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Tatjana Giorgadse, Untitled, 2025, earrings in balsa wood, enamel on copper, silver, approximately 4 x 1 ¾ x ⅝ inches (100 x 45 x 15 mm), photo courtesy of the artist and Galerie Door

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June 2025, Part 2 These days, we all could use a treat. And it feels so good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries…

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Seth Papac, Chrysotile, 2025, brooch in dryer lint, plastic, sterling silver, stainless steel, photo: Rob Chron

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June 2025, Part 1 These days, we all could use a treat. And it feels so good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries…

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Helen Britton, photo: Kaia Ansip

Art or Adornment? Where Does Art Jewelry Stand?

Why does art jewelry so often seem to be about the art and so little about the body or the wearer? I took this question with me to Munich Jewellery Week, on assignment from AJF. Across four days, I asked artists, designers, students, and gallerists to share their thoughts on it. Art jewelry as identity…

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Renee Bevan, Hug Collector, 2013, brooch in sterling silver, Velcro dot, ⅝ inch (15 mm) in diameter, photo: Caryline Boreham

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May 2025, Part 2 Right now, we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries to showcase…

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Exhibition view, The Stories We Carry, September 30, 2022–March 21, 2028, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM, courtesy of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, photo: Sallie Wesaw

The Hidden Narratives within Indigenous Jewelry 

This week, AJF goes to Santa Fe, NM, US. There, the travelers will take in The Stories We Carry, on view at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). The exhibition’s curator, Brian Fleetwood (Mvskoke Creek), will give us a special tour of his show.  There isn’t a monolithic “Indigenous jewelry,” states Fleetwood. Each culture…

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Playing with Ulla and Martin (Kauffman), Patina 2020, On the move, permission Patina Gallery, photo: Ivan Barnett

Ivan Barnett in Conversation

As AJF travels to Santa Fe, NM, US, this week, it’s the perfect time to interview new AJF member Ivan Barnett—who’s based in Santa Fe—about his consulting venture, Serious Play. For over 25 years, Ivan Barnett has shaped the narrative of contemporary craft and design through his work with the Santa Fe institution Patina Gallery….

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Ted Noten, The Sweetest Piece I Ever Made Vol. 2, 2023, necklace in 24-karat gold, diamonds, cast in acrylic (PMMA), 18-karat gold connections, 9.5 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches (240 x 150 x 16 mm), photo courtesy of Ornamentum

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May 2025, Part 1 Right now, we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries to…

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Have You Heard

April 2025, Part 2 Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share the news that members of our community find noteworthy. Is something missing? The success of this compilation of compelling events, news, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF at the Silver level or…

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Lin Cheung, Delayed Reactions—Crystal Clear, 2018, brooch in rock crystal, 18-karat gold, 2 ¼ x ⅜ inches (56 x 9 mm), photo: artist

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April 2025, Part 2 In this moment, things are … highly weird (that’s putting it lightly) … and we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry….

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Márcia Cirne, Untitled, 2024, ring in cast brass, oxidized, bobbin lace ball (wood, paint), 1 ⅜ x ⅝ x ⅝ inches (35 x 15 x 15 mm), photo: Arnaldo Pappalardo

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April 2025, Part 1 These days, we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries…

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