Hoogeboom’s jewelry often operates cross-culturally: Through its title and the appearance of the repeated ceramic elements, Show Your Teeth makes reference to the teeth necklaces that are found throughout the Pacific. A quick scan through Roger Neich and Fuli Pereira’s book Pacific Jewellery and Adornment (David Bateman, 2004) reveals necklaces using teeth from whales, sharks, […]
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Cartier, Juste un Clou, bracelet, 2012, yellow gold, outside diameter approx. 65mm, photo: Vincent Wulveryck, copyright: Cartier 2012 The camera makes sure that we see this piece of jewelry, and at the end of the scene, when luckily Alba decides not to jump, we meet her again on the street, where she is being arrested
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In the past week, I witnessed Che Guevara’s face on a hand-painted locker at my son’s middle school, stenciled on a derelict building, printed on a wine bottle label, and silkscreened on organic cotton onesies. Unmoored from its original context, Alberto Korda’s original black-and-white photograph of Che Guevara is obscured in a morass of commercialism:
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How useful are ideas of discipline in interpreting jewelry? In our increasingly post-disciplinary climate, differentiating between the realms that create and critique jewelry could seem no longer valid. Yet, some jewelry suggests that considering disciplines discretely can still be useful, particularly when authors engage with different disciplines to create objects unusual or overlooked in jewelry
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Left to right: Lisa Cimino, Ring, circa 2005, sterling silver, resin; Patrizia Locino, Ring, 2011, sterling silver, rubber bands, epoxy resin; Amy Faust, Ring, circa 2007, sterling silver, Coke bottle beach glass; Lisa Crowder, Ring, 2013, sterling silver, thread, enamel; Christine Simpson Forni, Ring, 2013, sterling silver, gold leaf, enamel; Unknown craftsperson, Ring, platinum, diamond
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Sophie de Oliveira Barata, Stereo Leg, 2012, silicone, cast resin, studs, rhinestones chains, two old speakers; Viktoria Modesta wearing Stereo Leg, the Alternative Limb Project, 2012, photo: Rosemary Williams A new article format was launched in January 2014. This series, called “One on One,” consists of 500-word analyses of specific works that lend themselves to
A new article format was launched in January 2014. This series, called “One on One,” consists of 500-word analyses of specific works that lend themselves to in-depth study. One review will be published every month. “One on One” is a form of testing area. We believe that the field of contemporary jewelry will benefit from developing
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The contemporary jewelry scene sometimes acts like it doesn’t matter where you come from. The nationality of makers—and viewers—is acknowledged and then denied, an accident of birth but not something that needs to be factored into the interpretation of the work. So, what happens if you try and locate Lisa Walker as a New Zealand
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