Jaqen H’ghar, a Faceless Man of Braavos, handing an iron coin to Arya Stark in Game of Thrones, season 2, photo: HBO Apart from the Olympics and the World Cup, little that has captured global attention to the degree of Game of Thrones. In the USA alone, season 5 was watched by a total of […]
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Carina Shoshtary, Confused Branches 3 detail, 2015, necklace, 9 cm x 33 cm x 25 cm, photo: artist AJF asked this year’s five young 2016 Artist Award finalists to tell us a bit about their backgrounds and their thoughts on the future of the art jewelry field. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces
This is a kickoff for a new series on young initiators. Yet the format of this kickoff is different from the format that the series will follow moving forward. There is no good reason for this; many things just grow organically while you are working on something. And so this happened: when Liesbeth den Besten
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Department of metalwork and jewelry undergraduate class, photo courtesy of the metal and jewelry department at Kookmin University Kookmin University was founded in 1946 in Seoul, Korea. It was the year after Korea’s independence from Japanese colonization, and nationalism prevailed. The founder, Ik-hee Shin, was one of the politicians who fought for Korea’s independence. The name
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It is somewhere in Ghent. My small studio, my small world of creations. For me this place is my laboratory, my meditation room, my church… Here I find myself, and this place allows me to think, to work, to experiment, to create, and all this process in a certain way becomes my own ritual. A
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Eleanor Moty, Rocker Brooch, 2001, sterling silver, 18-karat gold, quartz, black paper Micarta, 95 x 51 x 13 mm, photo: artist Looking into an Eleanor Moty brooch is like gazing at a landscape or standing in a grand architectural space. Combining unparalled craftsmanship and attention to detail with a spare, sculptural design esthetic, she creates
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Nora Fok, Disc Florets Necklace, 2008–2009, necklace, dyed, knitted nylon, 390 mm diameter, photo: artist A Sense of Jewellery September 15–November 19, 2015 Goldsmiths’ Center, London, UK Curated by Amanda Game and Professor Dorothy Hogg, MBE Comprehensive survey exhibitions of British studio jewelry are not common, but just like London buses you wait so long
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