December 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…
Over the last year, The Body Collective has presented exhibitions and talks, underpinned by the body as a subject for interrogation. The jewelers Katja Prins, Chequita Nahar, and Anke Huyben make up the collective. For them, the body is rarely the central focus for jewelers, but “rather serves primarily as a ‘carrier’ of the jewelry.”…
December 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 showcase…
November 2025, Part 2 We all could use a treat! It feels great to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while also 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 them to showcase extraordinary pieces personally selected…
Roberta Bernabei: Your background is fascinating. From studying Biology to earning a PhD in Architecture (by design) from RMIT Melbourne, and then making a radical career change in December 2022, when you decided to embark on independent curatorial work merging Fine Art and Applied Art. This gave birth to Objects Beautiful in April 2023—a flexible…
November 2025, Part 1 We all could use a treat right now. It feels great to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while also 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 them to showcase extraordinary pieces personally…
The 2026 AJF Young Artist Award advances the careers of rising jewelry artists aged 35 and under The winner receives a prize of US$7,500. Each of four finalists will get US$1,000 Work by the winner and finalists will be shown in Platina’s booth during Schmuck, in March 2026 There is a travel allowance of US$1,000…
Bette Barnett, Creating Steel Jewelry: Etching, Fusing, Keum Boo, Enameling, Stainless and More. Watchung, NJ: Artisan Ideas, 2024. At a time where cookbooks double as memoirs and influencer memoirs are lifestyle sales pitches, it’s nice to review a book that is exactly what it is. Bette Barnett’s Creating Steel Jewelry is an informative textbook about…
October 2025, Part 2 These times feel unsettling, so we could all 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…
October 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…
