Lauren Tickle’s exhibition Is It Legal? is on display at Four in Gothenburg, Sweden. In this interview, Lauren discusses her concept of value, the different ways she has explored it, and the labor that goes into creating her intricately crafted pieces. Missy Graff: Can you please tell me about your background? What inspired you to […]
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Creative Review’s Eliza Williams is cautiously skeptical of the “cool older women” trend appearing in fashion campaigns recently. Is it possible that in the same universe where 37-year-old Maggie Gyllenhaal has been declared “too old,” the advertising industry has suddenly accepted that a woman’s natural life cycle can often extend past adolescence? Before grown-up women
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Bike commuter Alain Servais has declared that “money is spoiling things” in an interview with Artspace Magazine. The investment banker-turned-collector loosens his cravat and dishes on the House of Cards-level backchanneling and machinations at work in the contemporary art market. Servais points to a lack of education and an abundance of money driving purchasing decisions
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Welcome to my bench! I am an amateur jeweler and silversmith. I have chosen jewelry as the best way of expressing myself. After drawing and ceramics, I finally settled down behind my modest “jeweler’s bench” at home. While my boyfriend is preparing dinner, I set up my bench on the kitchen table and switch from
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The earth tipped slightly on its axis earlier this month after Design Academy Eindhoven announced Justin McGuirk’s appointment as head of its new design writing program. Scientists believe it was the collective waving of fists by student writers worldwide exclaiming, “Told you there was job in this, Mom!” that momentarily knocked our planet out of
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The phrase “between the lines” conjures all kinds of associations—from films, songs, albums and books of the same name—to its definition of inferring meaning that’s not explicitly stated—to a literal reference to the use of line in making. Interpreting this theme, Between the Lines, for the current show at Taboo Studio, was the task of
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Exhibition view, Body Jewels, 2015, TextielMuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands, photo: Michel Zoeter Body Jewels March 29, 2014–March 15, 2015 TextielMuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands Body Jewels The most direct “body” adornments must be tattoos and piercings. However, one layer up and away from the skin and you are looking at textiles that envelop us from birth
Avid Gallery is a recent addition to our list of galleries representing studio jewelers. It’s new to us, but has been around for many years. The new owner, Judith Carswell, gives us a bit of its history and her thoughts on the gallery and contemporary jewelry. New Zealand is emerging as a strong presence and
You are looking into my studio from my enameling and drawing area in the near side of the room, with the jewelry benches and soldering in the far side. I have been in this studio for four years. The central counter and sink area basically divides the room and I do most of my layout
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19th-century puntbellen from Cadzand, in Zeelandic Flanders, gold, 70 mm estimated height, courtesy Dekker Antiquairs, Amsterdam Queen Máxima attends a lesson on money management as honorary president of the platform Wiser in money matters (part of Money Week 2015), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 13, 2015, photo: Frank van Beek / Hollandse Hoogte
Melanie Isverding’s solo exhibition, In Other Smiles, was recently presented by Gallery Loupe at The Gallery at Reinstein/Ross. In this interview, Melanie discusses the process behind her meticulously crafted forms and how they relate to her questioning of values. She also provides us with a background story about a community tradition she grew up with,
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The body provides a site where various approaches to, and forms of, embellishment intersect in numerous interesting ways. The 21st century has now seen the perfect fusion of disposable jewelry and temporary tattoo. Steampunk science teachers are utilizing the Tesla coil to brand the skin. The Mint Museum’s Body Embellishment show is the first museum
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