Susan Pasco, keeper of The Ribbon Room, Nancy’s Sewing Basket, Seattle, Washington, 2015 Susan Pasco, keeper of The Ribbon Room, Nancy’s Sewing Basket, Seattle, Washington, 2015 There are places that the International Jewelry Elite know of by reputation, and frequent when travels allow. Tokyu Hands. Karl Fischer GmbH. Metalliferous. Insert-your-local-treasure-map-here. Like them, this room is […]
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Sophie Hanagarth, French Kiss, 2012, collar, pure iron, leather, 298 mm long, photo: artist Sophie Hanagarth, the recent winner of the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation Prize, just opened a much awaited retrospective of her work at CODA Museum, in Apeldoorn. (Prize winners receive a cash prize of 5000 euros, the acquisition of work for
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“Introverts Unite! (Separately at our own homes)” I probably first came upon this phrase when my friend Daim posted a T-shirt with it to Facebook. I work at home from a cubbyhole. As an introvert writer and translator, I understand the sentiment: I want to connect with others, even if it’s from the privacy of
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Exhibition view, Melt, Future Remains, Pennie Jagiello, 2015, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, photo: Nadja Soloviev Radiant Pavilion – Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Trail September 1-6, 2015 Melbourne, Australia A new jewelry festival has arrived with great expectations and significant challenges. How can a “Schmuck of the South” emerge from the shadow of the more established
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Orly Wexler, Folded Bracelet, 2015, silicone, 22-karat gold, tourmaline, 51 x 51 x 44 mm, photo: artist Orly Wexler is an Israeli jewelry artist and designer who creates effortless, modern jewelry by integrating silicone and rubber seamlessly with precious metal and gemstones. In this interview, we talk about her exhibition, New Jewelry, at Gravers Lane
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Objects made during Lisa Walker’s workshop, En Construccion II symposium, 2015, Cultural Center Valparaíso, photo: Lilian Peromarta The world of objects is also a place for desire. The way we relate to different materials, and corporeal realities, as well as the social, cultural, and emotional relationships that we experience as we use different objects or
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Glenda Arentzen, Intertidal Series, brooch, sterling silver, 24-karat gold, natural bloodstone, druzy agate, 51 x 64 mm, photo: Bob Barrett New York’s Aaron Faber Gallery invited 14 jewelers to select a muse and let it inspire a new body of work for their annual fall show. Three distinguished jewelers included in this exhibition—Glenda Arentzen, Janis
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Fernando Benítez, found toys from chips bags, 2015, image source: DesignMilk Mexican artist and educator Mariana Acosta, recently featured in DesignMilk, launched the Precious Waste project as a means to explore the quality of “preciousness” in an academic setting. Acosta leads industrial and graphic design students at Mexico’s Universidad Gestalt de Diseño through an investigative
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Georgetown Trailer Park Mall, Seattle, Washington, 2015 Georgetown Trailer Park Mall, Seattle, Washington, 2015 My head is routinely turned by overstuffed second-hand stores when I’m material shopping. I appreciate that not everyone wants their material bearing the kind of message that recycled objects convey, but if you’re after rare threads, specialist tools, or recycled metals,
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Tatjana and Peter Panyoczki, Untitled, 2015, neckpiece, cardboard, polyurethane, paint, glass beads, stg silver, silk, 70 x 55 x 35, photo: Marcel Tromp The husband-and-wife team of Tatjana and Peter Panyoczki has collaborated on an exhibition at Avid Gallery using the theme of the box. He is a painter, and she is a jeweler, so
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Lyndsay Rice, False Plumage, 2015, installation, paper, adhesive, 243.8 x 259.1 x 27.9 cm, photo: Elena Dahl 1. For this final installment of the three-part series Beyond Unwearable, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the makers from my prior articles to give a richer view of the content of this third
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Daphne Krinos, City Necklace (detail), 2015, lightly oxidized silver, tourmaline quartz, diamonds, about 460 mm long, photo: Joel Degen Daphne Krinos is a Greek jeweler living in London and taking full advantage of showing her work in a variety of venues there. She has a solo show in the US at Patina Gallery this month.
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