‘You are only what you surround yourself with? No. You surround yourself only with who you are.’ (Rob Walker, Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are. Random House, 2008.)
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When you’re born with the name Ulysses Grant Dietz, you just might have come into this world with a penchant for leadership. Luckily for the art jewelry community, Ulysses turned his attention not to military or political affairs, but to a life’s mission of preserving, protecting and defending his nation’s artistic heritage. As senior curator
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Ahna Adair,Vogue Pattern No. 1462, Souvenirs of an Unfinished Project, 2008, detail-postcard, 6 x 8.5 inches Ahna Adair, Vogue Pattern No. 1462, Souvenirs of an Unfinished Project, 2008, found fabric, archival photos, postcards Ahna Adair, Vogue Pattern No. 1462, Souvenirs of an Unfinished Project, 2008, detail-rings sewn of found fabric, 1 Ahna Adair, In Process
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Klaus Bürgel is an artist who defies categorization. Is he primarily a jeweler? Yes and no. Does he care if his pieces are wearable? Not particularly. Is he a graphic artist? Certainly. A sculptor? Definitely, even though he often works in non-durable materials such as styrofoam and occasionally creates pieces too big to leave his
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