry Today 2, The Jewelry and Metals Survey (JAMS) 2018, and her writing has been featured in Metalsmith Magazine “Truth and Rumors: Nancy Moyer‘s Theater of the Border.”
