Interviews

Melissa Cameron: Body Politic

Melissa Cameron, RPG @ 1:9 (pin), 22m radius @ 1:9 (neckpiece), Anti-personnel Round (pin), Un-handle (pendant), 2015, powder-coated steel trowel, stainless steel, polyester-cotton ribbon, largest 440 x 125 x 35 mm, photo: artist In her latest body of work, Body Politic, Melissa Cameron departs from earlier themes to explore the political arena. Melissa confronts her […]

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Eloise Kitson

Rachel Bell, Empty Vessel/Blank Slate (installation view), 2015, pendants, American white oak, 22-karat gold leaf, sterling silver, linen, cotton, each 68 x 30 x 10 mm, total 250 x 300 mm, photo: Masterworks Gallery Masterworks Gallery, in Aukland, New Zealand, is a contemporary craft gallery run by mother-daughter team Christine Hedlund and Eloise Kitson. Together,

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In Conversation with Ioanna Lalaounis

Despina Pantazopoulou, Zero, 2015, necklace, leather, inks, linen thread, iron, nylon, photo: Romylos Parissis The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum (ILJM), based in Athens, Greece, is the nation’s only institution devoted to the presentation and promotion of both historical and contemporary jewelry. Established in 1992 by the renowned jewelry designer Ilias Lalaounis, the mission of ILJM is to enhance public knowledge of

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The Making of Frame

Frame, 2010, photo: Sofia Björkman Frame, the small cluster of commercial galleries that surrounds the Talente and Schmuck pavilions at the Munich Handwerksmesse, is welcoming, for this edition, two new galleries: Atta Gallery, from Thailand, and Thomas Cohn, from Brazil. This expansion of the very successful mini-fair is very good news, and we thought that

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Frances Stachl: Bead

Frances Stachl, Corner Beads, Square Beads, Square on Round Beads, 2015, necklaces, photo: The National New Zealand jeweler Frances Stachl is exhibiting a new body of work, Bead, at The National in Christchurch, New Zealand. Frances like to set herself challenges, elaborates on her affair with the necklace, and talks about wearability, a key aspect

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