Pat Flynn is a master metalsmith and a meticulous craftsman whose work is all about dichotomies and contrasts—blacksmithing and goldsmithing, iron and gold, nails and diamonds—and combining them into organic jewelry forms that are at once rough-hewn yet sensuous. Raised on a dairy farm in rural Pennsylvania, he captures images and memories from his childhood […]
There is a special power to many of these tools, as they were passed on to my studio from a retired silversmith now in his 80s. I am sure that some were passed on to him as well. The power of previous people’s labor still lives in them. I often use traditional techniques in my
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Born Halle, Germany, 1984 Died Le Vernet, France, 2015 Juliane Noack’s interests spanned jewelry making, music, experimental fashion and design, and figurative sculpture. An excellent draftsperson, Juliane had an unusual facility for understanding and implementing skills of all kinds: She could make whatever she wanted and never stinted on the time and effort required. She
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Emmanuel Lacoste’s exhibition The Seven Deadly Sins showed his provocative and sinful work at Art Gallery Putti last month. In this interview, Emmanuel describes the inspiration for his series and the close relationship between adornment and his work. Missy Graff: Tell us about the seven deadly sins. Is the temptation or passion to own jewelry
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Damian Skinner and Finn McCahon-Jones, Fingers: Jewellery for Aotearoa New Zealand—40 Years of Fingers Jewellery Gallery. Auckland: David Bateman, 2014. ISBN:978-1-86953-862-0 Fingers: Jewellery for Aotearoa New Zealand is an informative book that leaves you craving for more: This is a rich subject that can hardly be covered fully within 150 pages. On the one hand,
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Do you love chocolate, but often find it lacking in the carbon-based minerals and precious metal you crave? Is a simple diamond ring or pair of earrings too “common” a gift for your loved one’s taste? Perhaps you find a life-size chocolate Benedict Cumberbatch a little indelicate for your Easter celebration? Well, fret not—you can
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“Stay curious, and a pure idea will automatically come to you.”—Sigurd Bronger Known for his juxtapositions of contradictory objects— such as a heavy-duty metal clamp holding a goose egg —Sigurd Bronger trained as a goldsmith but found his calling in constructing wonderfully absurd contemporary jewelry. In this interview on the occasion of his exhibition at
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Marie Claire UK has spotted a trend in maximalist facial jewelry and piercings that maximalize all available face, a trend inspired by last month’s AW15 Givenchy show. Designer Riccardo Tisci used the term “Chola Victorian” to describe his reimagining of Winona Ryder’s character from Beetlejuice in the stereotypical trappings of a historically marginalized Mexican-American female
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Jonathan Wahl showed his large charcoal drawings at the Pulse fair last month with Lenox, Massachusetts-based Sienna Gallery. Jonathan was trained as a jeweler but explains how he became interested in drawing instead, and the conflicts he encountered along the way. His work is beautiful and the story is a tale filled with intriguing twists
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