Nils Hint, Shadow, 2014, brooches, forged iron readymades, various dimensions, photo: artist During those awkward first weeks at university, I met a guy who possessed a laptop-sized hydraulic press that he said could flatten anything. I was never able to verify his claim, but the thought of this device stayed with me, recalling the ubiquitous […]
In the wake of Mad Men’s impending retirement from the Golden Age of Television, the fashion bloggers devoted to TV costume design whose jobs were invented specifically for Mad Men are capping off their final recaps. As Don, Betty, and Sterling are dropped off in the era of psychedelic floral prints and handlebar moustaches, jewelry
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Bent, Cast & Forged: The Jewelry of Harry Bertoia March 24–November 29, 2015 Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA For those interested in the history of 20th-century design, the name Harry Bertoia should be a familiar one. Bertoia’s humble beginnings as a 15-year-old Italian immigrant were soon eclipsed by his ambitious and prodigious work
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Manfred Bischoff, 1995, photo: Rike Bartels Died March 30, 2015, Siena, Italy “Beauty belongs to everyone” I like to share it with my friends. Manfred Bischoff passed away during the Holy Week. No one can visit him in Tuscany anymore, in his home in an orchard deserted by the Capuchin Friars, with its the exterior
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Born in Germany and now living in the UK, Simone ten Hompel is known for her metalwork that navigates the metaphorical depth of everyday vessels such as spoons and plates. Currently a Reader for Metal, Jewellery and Silversmithing at London Metropolitan University, Simone has exhibited metalwork internationally, given lectures on craft and metalsmithing, and participated
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This is my world. It’s the space that I occupy at Northcity4 studios in Brunswick, Melbourne. These studios are home to 10 other jewelers and it’s truly a great place to work. The philosophy of Northcity4 is community based, so the space is very open and we share knowledge, tools, laughter, meals, cups of tea, and
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Marthe Roberts/Shea took a long time to get to become a jeweler. Her show at Gravers Lane Gallery in Philadelphia is her first one with them, and displays a kind of jewelry that can look ancient or like something from an archeological dig. It has the look of something old but also maybe futuristic. Have
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Rainbow Loom box, photo: courtesy of Rainbow Loom Loom bands and weaving tablet, photo: Jérôme Rommé/fotolia
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Maureen Faye-Chauhan is an Australian jeweler who creates sophisticated geometric structures that play with optical illusion, light, and volume. Influenced by the rural Australian bushland and Asian culture and philosophy, her work marries the use of technology with precision hand work to create jewelry of steel forms and patterns. Her current solo show, Concurrence, is
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You’re stepping out tonight, on your way to the The Art of the Brick exhibition opening. You pause in front of the mirror. You have your LEGO handbag tucked gracefully under your arm, packed full of LEGO chocolates to tide you over on the taxi ride. But it feels like something’s missing, doesn’t it? You
Born February 4, 1934, Evergreen, Illinois Died April 2, 2015, Deer Isle, Maine Today we make jewelry and wearable art from any material that we choose, but it was J. Fred Woell who in the 1960s broke the rules and paved the way for art jewelers. Fred pioneered the concept of using found objects and
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Symmetry Is the Work of the Devil March 19–April 16, 2015 Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, photo: Lucy Boermans Progressing from the gentle arrow beckoning me away from the cacophony of Upper Queen Street to the hidden entrance of 10/30 and the Anna Miles Gallery, I am quietly
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