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“I Like It. What Is It?”

“I like it. What is it?” This is the question Atty Tantivit asks herself when she encounters a piece of jewelry that draws her in. She’s often attracted to jewelry that resists immediate understanding, pieces that are complex, conflicting, or quietly provocative. They do not reveal themselves at once. Instead, they spark curiosity. Interestingly, when she wears […]

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Jewelry collector Susan Grant Lewin wearing a pendant by Warwick Freeman, bracelets by Petra Zimmerman and Noon Passama, and a ring by Octavia Cook, photo: Emily Andrews

Susan Grant Lewin

Once upon a time, a very, very long time ago, I found myself on a river boat heading down the Danube from Passau, Germany, to Vienna, Austria. I was in the US Infantry, having been trained rigorously as a machine gunner. It was August 11. I’d been given a seven-day pass. The voyage down the

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