Mill Valley, California, USA–Art Jewelry Forum (AJF), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the creation, study, and appreciation of art jewelry, is pleased to announce that it has commissioned Swedish jeweler Hanna Hedman to create a limited-edition pin for the organization. The pins will be distributed in 2016 exclusively to new and renewing AJF supporters at…
Mill Valley, California, USA—Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) will release its fifth publication, On and Off: Jewelry in the Wider Cultural Field, during Munich Jewelry Week, the international art jewelry fair taking place February 24 through March 1, 2016. On and Off On and Off is a collection of 30 short essays on jewelry in the wider…
Casa Fuster, photo: Wikipedia There were 24 participants on the Barcelona Art Jewelry Forum trip, mostly from various parts of the US, but we had one person who came from Australia for the trip, as well as one person originally from Sweden and one from Romania, both of whom are now US citizens. It was…
Self-portrait of Sharon Berman I met Sharon Berman during my first Art Jewelry Forum trip to Amsterdam in October 2013. I noticed her beautiful estate jewelry and she shared with me stories of the pieces she collects. Two AJF trips later, to Estonia/Sweden and Barcelona, I discovered what a passionate jewelry collector Sharon is, and…
Sabina Tiemroth, Shedding I, 2015, necklace, remnants of fabric, salvaged threads/sewing, 920 x 380 x 50 mm, photo: artist Sabina Tiemroth’s exhibit, It Self, at Jewelers’Werk Galerie, showcases textile work that blurs the line between apparel and jewelry. Deeply reflective, and heavily inspired by her experiences of living in Argentina, Tiemroth’s work is a personal…
Exhibition view, Melt, Future Remains, Pennie Jagiello, 2015, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, photo: Nadja Soloviev Radiant Pavilion – Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Trail September 1-6, 2015 Melbourne, Australia A new jewelry festival has arrived with great expectations and significant challenges. How can a “Schmuck of the South” emerge from the shadow of the more established…
Orly Wexler, Folded Bracelet, 2015, silicone, 22-karat gold, tourmaline, 51 x 51 x 44 mm, photo: artist Orly Wexler is an Israeli jewelry artist and designer who creates effortless, modern jewelry by integrating silicone and rubber seamlessly with precious metal and gemstones. In this interview, we talk about her exhibition, New Jewelry, at Gravers Lane…
Tatjana and Peter Panyoczki, Untitled, 2015, neckpiece, cardboard, polyurethane, paint, glass beads, stg silver, silk, 70 x 55 x 35, photo: Marcel Tromp The husband-and-wife team of Tatjana and Peter Panyoczki has collaborated on an exhibition at Avid Gallery using the theme of the box. He is a painter, and she is a jeweler, so…
Daphne Krinos, City Necklace (detail), 2015, lightly oxidized silver, tourmaline quartz, diamonds, about 460 mm long, photo: Joel Degen Daphne Krinos is a Greek jeweler living in London and taking full advantage of showing her work in a variety of venues there. She has a solo show in the US at Patina Gallery this month….
magic language///game of whispers September 10–13, 2015 The Nordic Craft Pavilion, Révélations, Grand Palais, Paris, France Curated by Katrine Borup, Agnieszka Knap, Anna Leoniak, Katarina Siltavuori, and Marianne Zamecznik Exhibition view, magic language///game of whispers, 2015, Nordic Craft Pavilion, Révélations, Grand Palais, Paris, photo: Blog Esprit Design Norwegian curator Marianne Zamecznik is a relative newcomer…
