Seth Papac is a modern-day Renaissance man who divides his time among his full jewelry production line, teaching at San Diego State University, and developing comprehensive collections of art. Papac has exhibited internationally—from the Netherlands to Vienna to France—and is a recipient of the prestigious Louis Tiffany Comfort Foundation Award. In this interview, he talks […]
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Andreas Richter’s box for Dorothea Prühl’s Stern (Star), photo: courtesy Galerie Marzee Dorothea Prühl, Stern (Star), 1999, necklace, cherry wood, 60 mm tall, in Andreas Richter’s box, photo: courtesy Galerie Marzee
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The Munsteiner family is famous for the wildly innovative stone cutting they have been doing now for a couple of generations. De Novo hosted a trunk show with them in June featuring both their stones and the jewelry created by this extraordinary family of jewelers. There isn’t too much available online about them so this
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The poppy-as-emblem emerged simultaneously in North American, Australasian, and European cultures as a symbol of loss of life after two world wars. Nearly 100 years after it first appeared as a token of mourning, why has a small red poppy become so central to remembering countless global conflicts, for legions of men, women, and children
Galerie Rosemarie Jäger is having a series of shows of work by couples who are both jewelers. This current one is the 99th show the gallery has held since it began in 1989, and includes not only the couple Helen Britton and David Bielander, but also their studio mate, Yutaka Minegishi, so it was called
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Each year the annual SNAG Conference is paired with exhibitions inside local institutions and is the host to a few exhibitions of its own. This year, SNAG supported a call for entries that was not limited to works alone. The Adorned Spaces event featured a juried selection of 20 unique exhibitions inside the conference hotel
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This is the pin board above my workbench where inspirational images/items end up. They might be photos I’ve taken or cards found in the usual haunts. Gifts, purchases, collected curiosities; mementos and idea doodles also often end up here. It acts as a repository and assembly ground of sorts that is also in part a
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Looking at great art jewelry can change how you look at the world. I was once again reminded of this on the recent stimulating daylong jewelry tour of Boston sponsored by Art Jewelry Forum. The day featured exhibition spaces and some special hideaways of jewelry practitioners and advocates. The tour was held during the
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Click on the first slide to enter the slideshow. 10 Best Lines Overheard at SNAG Boston 2015
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Click on the first slide to enter the slideshow. Top 10 Up and Comers at SNAG Boston 2015
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Love & Loss: Fashion and Mortality March 13–June 7, 2015 Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria The exhibition Love & Loss took place at the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, in Upper Austria. The curator Ursula Guttmann puts her focus on the “new realism” in fashion emerging in the 90s and influencing the scene until today. While in the
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Click on the first slide to enter the slideshow. 10 Best Juxtapositions At SNAG Boston 2015
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