July 2025, Part 2
Right now, we all could 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 of international galleries to showcase extraordinary pieces personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Take a look. You’re bound to find a fantastic piece you simply can’t live without! (Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries.)
Gallery: Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry, Chicago, IL, US (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: The Pistachios Team (click the name for email)
Artist: Ute van der Plaats
Retail price: US$1,595
A remarkable, show-stopping statement necklace, made entirely from porcelain with 14-karat yellow gold details. Aptly named Secret Garden, this incredible piece by the Belgium-based artist Ute van der Plaats is one-of-a-kind and features a field of intricate, petite flowers that are nestled inside one of the porcelain links.
Gallery: Ornamentum, Hudson, NY, US (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Stefan Friedemann (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Aaron Decker
Retail price: US$3,400
Aaron Decker’s necklace titled triangletarcircelsquare is the first in a new body of work for his solo exhibition *no assembly required, at Ornamentum, in Hudson, NY, US, July 19–August 10, 2025. The title is a tongue-in-cheek nod to the meticulousness required to produce this new body of work. Of the necklace Decker states, “lately, everything feels like it’s falling apart—it’s overwhelming. So instead of the usually solid surfaces I work on, I’m breaking it all apart, and showing the act of holding it all together.” Decker’s new work takes imagery from military patches, badges, and symbols, breaks them down to their elemental shapes, and stitches them back together, showing how even the strongest of forms can still be fragile.
Gallery: Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Lisa Higgins (click the name for email)
Artist: Tania Patterson
Retail price: Each NZ$315
Tania Patterson studied at Unitec in Auckland, graduating in 1989 with a diploma in craft design, majoring in jewelry. She now makes both jewelry and sculpture from her home studio in rural Waipu. Patterson draws inspiration from her local flora and fauna, and her attention to detail is second to none. Each hand-painted jewel beautifully highlights nature’s wonder and connects the wearer and/or viewer to the land of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Gallery: Four Gallery, Umeå, Sweden (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Karin Roy Andersson (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Shachar Cohen
Retail price: 650€
Imagine standing by a lake on a warm summer night. The surface is like a dark mirror and the water is velvety. Would you jump in? Would you like to know what is down there, or would you let your imagination make up its own ideas? Pieces by Shachar Cohen are time capsules that transport both old traditions and modern art expressions. Symbols, relics, or silhouettes with an unknown meaning are encased in a protective cover.
Gallery: Galeria Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Paula Crespo (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Heejoo Kim
Retail price: 1,850€
The series Lunar Blossom, created using a combination of electroforming and traditional Ottchil (lacquer) techniques, evokes the quiet beauty and melancholic shimmer of a water surface gently rippling under moonlight. Heejoo Kim, who has long expressed the wondrous energy of plants and life, now broadens her perspective to embrace the earth, sky, water, moon, and cosmos.
Gallery: Ombré Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, US (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Jenna Shaifer (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Joo-Hyung Park
Retail price: $1,250
Joo Hyung Park’s Confluence Brooch captures the artists’ meticulous carving technique—she takes a piece of wood to its full potential. Chiseling away until grains bend to the artist’s vision, when a flowing pattern emerges, she showcases her expertise working with wood and lacquer. Her work is among the pieces in the traveling group exhibition Korea Now: Land of the Morning Calm, curated by Charon Kransen. Fifty-two contemporary jewelry artists take us on a cultural journey through whimsical storytelling and eye-catching beauty connecting their Korean heritage. The exhibition is on view at Ombré Gallery, in Cincinnati, through August 31, 2025.
Gallery: Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ, US (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Patti Bleicher (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Zachery Lechtenberg
Retail price: US$800
Zachery Lechtenberg specializes in champlevé enameling, a technique that infuses his jewelry with vibrant color and layered meaning. Often, complementary imagery is engraved on the reverse side of each piece, as well as along the bezel, enhancing both narrative and craftsmanship. Every piece is housed in a handmade box, individually illustrated with an original drawing, reinforcing his commitment to storytelling and detail.
Gallery: Galeria Tereza Seabra, Lisbon, Portugal (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Catarina Silva (click the name for email)
Artist: Teresa Dantas
Retail price: 9,840€, plus shipping
Teresa Dantas’s works are characterized by a neo-surrealist language, composed of complex images, diverse materials, and a creative hand of enormous talent and skill. The piece Guardador de Sonhos (Dream Keeper) is a sculpture featuring a pendant/amulet (the two corniform elements) and is part of the fourth exhibition in the cycle The Rings of Saturn, curated by HALO (Catarina Silva and Marta Costa Reis) and taking place at the Tereza Seabra Gallery in Lisbon throughout 2025–2026.
Gallery: Galerie Door, Nijmegen, Netherlands (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Doreen Timmers (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Tatjana Giorgadse
Retail price: 4,450€
Tatjana Giorgadse was trained by Theo Smeets and Ute Eitzenhöfer at the department of gemstone and jewelry design in Idar-Oberstein (Germany). Her wonderful world of art has its roots in a free and carefree childhood in the Georgian countryside. To this she adds her contemporary dreams, her fascination for nature, and the frisky playfulness of her own children. Her work is powerful, stimulating, and a feast for the eyes.
John Sullivan, Distortion No.1, 2022, brooch in stainless steel, electronics, 3 x 2 x 1 inches (76 x 51 x 25 mm), photo courtesy of Gravers Lane Gallery
Gallery: Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Kate Crankshaw (click the name for email)
Artist: John Sullivan
Retail price: US$6,600
This piece has electronics built into it that make all of the beautifully crafted silver pieces move and vibrate. The brooch appears to have a life of its own because of the movement!
Gallery: Zu design, Adelaide, SA, Australia (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Jane Bowden (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Jane Bowden
Retail price: AUS$6,480
Jane Bowden’s piece Connections explores textile techniques to create tactile elements that are linked during the process of making. Using a 0.6-mm crochet hook, she crochets individual glass beads into place with every stitch. The cotton sewing thread is visible through the translucent and transparent glass beads, giving the subtle color changes to each soft jump-ring. The nature of this piece means that the wearer can manipulate how the piece is worn. It can be a neckpiece or wrapped around the wrist to form a sculptural bangle. Bowden is an Adelaide-based jeweler, maker, metalsmith, and gallerist whose process-driven creative practice is inspired by the aesthetics of architecture and textiles. A fascination with scale lies at the heart of her 35 years of making and offers her the challenge of creating increasingly smaller and more finely detailed pieces
Gallery: Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD, US (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Allison Gulick (click the name for email)
Artist: Cindy Cheng
Retail price: US$1,800
Cindy Cheng is a Baltimore-based artist whose work blends sculpture, papermaking, and jewelry. A curious and skilled maker, she’s always learning—bringing that energy into every piece. This one-of-a-kind necklace features a stunning dichroic moissanite, faceted in-studio with a rare “rupee” cut by Arya Akhavan that is based on The Legend of Zelda. It’s a perfect fusion of fine craftsmanship and playful nostalgia. This piece isn’t just jewelry—it’s a conversation starter, a collector’s gem, and a wearable work of art.
Gallery: Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, bijoux et objets contemporains, Montreal, Canada (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Noel Guyomarc’h (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Aurélie Guillaume
Retail price: CAN$740
A flower in the buttonhole, an invitation to enter the poetic and magic world of Aurélie Guillaume.
Gallery: Platina, Stockholm, Sweden (click the gallery name to link to its website)
Contact: Sofia Bjorkman (click the gallerist’s name for email)
Artist: Sondra Sherman
Retail price: US$3,000
This pendant belongs to the body of work called The Gemstone Apothecary, which weaves together themes of science, superstition, and the symbolic language of jewelry. The inspiration stems from a residency at Trier University Idar-Oberstein Campus. Immersed in the gemstone industry, which defines the city, Sondra Sherman sought to respond to the unique environment while continuing to explore her ongoing interest in “process as metaphor” and jewelry’s psychological and social roles. Though initially struggling to find a connection, she became intrigued by the healing stones sold in local tourist shops. Through this lens, the healing stones became a new symbol within the work. Tiger eye boosts confidence, courage, and personal power. It promotes protection and helps balance emotions, grounding the user.
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