Barbara Paganin, Silences, 2012, necklace, oxidized silver, porcelain, resin, gold, 270 x 270 x 50 mm, Helen Drutt collection, photo: Ken Yanoviak Barbara Paganin, Dall’orto alla Soffitta (From the Vegetable Garden to the Attic) October 16–November 22, 2015 Oratorio di San Rocco, Padua, Italy Barbara Paganin is a reserved woman, with delicate features and an […]
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Mill Valley, California, USA–Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce the five finalists for its 2016 Artist Award. The finalists will exhibit their work with Sofia Björkman, from Platina, during the international art jewelry fair Schmuck, in Munich, Germany, from February 24 through March 1, 2016. The five finalists for AJF’s 2016 Artist Award are: Lynn Batchelder,
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Exhibition view (detail), Daniel Kruger: Jewellery and Ceramics 1974–2014, wall in the room, Stedelijk Museum’s-Hertogenbosch, Holland, photo: Liesbeth den Besten Daniel Kruger: Jewellery and Ceramics 1974–2014 October 17, 2015–January 24, 2016 Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, Holland Daniel Kruger has been around for a long time, he is an inspiration for younger jewelry artists, and he has
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Casa Fuster, photo: Wikipedia There were 24 participants on the Barcelona Art Jewelry Forum trip, mostly from various parts of the US, but we had one person who came from Australia for the trip, as well as one person originally from Sweden and one from Romania, both of whom are now US citizens. It was
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Vials of enamel powder, Künstlerwerkstätten (the artists’ workshops), Erfurt, Germany, 2014 Vials of enamel powder, Künstlerwerkstätten (the artists’ workshops), Erfurt, Germany, 2014 This image of artists in motion is taken from the kiln room at the Künstlerwerkstätten in Erfurt, Germany. Overseeing the action, across from the newly erected air compressor-powered and internally vacuumed spray booth,
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Self-portrait of Sharon Berman I met Sharon Berman during my first Art Jewelry Forum trip to Amsterdam in October 2013. I noticed her beautiful estate jewelry and she shared with me stories of the pieces she collects. Two AJF trips later, to Estonia/Sweden and Barcelona, I discovered what a passionate jewelry collector Sharon is, and
To Recover—13 Artists/13 Versions/13 Jewels KLIMT02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain October 7–November 7, 2015 In 1956, Glenn Gould totally broke the classical music panorama with an astonishing, energetic, passionate execution of Bach’s Goldberg Variations: A new language and a new approach to Bach were definitively on the stage.[1] From that moment, the sound changed, and that
You can see in the picture a series of tables we have on our patio. On those tables, we set the materials we use in our work. So we compose there, experiment, do trials, and we feel the materials there. Being outside and in front of tables allows us to have more space and to
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Karl Fritsch, various rings from the Hi series, 2015, gold, silver, niello, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, cubic zirconia, dimensions variable, photo courtesy of Salon 94, New York Karl Fritsch: A Retrospective October 26–December 18, 2015 Salon 94, New York, New York, USA How can such small objects be so arresting? How can they express such timely
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Facèré exterior, photo: Doug Yaple Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, located in the City Centre building in downtown Seattle, Washington, offers a unique blend of both antique and contemporary art jewelry. In this interview, gallery owner Karen Lorene discusses the many talents, including her training as an appraiser and a passion for writing, that culminate in
Photography by Eric Lafforgue. Image source: Scribol.com. If all you want right now is an uplifting story about the indomitability of the human spirit: The tribal inhabitants of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley are resourceful, resilient people with beautiful teeth. They transform garbage into treasured adornments, literally weaving the by-products of throwaway consumer culture into their traditions
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Alicja Kwade, GoldVolks, 2015, 97 gold cubes and chains, 17-karat gold (chains) and 24-karat gold (cubes), chain length ranges from 400 mm (Yemen) to 1008.3 mm (Switzerland), pendant weight ranges from 0.06 gr (Yemen) to 129 gr (Switzerland), courtesy of Alicja Kwade, König Gallery, and Georg Hornemann OHG, photo: Roman März Driven by the uncertainty
