Karin Roy Andersson, Gray Necklace, 2015, necklace, scales of recycled plastic (from snuff boxes, oil bottle, and glycol bottle) sewn together with wire, steel frame, silver, 150 x 230 x 50 mm, photo: artist The Swedish collector Inger Wästberg is a big advocate of Swedish contemporary jewelry and has helped to bring more attention to […]
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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,
Yutaka Minegishi, Poo Ring, 2013, ring, lignum vitae, 34 x 26 x 23 mm, photo: Arne Schultz Yutaka Minegishi’s minimalist work embraces the exploration of form and the nuances of natural materials. Working directly with the material, with no predetermined plan or sketch, Yutaka creates intimate tactile work. We spoke with him last summer to
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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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Nolia Shakti, Object, 2016, object, steel nails, silver, freshwater pearls, 85 x 70 x 40 mm, photo: artist Nolia Shakti is a reflective artist who likes to challenge social stereotypes and the status quo. She comments on consumerism with her Throw Away Gold collection, made primarily out of Nespresso capsules, and on gender definitions with
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Bilk Gallery showcases, 2015, photo: Johannes Kuhnen Bilk Gallery has been showcasing contemporary glass and metal for more than 14 years. Established in 2000, the gallery moved in 2010 to its current location on Palmerston Lane in the heart of Manuka, in the inner south district of Canberra, Australia. The gallery brings together both the
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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, 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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The Chrome Yellow booth, 2015, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, photo: Chrome Yellow Books From its beginnings nearly 15 years ago at the Centre for Applied Arts library, Chrome Yellow Books has expanded into a household name in the world of art jewelry, touring Europe and appearing at events in Sweden, France, the UK,
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Cover of the book Findings, by Manon van Kouswijk, 2015, 30 x 24.5 x 1.7 cm, photo: artist Manon van Kouswijk has much to celebrate. Her exhibition In Order of Appearance has just opened at Amsterdam’s Galerie Ra, and her book, Findings (written by AJF editor Benjamin Lignel), has just been published. Van Kouswijk shares
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Timothy Veske-McMahon, Glyph VIII, 2015, necklace, repurposed plastic, aluminum, 400 x 400 x 30 mm, photo: artist AJF asked this year’s five young 2016 Artist Award finalists to tell us a bit about their backgrounds and their thoughts on the future of the art jewelry field. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of
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Goph Albitz, Untitled, 2014, cuff, 18-karat fused gold on sterling silver, 18-karat bezels and borders, 10.6-carat rhodolite garnet, 1.0 CTW diamonds, 0.45 CTW rubies, 67 x 51 x 44 mm, photo: artist Now in his fiftieth year as a jeweler artist-designer, Goph Albitz has traversed a range of aesthetics, from clean and precise jewelry informed
