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Art Jewelry Forum Announces 2016 Pin by Hanna Hedman

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  Mill Valley, California, USA–Art Jewelry Forum (AJF), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the creation, study, and appreciation of art jewelry, is pleased to announce that it has commissioned Swedish jeweler Hanna Hedman to create a limited-edition pin for the organization. The pins will be distributed in 2016 exclusively to new and renewing AJF supporters at […]

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Why Pearls?

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Marcus & Co. (New York), The Osborn Pearls, 1906, Newark Museum, Purchase 2014 Alberto Burri Memorial Fund established by Stanley J. Seeger (2014.5), case, 178 x 178 x 38 mm, necklace length, 1454 mm, photo: Richard Goodbody In 2014 the Newark Museum’s Acquisitions Committee allowed me to purchase a string of pearls 1454 mm long.

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AJF ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2016 ARTIST AWARD

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Mill Valley, California, USA–Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce the five finalists for its 2016 Artist Award. The finalists will exhibit their work with Sofia Björkman, from Platina, during the international art jewelry fair Schmuck, in Munich, Germany, from February 24 through March 1, 2016. The five finalists for AJF’s 2016 Artist Award are: Lynn Batchelder,

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Material Concerns: Erfurt Enamel

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Vials of enamel powder, Künstlerwerkstätten (the artists’ workshops), Erfurt, Germany, 2014 Vials of enamel powder, Künstlerwerkstätten (the artists’ workshops), Erfurt, Germany, 2014 This image of artists in motion is taken from the kiln room at the Künstlerwerkstätten in Erfurt, Germany. Overseeing the action, across from the newly erected air compressor-powered and internally vacuumed spray booth,

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Dispossession Couture

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Photography by Eric Lafforgue. Image source: Scribol.com. If all you want right now is an uplifting story about the indomitability of the human spirit: The tribal inhabitants of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley are resourceful, resilient people with beautiful teeth. They transform garbage into treasured adornments, literally weaving the by-products of throwaway consumer culture into their traditions

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Doing the Math

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Alicja Kwade, GoldVolks, 2015, 97 gold cubes and chains, 17-karat gold (chains) and 24-karat gold (cubes), chain length ranges from 400 mm (Yemen) to 1008.3 mm (Switzerland), pendant weight ranges from 0.06 gr (Yemen) to 129 gr (Switzerland), courtesy of Alicja Kwade, König Gallery, and Georg Hornemann OHG, photo: Roman März Driven by the uncertainty

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