October 2016

Vanessa Arthur: Unmonumental Fever—Excavating the Everyday

Vanessa Arthur, Lost Pin Collection, 2016, wet cement slab, buffed vessel and pins, cement, copper, sterling silver, stone, brass, 9-karat gold, thermo-set paint, various dimensions, photo: artist I have admired Vanessa Arthur’s work for a while—she is part of New Zealand’s New Generation of Jewelers (one hesitates to capitalize, but it does feel like a […]

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Interview with Collectors Karen and Michael Rotenberg

(left) Karen Rotenberg wearing Réka Fekete, Untitled, 2012, brooch, wood, enameled steel, found object, zinc paint, silver, 75 x 115 mm, photo: Michael Rotenberg; (right) Michael Rotenberg wearing Chrisoula Papahatzi, Returning Home, 2015, brooch, steel, 90 x 50 x 20 mm, photo: Karen Rotenberg Karen and Michael Rotenberg are an elegant and distinctive presence on

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Hilary Halstead Scott

Collage of the 2016 top-10 finalists, courtesy of Halstead Halstead, a family-run wholesale importer and distributor of jewelry findings, and a corporate sponsor of AJF, just announced the 2016 winner of its yearly award to be Niki Grandics. AJF’s editor takes the opportunity to catch up with company president Hilary Halstead Scott to ask her

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