Ancient necklaces, rings that enclose secrets, hairpins, gold belts, and inlaid bracelets: these are just some of the jewels preserved at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, in Milan. It stands in the neighborhood called “Fashion Quadrilateral,” where the major couture designers have their showrooms. It is easy, therefore, to understand how these masterpieces of goldsmithing from […]
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For me, one of the standout shows at this year’s Munich Jewelry Week was Goodness, a collaboration between jewelers from Aotearoa New Zealand and students from the Deutsche Meisterschule für Mode, the city’s school for fashion design. Twenty-six pieces of jewelry were displayed on a collection of capes hand made from natural calico by a
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April 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
April 2025, Part 2 In this moment, things are … highly weird (that’s putting it lightly) … and 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.
April 2025, Part 1 These days, 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
April 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
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Shaun Leane may be best known for the dangerous-looking pieces he designed for fashion maverick Alexander McQueen in the 90s Leane was a judge on the BBC series All That Glitters (2021–2022) He left his financially struggling brand in 2024 We talk with some of the emerging talents he encouraged Thorny silver stems that twist
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For jewelry artist Steven KP, collecting jewelry is often a way to celebrate their relationship with the piece’s maker. Acquiring another artist’s work through a trade or a purchase is “an incredible moment of exchange. It’s appreciation and acknowledgment of the immense labor and care that goes into the object,” they say. KP, who is
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Lynchburg, Virginia, US—Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce that the largest art jewelry cash award in the US, the AJF Solo Exhibition Award, has been awarded to the South African artist Geraldine Fenn, a contemporary jeweler who started Tinsel Gallery, in Johannesburg, in 2006. The grant will support an exhibition in which Fenn
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March 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
I am sitting at the table in the shared office at Objectspace where all the staff sit together in one open room that infamously has no natural light. The architects who refurbished the 1980s industrial unit that we call home gave the building a striking steel and light façade. It is the singular architectural feature
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March 2025, Part 1 Right now, we all could use a treat. It feels so 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
