Stein in hand, I surveyed the beer hall on the Saturday night of 2025’s Munich Jewellery Week. The place was packed, mainly with tourists. Among them, though, was jewelry icon Karl Fritsch, and the many Maori and Kiwi visitors who flew in this year, dancing and singing to the blissful, accordion stylings of resident performer
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Bette Barnett, Creating Steel Jewelry: Etching, Fusing, Keum Boo, Enameling, Stainless and More. Watchung, NJ: Artisan Ideas, 2024. At a time where cookbooks double as memoirs and influencer memoirs are lifestyle sales pitches, it’s nice to review a book that is exactly what it is. Bette Barnett’s Creating Steel Jewelry is an informative textbook about
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October 2025, Part 2 These times feel unsettling, so we could all use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network
October 2025, 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
Arnoldsche published Bizarre Beauty, a book about William Harper, last year. AJF timed the release of this review of it to coincide with and celebrate an unrelated exhibition, Precious Grotesqueries: The Jewels of William Harper. That show will run October 23–December 12, 2025, at Les Enluminures.[1] Glenn Adamson and Martha J. Fleischman (eds.), Bizarre Beauty:
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October 2025, Part 1 These times feel unsettling, and we could all use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network
October 2025, 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
