This is the pin board above my workbench where inspirational images/items end up. They might be photos I’ve taken or cards found in the usual haunts. Gifts, purchases, collected curiosities; mementos and idea doodles also often end up here. It acts as a repository and assembly ground of sorts that is also in part a […]
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Looking at great art jewelry can change how you look at the world. I was once again reminded of this on the recent stimulating daylong jewelry tour of Boston sponsored by Art Jewelry Forum. The day featured exhibition spaces and some special hideaways of jewelry practitioners and advocates. The tour was held during the
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Click on the first slide to enter the slideshow. 10 Best Lines Overheard at SNAG Boston 2015
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Click on the first slide to enter the slideshow. Top 10 Up and Comers at SNAG Boston 2015
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Click on the first slide to enter the slideshow. 10 Best Juxtapositions At SNAG Boston 2015
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Click on the first slide to enter the slideshow. 10 Best Displays At SNAG Boston 2015
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I was born in Rome and now I live and work in Montreal. My studio is like an extension of my home, I love it deeply! In this airy and light-filled space, I design and construct my own jewelry line. Being surrounded by objects and music is important to me. From them I find inspiration
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David Bielander, Wellpappe [Cardboard], 2015, bracelets, patinated silver, white gold, from left to right, 85 x 85 x 43 mm, 90 x 85 x 20 mm, 88 x 74 x 53 mm, 90 x 58 x 44 mm, photo: Dirk Eisel prototype In 1912, a full-scale wood and canvas model of the never-realized van der
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Creative Review’s Eliza Williams is cautiously skeptical of the “cool older women” trend appearing in fashion campaigns recently. Is it possible that in the same universe where 37-year-old Maggie Gyllenhaal has been declared “too old,” the advertising industry has suddenly accepted that a woman’s natural life cycle can often extend past adolescence? Before grown-up women
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Bike commuter Alain Servais has declared that “money is spoiling things” in an interview with Artspace Magazine. The investment banker-turned-collector loosens his cravat and dishes on the House of Cards-level backchanneling and machinations at work in the contemporary art market. Servais points to a lack of education and an abundance of money driving purchasing decisions
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Welcome to my bench! I am an amateur jeweler and silversmith. I have chosen jewelry as the best way of expressing myself. After drawing and ceramics, I finally settled down behind my modest “jeweler’s bench” at home. While my boyfriend is preparing dinner, I set up my bench on the kitchen table and switch from
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The earth tipped slightly on its axis earlier this month after Design Academy Eindhoven announced Justin McGuirk’s appointment as head of its new design writing program. Scientists believe it was the collective waving of fists by student writers worldwide exclaiming, “Told you there was job in this, Mom!” that momentarily knocked our planet out of
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