Who is KING RELD?

STATEMENT

KING RELD art jewelry, designed by Sarah Sindler, explores how social media, popular social trends, and the natural competition of the earth and living on it as humans affect our animalistic instincts, our interpersonal relationships, and how we connect to our natural world and the health of our surrounding environment. The over-stimulating and addicting nature of media and its social influence is pervasive in our culture, but how does it affect each of us in our ability to truly connect to each other? Ideas and societal trends reach more people quicker than ever before and with our intrinsic instinct towards competition (both environmentally and socially) matched with our innate drive to copy and elevate trends, dialogues, and ideas, we can create an unbalanced approach to living on this earth.  It can be simultaneously energizing and soul-crushing to imbibe and survive in our culture; both connective and isolating. The need to be perceived stirs a very real want for validation and popularity, which, undoubtedly, leads to social paranoia and anxiety, but also provides a potential to look inward or to realign with nature, line, and form. This society we find ourselves living in has been created by us and many others before us, and it feels directly oppositional to ancient patterns and ecologies that were once balanced and vibrant.

BIO

Sarah Jane Sindler, owner and designer of KING RELD, stumbled into crafting jewelry by a turn of miraculous events. Sindler began carving waxes with her friend Tricia Kilnkhamer in her home in 2013 and getting them cast, primarily in sterling silver by Ira Helfer of David I. Helfer Jewelers in Pittsburgh, PA. Sarah began working with Ira, a third-generation jeweler in Pittsburgh's historic jewelry district to create the first generation of KING RELD jewelry and, in turn, she was able to begin a 5-year apprenticeship with the company that concluded in 2019. Sarah is an avant-garde creator of one-of-a-kind, ready-made, and custom fine jewelry she’s made at her studio at Brewhouse Arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Southside. Sindler has instructed her techniques and classes at Protohaven, Center for Contemporary Craft, and Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, and Touchstone Center for Craft and her work has been exhibited by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), as well as many other group and solo shows. She is a member of SNAG and the Precious Collective of International Art Jewelers.  Her work has been commissioned and collected by clients both locally and nationally.

CV

—2025

[queerphoria vol.4] Connection , Queer Metalsmiths, Jenkins Art Center at East Carolina University, Grey Gallery, Materials Topics Symposium, January 2025, Greenville, NC

AMC Bunch, Allegheny Metals Collective, Jenkins Art Center at East Carolina University, Grey Gallery, Materials Topics Symposium, January 2025, Greenville, NC

—Classes

Silver Bands, 1-day workshop at Protohaven, January 2025, Pittsburgh, PA

Introduction to Metals, 18 weeks for Nazareth Prep at Sweetwater Center for Arts, January - May 2025, Sewickley, PA

After School Metals Club, 6 weeks at Sweetwater Center for Arts, January - February 2025, Sewickley, PA

—2024

[queerphoria vol.4] Connection , Queer Metalsmiths, Urban Glass, New York Jewelry Week, November 2024, Brooklyn, Ny

Scrumptious: Jewelry as Nourishment, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Steuben Gallery at Pratt Institute, New York Jewelry Week, November 2024, Brooklyn, NY

The Earring Show, Craft Council of British Columbia, May 2024, Vancouver, BC, Canada

[queerphoria vol.3] Transformation, Queer Metalsmiths at The Silver Fern, Fiddlehead Gallery, March 2024, Cookeville, TN

—2023

[queerphoria vol.2] Adorned Serenity Exhibition, Queer Metalsmiths show for New York Jewelry Week, November 2023, New York, NY

Regional Artist in Residence at Contemporary Craft, 3-month artist residency, April-June 2023, Pittsburgh, PA

Battle of the Rings Contestant, Group show at Danaca Design Studio, April 2023, Seattle, WA

Pentaculum Resident, 5-day invitational residency at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, March 2023, Gatlinburg, TN

Material Synthesis Exhibition, Group show curated by Adam Atkinson for the Material Topics Symposium, January 2023, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

—Classes

Silver Bands, 1-day workshop at Protohaven, March, May, July, August, September, & October 2023, Pittsburgh, PA

Dog Tags, date-night workshop at Touchstone Center for Craft, August 2023, Farmington, PA

—2022

Ecolution Fashion Gala, Group fashion show at Carnegie Museum showcasing wearables created with recycled materials, April 2022, Pittsburgh, PA

Mad for Hoops, Group hoop earring exhibition at Gallery 2052, April 2022, Chicago, IL

Accepted as TACT (Teen Apprentice in Craft and Technology) Instructor at Contemporary Craft, January-June 2022, Pittsburgh, PA

—Classes

Knot Your Grandma’s Pearls, 1-day workshop at Contemporary Craft, March 2022, Pittsburgh, PA

Silver Bands, 1-day workshop at Contemporary Craft, February 2022, Pittsburgh, PA

Gold Wedding Bands, 1-day workshop at Contemporary Craft, February 2022, Pittsburgh, PA

Introduction to Silversmithing, Two 6-session workshops at Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, January, April, October 2022, Pittsburgh, PA

Intermediate Silversmithing, One 6-session workshops at Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, October 2022, Pittsburgh, PA

Introduction to Metalsmithing, 4-session workshop at Protohaven, January, April 2022, Wilkinsburg, PA

—2021

Art in House, Art show organized and curated in collaboration with Eva Conrad presenting works by Shori Sims and Anne Chen as well as an extensive art raffle for United Neighborhood Defense Movement and TransYouniting Organization, and musical acts by XC-17 and The Universe Online at Seafoam Space, October 2021, Pittsburgh, PA

Accepted into Precious Collective, International collective of art jewelers, June 2021

Crafting Our Community, Exhibition of instructor work at Contemporary Craft, April-June 

Classes

Gold Wedding Bands, 1-day workshop at Contemporary Craft, November 2021, Pittsburgh, PA

Introduction to Silversmithing, 6-session workshop at Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, October 2021, Pittsburgh, PA

Introduction to Metalsmithing, 4-session workshop at Protohaven, August, October 2021, Wilkinsburg, PA

—2021

Classes

Knot Your Grandma’s Pearls, 1-day workshop at Contemporary Craft, April, June & November 2021, Pittsburgh, PA

Recycle Your Sterling, 1-day workshop at Contemporary Craft, April, June & November 2021, Pittsburgh, PA

—2020

Maker and Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry, Pittsburgh Makers Spotlight, Frick Art Center, February - September 2020, Pittsburgh, PA

Protohaven Area Lead in Metalsmithing Studio, Protohaven, June 2020, Wilkinsburg, PA

Classes

Introduction to Metalsmithing, 4-session workshop at Protohaven, January 2020, Wilkinsburg, PA

—2019

Volunteered over 50 hours of labor to lead a team of other volunteers to build out a teaching jewelry studio at Protohaven Makerspace, May-October 2019, Wilkinsburg, PA

Exhibition in Motion, Jewelry fashion show curated by Society of North American Goldsmiths, SNAG Conference, May 2019, Chicago, IL

Swine Art, Exhibition of Three Pigs Collective artworks and performative fashion, ImageBox Gallery, May 2019, Pittsburgh, PA

Statement Pieces, Exhibition of statement jewelry by Sweetwater Center for the Arts, May 2019, Sewickley, PA

Exhibition in Motion curated by Society of North American Goldsmiths, SNAG Conference, May 2019, Chicago, IL

Swine Art, Exhibition of Three Pigs Collective artworks and performative fashion, ImageBox Gallery, May 2019, Pittsburgh, PA

Statement Pieces, Exhibition of statement jewelry by Sweetwater Center for the Arts, May 2019, Sewickley, PA

—2018

KING RELD X ELAINE HEALY ATELIER present collaborative fashion show for Pittsburgh Fashion Show, PPG Place Wintergarden, September 2018, Pittsburgh, PA

Pocket, Exhibition of small art curated by Fred Blauth, Lucky Cloud Gallery, August 2018, Pittsburgh, PA

KING RELD x ELAINE HEALY present WET LOOK fashion show at WET LOOK event at The Carnegie Museum of Art, Hosted by Girlfx and Feline Entertainment, June 2018, Pittsburgh, PA

KING RELD presents "Windows to the Next Generation" at the Ecolution Fashion Show at the Fairmont, April 2018, Pittsburgh, PA

KING RELD presents line CROSSING at the Spirit Fashion Show, April 2018, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Sympatico Hastens Performance with KING RELD and Guinevere Marrow, March 2018, Unbound Benefit Party, Community Forge, Wilkinsburg, PA

--2017

Fifty-Second Annual Juried Exhibition, November 2017 to January 2018, The Artsmiths of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

KING RELD Pop-up Closing Reception of TEETH DREAMS also featuring Elaine Healy Couture, Aiden Dinardo Couture & Dave Watt, October 23, Bunker Projects Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Society of Artists New Member, Pittsburgh, PA

KING RELD presents TEETH DREAMS with artists Dave Watt, Elaine Healy, Aiden Dinardo, and Keaton Manning, October 2017, Bunker Projects Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Jewelry Bench multi-session class, August 2017, Tech Shop, Pittsburgh PA

#IAMSTYLE Photoshoot for Pittsburgh Style Week, August 2017, Pittsburgh, PA

Fashion Pop-up Shop, Carnegie Museum Store, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

Material Worlds Fashion Show with the Carnegie Museum of Art, Ace Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA

Classes

Prong Setting multi-session class, May 2017, Tech Shop, Pittsburgh PA

Bezel Setting multi-session class, March 2017, Tech Shop, Pittsburgh PA

---2016

Featured Metalsmith at the Handwoven Holiday Sale, Vail Hotel, Pueblo, Colorado

Unsnarl: A Burlesque Menagerie performance video BRHINESTONES, musical arrangement by Martin Albertz, Pittsburgh, PA

Tiny Tools in Miniatures group show, The Blue Spruce, Florence, CO

The Jadis Collar in Exhibition in Motion, large scale wearables/jewelry fashion show at SNAGnext, Asheville, NC

Thel and Lilly Part Thee Pale and Dizzy Pearl collaborative performance with Martin Albertz, Pittsburgh, PA

---2015

RELDEVERE/Sympatica Rising performance with Bearskull, Gooski’s, Pittsburgh, PA

Joining of Celestial Beings collaborative performance event, Cattivo, Pittsburgh, PA

Thel and Lilly Part Thee Pale and Dizzy Pearl collaborative performance with Martin Albertz, Pittsburgh, PA

---2014

Curated Cemeon Larivonovoff - The Russian Icon Painter show at Slaughterhouse Gallery and Studios, Pittsburgh, PA

RELDmetal trunk show at Sindler's Residence, Canon City, CO

Produced and Coordinated Multi-media event ALLOMORPH: RELDfashion show, AEL music video release, SNEAKY MIKE music performance at Studio 5118, Pittsburgh, PA

RELDEVERE/Sympatica Rising performance piece at Abandoned Store, Swissvale, PA

---2013

Sarah Sindler, Dean Cercone, Hannah Galvin, & Jesse Sindler group show at Slaughterhouse Gallery and Studios, Pittsburgh, PA

RELDmetal RAWartist MARVEL showcase at CAVO, Pittsburgh, PA

RELDmetal trunk show at Boutique la Passarelle, Pittsburgh, PA

RELDmetal show at Commonplace Coffee, Pittsburgh, PA

Honorable Mention for laFLEUR RELDmetal ring at Colorado State Fair, Pueblo, CO

Special Award for URSULA RELDmetal ringat Colorado State Fair from the Colorado Metalsmithing Association, Pueblo, CO

HUMAN, NATURE, a performance installation at Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA

2nd Place Award for SWISS ALPS RELDmetal ring at Zonta of Royal Gorge's 14th Annual Artful Women Exhibition, Canon City, CO

RELDmetal RAWards semi-finalist nominee showcase at CAVO, Pittsburgh, PA

Space Coat and Stiletto Cross-Country Skis in Outerwear group show at BUNKERprojects, Pittsburgh, PA

RELDmetal trunk show at 720 Music, Clothing, and Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA

---2011

Containing the Arboretum, an installation at Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA

---2010

Planes and Lines, an installation at Most Wanted Fine Art, Pittsburgh, PA