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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You are looking into my studio from my enameling and drawing area in the near side of the room, with the jewelry benches and soldering in the far side. I have been in this studio for four years. The central counter and sink area basically divides the room and I do most of my layout
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19th-century puntbellen from Cadzand, in Zeelandic Flanders, gold, 70 mm estimated height, courtesy Dekker Antiquairs, Amsterdam Queen Máxima attends a lesson on money management as honorary president of the platform Wiser in money matters (part of Money Week 2015), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 13, 2015, photo: Frank van Beek / Hollandse Hoogte
The body provides a site where various approaches to, and forms of, embellishment intersect in numerous interesting ways. The 21st century has now seen the perfect fusion of disposable jewelry and temporary tattoo. Steampunk science teachers are utilizing the Tesla coil to brand the skin. The Mint Museum’s Body Embellishment show is the first museum
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I am a jewelry designer working mainly in silver. I teach classes at my studio, so the majority of the space needs to be tidy and organized. This corner is mine, and no matter how hard I try otherwise, it seems I work best with a busier workspace to inspire me. I think having lots
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Wang Zhenghong is vice head of the Department of Ceramics and Craft Arts and head of the Jewelry Studio at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province in Eastern China, and the China Academy of Art is one of the most influential art institutions in China. Shifting Focus—From
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We each define luxury in our own way. For some, luxury is being served diamond tequila on their privately-owned Dassault Falcon en route to the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. For others—your author included—canned water with bubbles in it is the height of sheer indulgence. Still others would call a reliable form of shelter a “luxury.” The V&A’s
I am lucky to have enough space for an office, work bench, and solder station all in separate rooms, keeps me moving. My office is filled with quotes, letters from friends, photos, different colors/styles of pens, journals, books/magazines, dictionaries, and a map/atlas. My work bench/solder stations have personal items, too. A headdress/gauntlets I made, banners
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Nils Hint, Shadow, 2014, brooches, forged iron readymades, various dimensions, photo: artist During those awkward first weeks at university, I met a guy who possessed a laptop-sized hydraulic press that he said could flatten anything. I was never able to verify his claim, but the thought of this device stayed with me, recalling the ubiquitous
In the wake of Mad Men’s impending retirement from the Golden Age of Television, the fashion bloggers devoted to TV costume design whose jobs were invented specifically for Mad Men are capping off their final recaps. As Don, Betty, and Sterling are dropped off in the era of psychedelic floral prints and handlebar moustaches, jewelry
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Manfred Bischoff, 1995, photo: Rike Bartels Died March 30, 2015, Siena, Italy “Beauty belongs to everyone” I like to share it with my friends. Manfred Bischoff passed away during the Holy Week. No one can visit him in Tuscany anymore, in his home in an orchard deserted by the Capuchin Friars, with its the exterior
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