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Gabrielle Desmarais and Anne-Marie Rébillard: Ce qui n’est pas là

Anne-Marie Rébillard, Series Trace, 2013, brooch, driftwood, plastic, epoxy, pigments, cotton, 70 x 70 x 30 mm, photo: Michel Gauvin Missy Graff: Please tell me about your background. How did you become interested in making jewelry?  Gabrielle Desmarais: When I first began college, I studied administration while making fashion jewelry for small shops in town. […]

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Atelier Zobel

Atelier Zobel, Ring, 22k and 18k gold, sterling silver, black diamond (2.5ct), champagne colored diamonds VS1 (0.12ct total weight), black diamonds (0.12ct total weight), size 7, photo: Andrea Marx Susan Cummins: Peter, what is your role at Atelier Zobel? Peter Schmid: I am the new face of Atelier Zobel. I worked for Atelier Zobel for

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Siamese Connection

Melissa Tolar, Crystal Dimension with Red, 2012, brooch, enamel, copper, sterling silver, plastic, copper leaf, glass, Swarovski crystal, quartz, 88.9 x 63.5 x 25.4 mm, photo: artist Susan Cummins: How did this curatorial collaboration come about? Please describe a little about yourselves in the process. Brian Weissman: Every now and then, Erin and I like

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Susanne Klemm: Oceanum

Suzanne Klemm studies nature, and specifically in this show at Galerie Ra  called Oceanum, she is paying attention to deep-sea life. The mysterious world of sea creatures has inspired many jewelers over the centuries. However, Suzanne doesn’t claim to be interested in any precursors and finds her own way to a translation from the deep

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Texts and Pretexts

The contemporary jewelry field is much less resilient to the use of words and texts than its craft heritage would have us believe. Words help us define our practice and describe (or dress up) our things. In fact, words are what we use to help these things graduate to the status of cultural goods. They

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