August 2024

AJF Live with Marta Costa Reis, Patricia Domingues, and Mònica Gaspar

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Art Jewelry Forum has expanded its efforts to connect more directly with the jewelry community by regularly hosting live chats online. These feature artist studio visits, talks with gallerists about shows they’re hosting, interviews with curators and authors, and other programming tied to various jewelry weeks from around the […]

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On the Verge of Movement

Reviews / Kelly Gellatly

Still Point brought together only five necklaces and three brooches by Zoë Veness in a boutique experience at Gallery Funaki Close observation of the artist’s extraordinary folded-paper technique was possible The objects seemed to defy their materiality and have a theatricality or “stage presence” Still Point March 20–April 20, 2024 Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia On

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Fred Fenster

Articles / Matthew Hollern

Awards College of Fellows – American Craft Council Lifetime Achievement Award – Society of North American Goldsmiths Master Metalsmith – Metal Museum Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship – American Craft Council National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1971 and 1977) Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award – University of Wisconsin—Madison Distinguished Educators Award – James Renwick

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On Offer

Articles / Art Jewelry Forum

August 2024, Part 2 There are so many reasons to purchase art jewelry… Celebrate that hard-earned promotion Honor a once-in-a-lifetime occasion Pay tribute to a major accomplishment Commemorate the beginning of a new relationship or the end of one Pounce on the perfect piece to round out an aspect of your collection Or invest in

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Have You Heard

Articles / Art Jewelry Forum

August 2024, Part 2 Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share the news that members of our community find noteworthy. Is something missing? The success of this compilation of compelling events, news, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF at the Silver level or

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Takayoshi Terajima, Portrait Jewelry 24.03.2023

I Thought I Could Become an Astronaut!

Interviews / Elena Karpilova

You don’t have to fly into space to reach the stars. It happens when you win the Herbert Hofmann Prize! It’s among the most prestigious awards in the field of contemporary jewelry. We interview the three winners of the Herbert Hofmann Prize 2024—Azin Soltani, Empar Juanes Sanchis, and Takayoshi Terajima—about their creative approaches, sources of

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Everyone’s a Little Sick of Karl Fritsch, But…

Articles / Grace Lai

The name Karl Fritsch is synonymous with rings, and even the field of contemporary studio jewelry itself. In fact, the jeweler’s Instagram handle, @karlfritschrings, speaks to the form that he has dedicated to in the past few years (so much so that another Karl Fritsch has emphasized in his public profile that he is #notajeweller).

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On Offer

Articles / Art Jewelry Forum

August 2024, Part 1 There are so many reasons to purchase art jewelry… Celebrate that hard-earned promotion Honor a once-in-a-lifetime occasion Pay tribute to a major accomplishment Commemorate the beginning of a new relationship or the end of one Pounce on the perfect piece to round out an aspect of your collection Or invest in

On Offer Read More »

Have You Heard

Articles / Art Jewelry Forum

August 2024, Part 1 Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share the news that members of our community find noteworthy. Is something missing? The success of this compilation of compelling events, news, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF at the Silver level or

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