Shaking hands to say hello or to thank, waving good-bye, clapping hands to approve, holding hands to express affection, moving fingers to mock or insult or mimic, joining hands to pray, raising hands up to indicate surrender, kissing hands to pay homage to a superior authority or person, or just to please somebody in a
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Karin Herwegh is known for creating jewelry that depicts intimate human narratives through her use of stylized figures and simple yet nuanced forms. In her show at Galerie Ra she draws inspiration from folk art and lore from around the world, and her work often carries undertones of dark whimsy. For her latest series, she
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Evert Nijland’s show at Galerie Rob Koudijs features imaginative and nostalgic objects. A Dutch jeweler, Evert loves the Rococo and Baroque styles of the past and so has reinterpreted them for the present in these ornamental objects. He is following an original path with this series, which veres away from the smooth Dutch style that
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Diane Azzam Diane Azzam: I left the Middle East twice. The first time, in 1967, I followed my parents, who had decided to leave. It was just after the Six-Day War between Israel and the Arab states. We were living in Lebanon and the political situation was beginning to get tense. So my father, who
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The gallery Four in Gothenburg, Sweden, has just joined the AJF community of supporters. Its owners—Karin Roy Andersson, Malin Lövgren, Linnéa Eriksson, and Hanna Liljenberg—hosted the AJF trip to Gothenburg last year. We thank them for that, and for joining us in presenting original material on our website. Jorge Manilla, Extreme Seductiveness, 2014, necklace, leather,
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Master Metalsmith: Myra Mimlitsch-Gray September 12–November 30, 2014 National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA The text running down the side of the exhibition title wall reads like a group crit word bank à la 90s graphic design star David Carson. Prefixes dis-, re-, and up- are followed by their corresponding suffixes. A clutch of
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Peter Bauhuis is an original. His new show at Gallery S O is named after a mushroom called Armillaria, which creates a large underground network from which the mushrooms sprout. Peter’s jewelry looks like it’s related to the mushroom and in his telling is connected to a network of ideas. You can feel his love
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A Symposium Review ThinkingJewellery 10—SchmuckDenken 10On Our Way to a Theory of JewelleryArt and good life – Art between leisure and social responsibilityOctober 18–19, 2014Trier University of Applied Sciences, Idar-Oberstein The unexpected German train strike during the weekend of the ThinkingJewellery 10 symposium could almost be interpreted as a response to this year’s theme of “art between leisure
Aimee Petkus’s collection of jewelry was briefly on display during a trunk show at the Heidi Lowe Gallery on December 13, 2014. In this interview, Aimee discusses her background in geology and the influence it has on her work. Missy Graff: How did you become interested in making jewelry? Please tell me about your background.
